I think you and I have the same sister ;)

Sometimes the cold, hard bitches of the family are the true bosses! My sister is our family's cold, hard bitch. She does mental health assessments at the jail, and there is nobody I would rather have do that. She has amazing patience, respect, and understanding for the people she sees. I think they have very clear…

I do not have a naturally nurturing bone in my body so I am always extremely in awe of people like your sister. Kudos to her.

ironically enough, my sis is known as the cold, hard bitch of the family

I love your story! Unfortunately I’ve had the displeasure of meeting healthcare professionals that lose “bedside manners” over the years, cold hearted dick bags that maybe lose sight that they may see things like this everyday but for a family its scary and just talking to us like we’re human, keeping us in the loop…

I love her!

That’s probably why she’s so good in crisis situations. She knows what to do in crisis situations, but keeps personal emotions out of play.

All nurses have a bit of ‘cold hard bitch’ inside them. It’s what makes us able to deal with some of the awful stuff we see and keep turning up to work. It’s a good trait to have a bit of.

Your sister is like my sister in law. Gets shit done. No fucks given.

I had a severe virus a few months ago that came with paranoid delusions. It was horrible. There are all sorts of things that cause intense reactions

This hits a little close to home right now. A few days ago I was so severely dehydrated from a virus that I couldn’t stop breathing rapidly and had extremely low blood pressure so that I was in and out of awareness and would start to pass out every time I tried to stand up. My poor dad had to call 911. In one of my…

Nurses are the best people in the world, I can confirm. Not everyone can or would do the stuff they do.

Absolutely agree. I have a lot of friends who are nurses and they’re like your sister: smart, brave, compassionate, quick-thinking.

Your sister sounds very much like Me Ma, a badass Irish nurse who was cold as fuck to us growing up but in a crisis was the One you wanted there - calm, clear-headed, persistent. I've always thought those traits are what make a nurse as essential a public service as a firefighter or cop.

That’s fantastic. Expertise, training, professionalism, all for a stranger.

Everyday heroes.

The title made it sound like she was causing trouble on the flight. Instead it seems like something terrible happened to her.

This is so awful. :( I hope she and her son are okay.

Kudos to the nurses who stepped up to care for a stranger to keep everything calm.

Me too! I’m just now deciding if I need to put on short or long yoga pants... to go to a friend’s house to watch a movie. Briefly thought “Jeans... maybe? Hell no!”