Thank you everyone! RedHedd, that was a beautiful poem. You are all right that I am looking at it frm the wrong perspective. I DID make a difference in a few people last night. They went to bed happier because they got to hold Pouncer. And he was a good boy despite being very upset and scared.

I still think that I'll try to get earlier appointments just because it was creepy walking down lonely empty hallways and peeking into doors.