A daily account of what they’re seeing, how they’re feeling, what gives them hope, and what makes them angry.
Today it felt good to not be encased in PPE. But the anxiety is always there. It lives in my stomach. I haven’t had a day without a stomachache. My face and neck really hurt. I have lines on my forehead, cheeks, and chin from 13 hours in goggles and masks that won’t fade, and now there’s some skin ulceration. So I guess that’s it for my modeling career.One patient is back for his third visit with worsening symptoms. I learn his sister had just died the prior day from COVID.
In the midst of all this, I hear some good news: Two patients were successfully taken off the ventilator. As I gown up to enter another patient’s room, ready to intubate, two nurses swing by and place a smoothie on my desk. There are cookies and pizza and other food being brought to the break room. I pause and look around—and realize I feel proud. Proud to have the honor of working with such a wonderful team.
I feel intensely loved. I have a little clan of people who have truly rallied around one another. When they’re unwell, I check on their temperatures and their symptoms. Now, they check on my mental health and my PPE supply. Friends are getting donations for me and solving problems in creative ways. One is 3D-printing masks for our team. Another, a hairdresser, sent gloves and processing masks to use as hair covers, which would have never dawned on me.
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