Hey Blue Jay.....Glad to know about your professional side. Karen's best friend and roommate prior to our marriage has now been an ICU nurse for 20+ years and she is just wonderful. A very "matter of fact" personality with compassion. Its so hard to explain the quality that makes a great nurse.

last year in ICU.......Her name was Rebecca and she was comforting and all that, but even in her 20's she possessed that hard edge that blends so oddly with compassion....Kind of a tough love thing. Very hard to explain, but that "tough love" is far more reassuring than any amount of "sympathy" or "cold professionalism".....Geeziz, I wish I could find the words to explain this. Anyway, I admire the good ones tremendously!

Spaw