Caring Mugs

"I appreciate you want to keep an eye on me, but is that really necessary?"

Carer's Lament

'Sometimes patients become a little attached.'

"Any improvement since I brought the balloon?"

'Dad, he looks badly hurt: Shouldn't we try to get some help?'

The Organ Grinding Nuisance Pt. 2

"I don't leave home without it!"

Get well soon!

"Get me this! Get me that! Get me..."

"Be gentle."

'Don't worry. It's never too hot or never too cold.'

'We're a bit short of staff so if no-one answers the red button then you should try screaming 'Help me HELP ME Dear God I'm Dying' as loud as you can!'

'Thanks for bringing me lunch Rex: It's way too cold for me to come out today...'

Sick father.

Stomachache.

One tends to the sick. The other manages a large estate. Interestingly, a caregiver and a caretaker are not on opposite sides of an interaction.

"You're a nurse? How did you become interested in caring?"

"Don't worry, darling. You'll happen."

Batman at the Maternity Ward

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

Medical personnel give their hearts

Thank you, Essential Workers

'You are a very good nurse. You're actually listening to what I'm saying.'

"Nurse, when I asked you to make the patient more comfortable I just meant plump up his pillows!"

"The patient in 12-C needs comforting."

"This is why I want you to remember the three most important words in the world: spay, neuter, adopt."

'It's not easy being fabulous and caretaking.'

Hassled Mother.

"Rescue someone; rescue yourself"

Hospital.

Father nursing his sick child

"Peace. Love. Adopt."

NHS recruitment.

'A willingness to sacrifice yourself to bring 'peace and succor to the suffering' is all very well Mother Theresa but I don't think it makes up for your lack of knowledge of current hand sanitisation protocols.'

'Sorry, shortage of staff.'