Life of a COVID-19 Nurse at Harborview’s ICU | UW Medicine

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Working 84-hour weeks. Isolating from children and partners. Comforting patients who are dying alone. Tending to a beloved teammate’s battle with a life-threatening illness. At Harborview Medical Center’s COVID-19 ICU, these are the new challenges that nurses take on every day during the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the stress and uncertainty, they find strength in the importance of their work.
“I knew what I was getting into, and I chose it,” one nurse explains. “I was meant to be a nurse.”
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  • @Lynnneee
    @Lynnneee3 жыл бұрын

    When she said, “i was meant to be a nurse”, that get me big time. I myself was an ICU nurse here in the UK, our hospital became the center of coronavirus during the first wave back in March and i saw myself crying every time I finished a shift, not because i am tired and weak, but because all the scenes I’ve witnessed during that time is so depressing it affected me emotionally, physically and mentally. You saw dying patients who can’t even be with their love ones during a difficult time, so you just need to hold their hands and say your own prayer. I’ve never imagine witnessing 40-50 ventilated critically ill patients all crammed in our ICU, all fighting for their lives while colleagues who are redeployed nurses from different wards helped us and looking confused as hell what is happening. While us ICU trained nurses looked after the sickest patients that are due for proning or those with CRRT, all the while we have to look after these redeployed nurses when things get worsed for them. It is exhausting, but during this pandemic, I’ve known my worth as a nurse. And like what she said, I am meant to be one. So to all my nurse colleagues out there, Thank you for your service, well done you!

  • @chiaravalorosi4705

    @chiaravalorosi4705

    3 жыл бұрын

    thank you !!

  • @damodarramdoyal5890

    @damodarramdoyal5890

    3 жыл бұрын

    Awww that means a lot ❤️

  • @SandyMexiPrincess

    @SandyMexiPrincess

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am tearing up hearing your testimony. My cousin in Mexico got covid-19 while working in the ICU. He got his while family sick. He didnt survive but I am so happy you did.

  • @annsemonva1066

    @annsemonva1066

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you God bless you for all the hard work you do !!!

  • @carliemcarthur5396

    @carliemcarthur5396

    2 жыл бұрын

    There will never be enough Thank You’s to comfort you and relieve the horrors you and your fellow coworkers lived. Please hear me when I say (along with billions of others) that we are grateful, we pray for you guys daily, we will always be in debt to all medical field workers, and most of all……you guys REALLY ARE HEROES. Maybe some like to hear it, maybe some don’t; nonetheless, that’s exactly what y’all are. Thank you 🙏🏽

  • @Dingdongaccountant
    @Dingdongaccountant9 ай бұрын

    These nurses saved my life when I was at the harborview Covid icu.

  • @serealbasar9489
    @serealbasar94892 жыл бұрын

    Nurses are silent heroes that deserve some loud, really loud recognition.

  • @hawaiianborn1044
    @hawaiianborn10443 жыл бұрын

    "I was meant to be a nurse". Yes, you are & thank you for your attention to detail & your TLC to your patients.

  • @tommccarron324
    @tommccarron3243 жыл бұрын

    I spent a week in the covid unit. Believe me, you can see the sincere worry on all the nurses faces. Everyone there is trying to save your life. It gets emotional at times.

  • @NazriB

    @NazriB

    4 ай бұрын

    Lies again? Interracial Couple USD SGD

  • @mollyallen9338
    @mollyallen93384 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou everyone at the hospitals, we believe in you guys💕

  • @resolution55555

    @resolution55555

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's their job. What are you thanking them for?

  • @jenniferdennis6465

    @jenniferdennis6465

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 stop being a bitch.

  • @larrymunoz8262

    @larrymunoz8262

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 shut up literally ppl like u make me sick

  • @annetteslife

    @annetteslife

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 please shut the fuck up!

  • @keithhutchins8803

    @keithhutchins8803

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 You’re such a horrible person

  • @azindude7750
    @azindude77503 жыл бұрын

    Thank you is NOT enough. Let's wear a mask when you have to leave your house, wash your hands as often as possible and stay home if possible. We can support our heros.

