Much like the fire extinguisher in the picture - it might offer the sense of safety to have it visible, but in the event of a fire - you want to hope that it is going to be able to perform under pressure.
and that you remember how to use it under pressure. Is it really the right tool for the job? Whats on Fire, the stove? the wastebasket? the TV? Oil, paper, and electricity, not all fire extinguishers work on the same type of fire.
All the skills in the world are useless if you crack and can not use them.
I hope all is going well for smallsteps. It must be very very hard for you to be at home with her in the hospital, and waiting to hear all is okay.
Precisely! Just to use one, other skills are required, or it can make the problem worse.
Smallsteps is doing better now, thanks for asking. Hopefully she can come home soon, if there are no other complications.
I don't know how parents do it, I never had a child, but having one in a hospital, I think, would be very very hard on me. Glad you and the misses are holding up well enough.