I shed a tear reading this too!! I just put my four month old to bed...... I used to be a SICU nurse & decided it was not for me due to the high level of stress and emotions with family. One day I was taking care of a 78 year old male who was in a motor vehicle accident with multiple fractures. Patient was doing very well after being extubated and his daughter came to visit asking if he was medically and mentally stable enough to discuss arrangements for his wife because she died in the accident. I didn't know what to say, the daughter was crying because her dad was driving over to her house for dinner when a truck hit the car at an intersection.