  • @madharinam6695

    @madharinam6695

    3 жыл бұрын

    Azin dude yes... don have party or gathering even with ur cousins or brothers from other house

  • @YoungBoySpazz

    @YoungBoySpazz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stfu

  • @amazinggracemessenger3435

    @amazinggracemessenger3435

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do your homework and stop being blind

  • @azindude7750

    @azindude7750

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@amazinggracemessenger3435 sigh... I work as a Healthcare worker and know what I am supposed to know

  • @jenniferdennis6465

    @jenniferdennis6465

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@azindude7750 same, ltc. So tired of people who work at Safeway screaming the CDC is wrong.

  • @EdenP68
    @EdenP684 жыл бұрын

    That was beautiful! 😭😭. I'm an ICU nurse in DC. I know what you're going through. In 30 years I've never seen anything like this disease. It's getting better hear. I hope it's better for you too. Take care of yourselves and stay safe.

  • @artlover4997

    @artlover4997

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you ever see teens in ICUs? School is reopening for me. Please be honest.

  • @seanconlan3138

    @seanconlan3138

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ina Petra Oprea If it’s to do with covid then it’s low but if it’s to do with any condition it is rare especially if you are vaccinated and healthy and/or do not have any existing conditions.

  • @Alpha3249rblx

    @Alpha3249rblx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Patrick THIS IS NOT A FREAKING HOAX, GET IT INSIDE YOUR HEAD, DOCTORS, SURGEONS, AND NURSES, HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN GENERAL, ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR OURS ARE YOU STUPID OR WHAT? WE WOULD ALL BE DEAD IF NOT FOR THEM, INCLUDING YOU

  • @YoungBoySpazz

    @YoungBoySpazz

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Alpha3249rblx karen

  • @amazinggracemessenger3435

    @amazinggracemessenger3435

    3 жыл бұрын

    What you guys all need to understand is that they are not properly treating covid-19. Most people they are INTUBATING are dying. Doctors and nieces are talking but they are being removed from social media. This should be illegal.

  • @savannaetsitty8058
    @savannaetsitty80583 жыл бұрын

    We can't let Covid-19 win, And thank you to all nurses around the world.

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello savanna

  • @amberburbo5743
    @amberburbo57433 жыл бұрын

    I’ve worked on a covid unit for about a year now..I’ve seen more than I thought I’d ever see. We watched person after person get worse and worse and then pass away. It breaks you down mentally and physically. And I also think all of us will have PTSD after this. All of us are risking our lives and our loved ones lives etc and seeing what we’re seeing will never go away

  • @kimberlyadams2794
    @kimberlyadams27943 жыл бұрын

    As a sister RN watching you all celebrate the victory of a coworker surviving...what an amazing team you all are...stay safe and well and take care of YOU

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Kimberly How are you doing?

  • @mykellpatton193
    @mykellpatton1934 жыл бұрын

    Taking care of covid patients now... I pray this gets better

  • @resolution55555

    @resolution55555

    3 жыл бұрын

    What get"s better?

  • @solargirl7329

    @solargirl7329

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please take good care of them i cant be there for my aunt right now and its killing me

  • @annetteslife

    @annetteslife

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 grow the fuck up

  • @amberwalters9613

    @amberwalters9613

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 don't ask a.dumb question you already know the answer smart eleck . The pandmic duh.

  • @kiosi1964

    @kiosi1964

    3 жыл бұрын

    brandnewtube.com/watch/planet-lockdown-mads-palsvig-full-interview-part-1_bKYEFK9mKmvaNRN.html

  • @bonniefangfoundation4595
    @bonniefangfoundation45954 жыл бұрын

    Thank you to all the ICU Nurses at Harborview Medical Center for your commitment, dedication, and compassion for your patients and communities! We salute you!

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Bonnie How are you doing?

  • @DG914421

    @DG914421

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kellyjason2251Breezy and her team took extraordinary care of mommy, my brother and me when we honored my moms DNR after Hemmoraghic Conversion on 7/2/21…beyond grateful they let all of my family in to say goodbye and spend as much time as we wanted before removing ventilator, and then my brother and I stayed with her the 20 hrs later when she died. I’m still suffering from PTSD from the entire experience and losing her 😢

  • @amybostic1439
    @amybostic14393 жыл бұрын

    This perspective needs to be seen by everyone

  • @nezuko8623
    @nezuko86233 жыл бұрын

    *Bruh i can't imagine not getting to hug my mom if im dying or about to :(*

  • @SandyMexiPrincess

    @SandyMexiPrincess

    3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine not saying goodbye! No last words!😭💔

  • @bullymaguire632

    @bullymaguire632

    3 жыл бұрын

    😭😭

  • @edwardjames6023

    @edwardjames6023

    2 жыл бұрын

    And to think there are people that say it still doesn't exist and these families have to hear that

  • @TenebrusI07

    @TenebrusI07

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@edwardjames6023 Soulless asshole rightwingers that failed biology and think they know better than scientists. It's pathetic and depressing.

