3,000 hours is the estimated amount of time I spent as the caregiver in a hospital over a five year time span.  I was in the chair next to the bed.  My husband had a heart attack, bypass surgery, three pacemakers, congestive heart failure, a perforated colon, the colon repaired, exploratory surgeries - too many to count, an LVAD implanted, and a truly successful heart transplant.  He died in August, 2017 as a 'bad result' after receiving the tPA drug following a stroke. 

My dad, a diabetic, had the flu, pneumonia, sepsis, and chronic kidney disease.  My dad had a stroke, received the tPA drug, and died of stroke complications. 

I have spent a lot of hours in a hospital setting. 

What I saw from the chair next to the hospital bed

was beautiful and very disheartening.