I became an ICU nurse at the end of July in 2020, during one of the first peaks of covid when it was all still so new. I learned how to be a nurse behind a respirator and a yellow gown, amidst the constant beeping and hissing of ventilators that couldn't support failing lungs.

@kathryniveyy @threadreaderapp Please unroll this look into the unholy hell of the Covid abyss from the sweet perspective of an innocent young nuturer and carer. "God have mercy on our souls"

@Redjubes Hello, please find the unroll here: I became an ICU nurse at the end of July in 2020, during one of the… threadreaderapp.com/thread/1421815… Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

@threadreaderapp @Redjubes Thank you for sharing this painful saga. I so agree- it didn’t have to be this way. Please take care of yourself.

@threadreaderapp @Redjubes Thank you - up again late reading the terrifying realities of covid, contemplating yet again, with new set of facts as things go on, how much and how little to restrict/expand my 2 yr olds life, so she stays healthy, I can work, and she can have her life too.

@threadreaderapp @hartramsey @Redjubes Jesus! Praying for our nurses and doctors to overcome in this.

@threadreaderapp @Redjubes I have heard the same story from my son, a trauma nurse and his fiancée, an ITU nurse…. It is relentless…. Thank you for speaking out.