  • @edwardjames6023

    @edwardjames6023

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TenebrusI07 your 100% right! Stupidity is just too high.

  • @gmnaas
    @gmnaas4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you to our nurses and to all our healthcare workers and first responders. May we all do our part to prevent the spread of the coronavirus/COVID-19.

  • @mereej8924
    @mereej89243 жыл бұрын

    these people are absolute HEROES

  • @fattymoo
    @fattymoo3 жыл бұрын

    My brother was staying at harborview in August during covid due to a head injury. I wish I could hug each one of those nurses and thank them for saving his life

  • @W0rWix
    @W0rWix3 жыл бұрын

    We might be from different countries, different cultures, strangers etc, am a 25 y.o male, icu nurse working in a covid 19 ICU in tunisia, i'd like to call you a collegue if you allow, because i do feel what you're talking about, as this cause unite us all, i must say your words brought tears to my eyes and it felt good... may God be with us all and thank you

  • @TvojaMAMA77

    @TvojaMAMA77

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Slovenia, 23 years old, and definately not a nurse but I wanted to drop by and thank you, nevertheless, for your amazing work. You guys are what keeps the world from crumbling down because of this virus. Bless you all ❤️

  • @jenniferdennis6465

    @jenniferdennis6465

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @jenniferdennis6465

    @jenniferdennis6465

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 you are correct. COVER19 is not real. COVID is. Do you need to see the dead bodies?

  • @resolution55555

    @resolution55555

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jenniferdennis6465 Do you realize that daily globally 1,500,000 people die. COVID-19 is made up. IT IS NOTHING.

  • @jenniferdennis6465

    @jenniferdennis6465

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 you're ignorant, incorrect and a troll.

  • @jasonsteele5579
    @jasonsteele55793 жыл бұрын

    From one nurse to another, keep up the good fight!

  • @resolution55555

    @resolution55555

    3 жыл бұрын

    What fight?

  • @annetteslife

    @annetteslife

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 are you some kind of a bot? Grow up!

  • @resolution55555

    @resolution55555

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@annetteslife You are brainwashed by the Media

  • @enceladus_1

    @enceladus_1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555Grow the hell up douchebag

  • @resolution55555

    @resolution55555

    3 жыл бұрын

    @oeuf Really? Look up the symptoms of the flu and Covid-19. Why was there never a world wide lockdown for the flu? Think about that.

  • @totalpartykill999
    @totalpartykill9994 жыл бұрын

    we talk about soldiers being on the frontlines. these are the soldiers of 2020 right here.

  • @akhidukahi6838

    @akhidukahi6838

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Patrick on behalf of all people on earth with logic.... Go to hell

  • @akhidukahi6838

    @akhidukahi6838

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Patrick your stupidity literally hurts i can feel my iq dropping just by answering you

  • @Alpha3249rblx

    @Alpha3249rblx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Patrick, Bruh, these are people who are literally keeping us alive

  • @Alpha3249rblx

    @Alpha3249rblx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Patrick without them, we would all be dead, even you

  • @Alpha3249rblx

    @Alpha3249rblx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Patrick your lucky, you would be one of the people who would be in the hospital if not for them

  • @saraaa922
    @saraaa9223 жыл бұрын

    This wanna make me pursue this job even moreee.. Thank u God for all those who did not die, and thank U for this beautiful kind hearted nurses

  • @glizzlemacaraeg72
    @glizzlemacaraeg724 жыл бұрын

    All the more that we need to pray for you guys...Please stay safe always...Thank you for your love and compassion!

