re: Have you seen a loved one in a state that crushed you…

Yeah my dad slipped on a patch of black ice when he was early 70's and fractured his pelvis. It was several hours before he got to a hospital equipped to deal with that type of injury. When I finally left to go get a hotel room, I thought he looked like he had aged 10 years in one day and was honestly afraid he wouldn't survive the night due to how old and broken down he looked. Fortunately, thanks to the appropriate care and plenty of pain meds, he looked 10 years younger the next morning.