Under Appreciated

Whether you are a billionaire or a pauper, when you are sick and visit an emergency room, the playing field is leveled. No one cares if you are the president of a Fortune 500 company or a worker at Walmart. This is one time that we truly live our Constitution. All men are created equal. I give thanks to all of the ER workers all over the world. Your job is so important but so under appreciated. You have to be a nurse, custodian, waitress and psychologist. You must have the skills to be calm and controlled at all times. People are demanding by nature. Sick people, more so. Sick people with 3 family members present.... the worst. Everyone thinks that they are more important than the next patient and do not consider that the man with the heart attack needs more urgent care than the woman who sprained her ankle. I spent the last 2 evenings in the ER with my daughter-in-law. She had a virus, but one so bad that it required hospitalization. We were met with a staff that was efficient, professional and caring. They calmed and nurtured us. They did not want our thanks. This was their job. A job they were proud to do.