  • @larrymunoz8262
    @larrymunoz82623 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for EVERYTHING you guys do each and every day. I deeply do appreciate every single one of you guys fighting this thing. Risking your lives and away from your family ❤️

  • @lisakaplan9433
    @lisakaplan94332 жыл бұрын

    Thank you to all the amazing selfless nurses, doctors and all that put their lives at risk everyday. I pray for you all and your family🙏❤🙏💙

  • @davidkoelle4654
    @davidkoelle46543 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding! Thank you so much to all HMC nurses and nurses everywhere.

  • @SpicyLady
    @SpicyLady4 жыл бұрын

    God bless you more for being there...we need you...we love you...in tears

  • @resolution55555

    @resolution55555

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are a weak brainwashed person.

  • @annetteslife

    @annetteslife

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 you are a washed up has been!

  • @Alpha3249rblx
    @Alpha3249rblx3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to all the healthcare workers working 24/7 to keep us all safe, keep it up ❤️💪

  • @lanadelreyvinyllll
    @lanadelreyvinyllll4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for helping us get through this GOD BLESS YOU ❤️

  • @amymcgraw6938
    @amymcgraw69383 жыл бұрын

    Amazing story and I truly thank you for your courage. God be with you every day and may he keep you strong.

  • @bassbandish
    @bassbandish3 жыл бұрын

    I would like to thank every nurse and doctor 🥺🥺💕💕💕💕 thanks for saving me

  • @yvonnedreyer9573
    @yvonnedreyer95733 жыл бұрын

    Thank you to all medical and non medical staff in hospitals helping patients. Big respect. From south africa

  • @Ugwuegbu29
    @Ugwuegbu294 жыл бұрын

    Thank all of the essential workers for all that you do. I don’t have any family or friends who are affected but I am human and my heart cries for every one of us right now. We never know who is next. So thank you for all your sacrifices and please don’t give up.

  • @Joe-vn3nh
    @Joe-vn3nh4 жыл бұрын

    Im sooo glad to see everyone with PPE...thank you so much for all you do, the amagzing healthcare team, everyone at the Hospital.

  • @DG914421
    @DG91442110 ай бұрын

    This is the same RT that removed my mom’s ventilator and he was so tender and loving to her and us! ❤

  • @thebadgerette69
    @thebadgerette693 жыл бұрын

    Thank you to our Frontline medical staff!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @renevalle5072
    @renevalle50723 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate passionate nurses for their hard work. God bless everyone.

  • @aljpelayo2120
    @aljpelayo21202 жыл бұрын

    You put me into tears. Our nurses and health workers are the new heroes. Thank you for fighting for the lives of others , risking yours. Thank you.

  • @heidimerritt7665
    @heidimerritt76653 жыл бұрын

    God Bless You All.. Your The BEST.. You all saved my life more than once and you all LOVED MY CAT RADIO who was with me all the time. Your always in our prayer and Thank you for GIVING YOUR ALL.. WE LOVE YOU ALL AND WE SEND BIG HUGS, HUGS AND MORE HUGS .

  • @carolinalezcano1252
    @carolinalezcano12522 жыл бұрын

    im a nursing student and I'm using this video for an assignment and I believe I've seen this video about 15 times but every time she says " i was meant to be a nurse" makes me emotional. this is a great video.

  • @carliemcarthur5396
    @carliemcarthur53962 жыл бұрын

    There will never be enough Thank You’s to comfort you and relieve the horrors you and your fellow coworkers lived. Please hear me when I say (along with billions of others) that we are grateful, we pray for you guys daily, we will always be in debt to all medical field workers, and most of all……you guys REALLY ARE HEROES. Maybe some like to hear it, maybe some don’t; nonetheless, that’s exactly what y’all are. Thank you 🙏🏽

  • @monicaleoso4698
    @monicaleoso46983 жыл бұрын

    Thank God for all the nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, ALL the hospital staff for there hard work. Fighting COVID & taking care of all the patients. THANK YOU!! God bless

  • @TonyFDiego
    @TonyFDiego3 жыл бұрын

    UW Med, and Harborview have shown to be the best, both professionally and humanly. We thank you from afar.

  • @dynamicnursesinitiative
    @dynamicnursesinitiative4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Nurses all over and other health workers. Good job God bless you guys

  • @faviolafikir2181
    @faviolafikir21813 жыл бұрын

    I’m crying!

