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Showing Original Post only (View all)UPS receives 667 packs of playing cards for Walsh after open letter circulates [View all]
https://komonews.com/news/local/ups-receives-667-packs-of-playing-cards-for-walsh-after-open-letter-circulates?fbclid=IwAR0gt5lck5WHVJ2qh5mPlQRJXhZu4hAcDE45-6tMWI9YDQsGYQYOAP5s__sUPS receives 667 packs of playing cards for Walsh after open letter circulates
by KOMO News Staff Tuesday, April 23rd 2019
TUMWATER, Wash. -- The Tumwater UPS says they received 667 packages of playing cards Tuesday addressed to state Senator Maureen Walsh (R-Walla Walla), who came under fire when she opposed a bill mandating uninterrupted lunch breaks and rest periods for hospital nurses.
Walsh said last week, "I would submit to you those nurses probably do get breaks...they probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day."
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The playing cards arrived after an apparent open letter to Walsh circulated on social media.
The letter included a photo of Walsh with her mailing address saying "send me a deck of cards!"
"I dont know any nurses who play cards, Senator Walsh. I know nurses who care for babies who were born with their spines on the outside of their bodies and brains that wont stop bleeding. I know nurses who hold infants that cant stop crying because they were born addicted to heroin and meth amphetamines," part of the letter said.
On Tuesday, Walsh said she agreed to shadow a nurse for 12 hours after taking heat for the controversial remark on the Senate floor.
The open letter:
This is an open letter to Senator Maureen Walsh -
Dear Senator Walsh,
You said that not all nurses deserve breaks as they just sit around playing cards while on shift anyway.
I dont know any nurses who play cards, Senator Walsh. I know nurses who care for babies who were born with their spines on the outside of their bodies and brains that wont stop bleeding. I know nurses who hold infants that cant stop crying because they were born addicted to heroin and meth amphetamines.
I know nurses who roll those same babies down to the morgue when they finally do stop crying. Do you think thats where they play cards, Senator Walsh?
I know nurses who care for patients that no one else cares about - the homeless, the forgotten and even the psychotic with the same dedication they would show a celebrity...or a Senator.
I know nurses who can go all night without food or a bathroom break. I know nurses with nerve damage and back pain from doing whatever it takes to take care of patients. I know nurses who cry in their cars. Do you think thats where they play cards, Senator Walsh?
I know nurses who are hard as steel when delivering life saving treatment to dying patients and softer than a whisper when delivering the news that it didnt work to the family. Do you think they all play cards together after that, Senator Walsh?
I know one nurse who is asleep in the next room right now after her second 12 hour shift of the holiday weekend. She left her shoes outside because she didnt want to bring all the blood and bile that she walked through last night into our home. I wish she could leave everything else from the hospital outside that easy. She cant. It stays with her.
Sometimes she doesnt want to talk about it. Sometimes she cant wait to talk about it.
Sometimes she laughs until she cries and sometimes she just cries but, regardless of those sometimes, shell be on time for her next shift.
She doesnt play cards either Senator Walsh - but I do. Thats how I made my living once upon a time before I met a nurse who changed my life. You and I have that in common. Nurses are going to change your life too.
Youll find out how right after the next election cycle. Youll have plenty of time to play cards and plenty of cards to play with yourself then.
Sincerely,
One of the millions of people who love a nurse
You said that not all nurses deserve breaks as they just sit around playing cards while on shift anyway.
I dont know any nurses who play cards, Senator Walsh. I know nurses who care for babies who were born with their spines on the outside of their bodies and brains that wont stop bleeding. I know nurses who hold infants that cant stop crying because they were born addicted to heroin and meth amphetamines.
I know nurses who roll those same babies down to the morgue when they finally do stop crying. Do you think thats where they play cards, Senator Walsh?
I know nurses who care for patients that no one else cares about - the homeless, the forgotten and even the psychotic with the same dedication they would show a celebrity...or a Senator.
I know nurses who can go all night without food or a bathroom break. I know nurses with nerve damage and back pain from doing whatever it takes to take care of patients. I know nurses who cry in their cars. Do you think thats where they play cards, Senator Walsh?
I know nurses who are hard as steel when delivering life saving treatment to dying patients and softer than a whisper when delivering the news that it didnt work to the family. Do you think they all play cards together after that, Senator Walsh?
I know one nurse who is asleep in the next room right now after her second 12 hour shift of the holiday weekend. She left her shoes outside because she didnt want to bring all the blood and bile that she walked through last night into our home. I wish she could leave everything else from the hospital outside that easy. She cant. It stays with her.
Sometimes she doesnt want to talk about it. Sometimes she cant wait to talk about it.
Sometimes she laughs until she cries and sometimes she just cries but, regardless of those sometimes, shell be on time for her next shift.
She doesnt play cards either Senator Walsh - but I do. Thats how I made my living once upon a time before I met a nurse who changed my life. You and I have that in common. Nurses are going to change your life too.
Youll find out how right after the next election cycle. Youll have plenty of time to play cards and plenty of cards to play with yourself then.
Sincerely,
One of the millions of people who love a nurse
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UPS receives 667 packs of playing cards for Walsh after open letter circulates [View all]
babylonsister
Apr 2019
OP
Better get some before they're sold out.... only 10 decks left (after I bought 2)
groundloop
Apr 2019
#40
Yes, You are Exactly Right. However, it's Safe to Say the Majority of Nurses Are Female
dlk
Apr 2019
#24
As a former teacher (and a guy) I know of what you speak. No offense at all taken!
CurtEastPoint
Apr 2019
#29
Walsh agreed to shadow a nurse for 12 hours? She better bring her fucking running shoes
Maru Kitteh
Apr 2019
#6
For Those With Cinder Blocks Between Their Ears (Cement with Holes in the Middle), Good Luck!
dlk
Apr 2019
#7
Probably the same "promise" that the blow-hard fox spigot used for trying out water-boarding.
erronis
Apr 2019
#21
i am a a-fib patient. ive been in my local hospital for that and other things over the years ,
AllaN01Bear
Apr 2019
#19
I'm pretty sure that most people hardly ever see a "real doctor" anymore...
Wounded Bear
Apr 2019
#27
You folks - you NPs, ARNPs - you are the BACKBONE of medicine these days.
Haggis for Breakfast
Apr 2019
#41
Hopefully when she's up for reelection this is brought up every where she goes.
blueinredohio
Apr 2019
#35
She ought to start learning some card tricks. Here's my favorite: "Go ahead and pick a card . . .
tclambert
Apr 2019
#33
That letter made me tear up. I can't believe this lady thinks nurses sit around playing cards
Luciferous
Apr 2019
#43