Thank you, Cheryl.

I figure it's the least I can do.

While I can't physically get out and do volunteer work, I can at least try to be supportive.

My first full-time professional job was Coordinator of Computer-Based Education for Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago. At the new-hire orientation, they reminded us that patients aren't there because they want to be. They're sick, scared to death, and very fragile. We could never forget that.

And I haven't, even more than forty years later. I've now been on the patient side of hospitals, more than once, so I try to help others feel a little less vulnerable. I hope it's helping.