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yonder

(9,666 posts) Fri Sep 17, 2021, 12:47 PM Sep 2021

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So my wife gets home from work last night, sees me and bursts into tears [View all]

She's professionally well-regarded as a critical care nurse and has been for over 40 years.....in Idaho.

Close to retirement, she feels yesterday's announcement of our statewide implementation of 'crisis standards of care' pretty much torpedoed her hopes of leaving her patients, colleagues, institution and profession better off than when she first began.

As we all are in some way or other, she is yet another victim of our collective failure to come together while using science and work positively towards doing what needs to be done.

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So my wife gets home from work last night, sees me and bursts into tears [View all] yonder Sep 2021 OP

My sympathy to your wife and this ordeal she must live through... Moostache Sep 2021 #1

Thank you, I'll let your anger and frustration speak louslobbs Sep 2021 #25

Amen, amen, amen, amen... MiHale Sep 2021 #29

A bandwagon well worth jumping on! BobTheSubgenius Sep 2021 #58

Your wife has not failed. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2021 #2

Ditto!!! dutch777 Sep 2021 #10

x 1,000,000!! sarchasm Sep 2021 #14

It was republicans who failed... SergeStorms Sep 2021 #23

I'm so sorry. Nt spooky3 Sep 2021 #3

Please give your wife a DU group hug from all of us. bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #4

✔️ blm Sep 2021 #28

Tell her that a lot of us see her as a hero Clash City Rocker Sep 2021 #5

Ooof Dorian Gray Sep 2021 #6

It's not her fault, not from lack of trying or skill. You said it: "she is a victim" . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2021 #7

I share her feeling that we are not anywhere near where we could/ should be Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #8

I don't know your wife but I'm sure bluecollar2 Sep 2021 #9

Let your wife know that she has my support Retired Engineer Bob Sep 2021 #11

It is a societal failure, not your wife's. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #12

Deepest admiration and thanks sarge43 Sep 2021 #13

The pandemic was horrific, but Roc2020 Sep 2021 #15

My dear wife was a critical care burn nurse for almost 40 years Rural_Progressive Sep 2021 #16

Since my wife was in somewhat the same boat, please let her know that she is the hero, not a failure DFW Sep 2021 #17

Amazing woman, she is LittleGirl Sep 2021 #48

Thanks! DFW Sep 2021 #49

She sounds like she's the best of her profession peacefreak2.0 Sep 2021 #18

Thanking your wife for her service to humanity. joetheman Sep 2021 #19

I don't believe in collective failure. We were never one. Hortensis Sep 2021 #20

It took me a long time to realize DENVERPOPS Sep 2021 #21

I agree OldBaldy1701E Sep 2021 #59

i hope when and if i have to go to the er there is room for me as i am afib. AllaN01Bear Sep 2021 #22

That is so disappointing, I know. summer_in_TX Sep 2021 #24

Your wife did not fail, she is a hero! louslobbs Sep 2021 #26

Please thank your wife.... mudstump Sep 2021 #27

++ llashram Sep 2021 #30

Your wife has done a remarkable job for Idaho. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #31

She is a Hero! greblach Sep 2021 #39

Please give these extra hugs to your wife and thank her all she does on the front line. MLAA Sep 2021 #32

I completely empathize with your wife and her feelings. When I left my last duty station.... usaf-vet Sep 2021 #33

Your wife is a hero. panader0 Sep 2021 #34

Another tragic result of being lockstep with stupid. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2021 #35

We're basically in a second Civil War at this point... AngryOldDem Sep 2021 #37

I totally agree. How does this one end? SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2021 #50

I am tired of this. AngryOldDem Sep 2021 #36

I wish I could hug your dear hero of a wife... MontanaMama Sep 2021 #38

It is a war. roamer65 Sep 2021 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #41

She did her part for humanity. Humanity is lucky to have her. She is a great spirit. ancianita Sep 2021 #42

She is a hero, a saint, an angel. She stands for healing bronxiteforever Sep 2021 #43

My daughter is getting more disillusioned by the day. appleannie1 Sep 2021 #44

Regardless of what her brother and uncle say, wnylib Sep 2021 #47

Please give her our love wryter2000 Sep 2021 #45

She's a hero Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #46

Bless your wife. Texaswitchy Sep 2021 #51

Sending her empathy and respect. Incomprehensibly awful what health care workers are enduring... n/t KatK Sep 2021 #52

Health care employees are true heroes susanr516 Sep 2021 #53

I just can't imagine how hard it is for her, and others like her, during this Covid surge. NH Ethylene Sep 2021 #54

Please thank her for us here. calimary Sep 2021 #55

It's time for nurses to say, Bullshit! You abandoned us! tavernier Sep 2021 #56

I'm in Lewiston. Tomorrow there is a terrorist sympathizer, COVIDiot, flag humpin' hootenanny brewens Sep 2021 #57

Republicans are now creating their death panels. keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #60

She's a hero and her patriot for her service to the public. Takket Sep 2021 #61