Rainbow at the end of the day...

I am a nurse and I see all sorts of things, today was one of those days where I got to experience it all. I experienced my first code, unfortunately things did not turn out and my condolences goes out to the family. It's funny how in school they talk about your sympathetic nervous system, the whole fight or flight instinct. Well it is true, your body is exhausted after the fight is over, I mean I wanted to crawl into bed and sleep for days.
Let me tell you about two couples that live in the long term facility upstairs at where I work. There is the couple where the wife is wheelchair bound and I guess you can say a real "bitch". Her husband is there to be at her every beck and call, but still she complains, and patiently he takes it. Does he stay because he feels sorry for her? I understand for sickness and in health, but when push comes to shove, does someone really need that kind of abuse?
The last couple I know is my rainbow at the end of the day. I do not know their whole story or why she is there, but I do know they are the sweetest people ever. They are a young couple, probably mid forties, adult children, and pretty religious. She is pretty much bed bound, always polite and thanks the staff constantly. When her husband comes to see her, he's got the biggest smile on his face! The affection and love these two have for each other always makes me want to cry because it is so emotional. I wonder if they were always this affectionate and cordial to each other or did the incident of her being there bring them closer. I think as a married couple you forget to listen to each other and just go on your daily routine. There are days where I sit and tell my spouse what happened and he just stares off into space. Have we become the nagging couple? Have we stopped appreciating each other? It's hard to work at your rainbow when the sun does not come out after the rain.

Korean new fad diet craze (해독주스)

My mother in law comes over with this disgusting vegetable drink because it is supposed to cleanse my body and help me lose weight. Mind you I had a baby literately 2 months ago and I am breastfeeding. I find it funny because like most of her Korean friends, everything they do is a fad or trend. When one person decides or hears of an idea, the rest of the lemmings follow. This diet consists of cabbage, broccolis, carrots, apples, bananas, and tomatoes (sounds gross already). Once boiled you are to blend all these ingredients and drink them prior to eating, promising your stomach to be full faster, hence eating less. I am sorry I'm sure this craze diet works well with some, but I AM BREASTFEEDING! I am not going to drink something that will cause gas no only to me, but to my little one. Then she tries to convince me that it will detoxify my body, well first of all what is detox? and secondly it's full of fiber so of course you are going to have an increase in bowel. Then it got me thinking, is she so embarrassed of the way I look she looks into these outrageous diets. With all the negativity and her oh so passive aggressive ways, I am surprised I never picked up an eating disorder or tried to commit suicide. I am sure she does these things with all good intentions, but because of her immigrant ways it just comes out bad to the American girl in me.