Not so much sad, but I guess close enough for this thread:
Early this a.m. I was called out for a courier run that's not unusual for me, p/u a prescription at one of our Great Ubiquitous Corner Drugstores, & deliver to a nursing home out of town. Mind you, even a short walk thru any nursing home is kinda sad in of itself, but I've learned to not let it get to me (much). First, at the pick up point, I have a message on the blackberry giving the patient's name & date of birth; these DOB's have been getting too close for comfort for some time, but this one read xx/xx/54 - 2 yrs older than me, & for the math challenged, that's a 58 yr old...in a nursing home. Scary, disturbing, & sad all at once.

Getting to the home just ahead of the emergency squad & seeing a patient curled up like dead bug with his legs in the air wasn't a happy visual either.

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