Irony is....

[ladysprite]

....looking up from pronouncing your fifth dead patient of the day, taking off your stethoscope, and hearing the clinic radio in the back room start playing 'I Will Survive.'

At least I've gone from crying to laughing now.....

Comments

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

You have such emotional strength. I could not do what you do. I could not be a doctor or nurse. I walk into a hospital especially an ER and if I'm not prepared I short circut.

I would have been down after patient 1 regardless of species, most likely due to the human companions grief but I get attached to animals quickly fast as well.

So thank you. Whether those 5 patients passed on in your attempts to keep them with us or whether you helped them with their transition - thank you for doing what I and many others I know simply don't have the emotional capacity to handle.