  • @q.in165

    @q.in165

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why

  • @davidsantiago.8581
    @davidsantiago.85813 жыл бұрын

    Being a Rn myself can understand every word shes talking about and each tear they had dropped

  • @enceladus_1

    @enceladus_1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Camel toe in chief How the hell would you even know?

  • @BuckeyeBuckeye24
    @BuckeyeBuckeye243 жыл бұрын

    To this wonderful person, Thanks for sharing your journey. Thank you for showing us humanity and courage. I appreciate your rawness about being scared. Thank you for choosing what you do. Knowing what you got into is the unknown but only known part is your selfless act to help others. For you and your family and all of us. I hope we survive on the other side of this. #lovealways #worldpeace

  • @RubenNurse
    @RubenNurse3 жыл бұрын

    Salute to all NURSES. May God bless you all during this pandemic. 🙏❤️✝️❤️🙏✝️

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello How are you doing?

  • @RubenNurse

    @RubenNurse

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kellyjason2251 I’m doing very well. How about yourself ?

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RubenNurse am fine thanks for asking 😇

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RubenNurse so tell me where are you from?

  • @RubenNurse

    @RubenNurse

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kellyjason2251 I’m from South Texas

  • @janellekendall8652
    @janellekendall86522 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! You are doing an amazing thing!! From an ED nurse, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺 ♥️

  • @augustvukosovich4683
    @augustvukosovich46832 жыл бұрын

    I'm an ER nurse and I'm crying. I just want to let my fellow brother and sister nurses know that I love you guys .

  • @Mlp476
    @Mlp4763 жыл бұрын

    we are so thankful for everything you're doing!!! Stay safe xxxxx

  • @itz_gigii
    @itz_gigii3 жыл бұрын

    Thx for All the nurses and healthcare workers for saving lives of people

  • @barbc.3093
    @barbc.30933 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU, To All Nurses, Drs, Ancillary staff, for working tirelessly to save our lives!!! It takes more than a Village! I'm a medically retired RN and I had COVID-19 back in July. I have permanent cranial nerve damage from it and heart conditions, but I feel like the fortunate one, I'm Alive, Thanks to the care I had!! You're all heroes! ❤❤❤❤🙏🏼🤗

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Barb How are you doing?

  • @matteomarasco8655
    @matteomarasco86553 жыл бұрын

    my aunt is a nurse here in italy, she is my hero and inspiration, I want to help people as she does

  • @mandimogridge3476
    @mandimogridge34762 жыл бұрын

    Devastating for anyone who has lost a love one through COVID or been through it themselves. My heart goes out to them all, I nearly lost my daughter to it just two weeks ago. She is doing well now and home. We need to remember the devastation COVID has on the wonderful medical teams around the world. The Trauma they too go through dealing with this. My prayers are with you ALL. ❤️

  • @missy4cdts
    @missy4cdts3 жыл бұрын

    your a beautiful wonderful person and i want to say thank you for everything you do ! Blessings ❤️

  • @carmonrodriguez2194
    @carmonrodriguez21943 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for all that you do.. A dear friend of mine who I knew since I was real little that my family and I were taking care of for two years passed away just three weeks ago due to covid-19. We were only born one day apart and his mom was from Ukraine and his dad what's from the US and they had him one year after she got her citizenship here. He was diagnosed with a very aggressive terminal illness at Birth and the doctors told his family that it would get worse as he got older but sometimes it may give him a break during his teen years which it did. I'll never forget when it got to the point where his doctor said he would need around-the-clock care and before it even got to that point he had to do so much from breathing treatments and different types of medications all the way to a feeding tube and using a wheelchair and Walker as needed. But it got to the point where he would need IV Therapy every day instead of just every now and again he would require nighttime oxygen and oxygen during the day as needed Physical Therapy every day just to keep the strength he has and suctioning whenever it would become too hard for him to breathe and so on so forth. Basically he would need around-the-clock care and due to his parents developing health problems they couldn't do it anymore so my family said that we would take him in and take care of him from now on and I'll never forget when we loaded his hospital bed with him laying in it in our big van and while my parents were driving I was sitting right next to him. This was just a week after our 18th birthday celebration because again we were only born one day apart so we even shared a birthday party. He was a very very very devout Eastern Ukrainian Catholic and I think that really helped him through all the challenges his illness brought 10. Since my mom used to be an RN before becoming a stay-at-home mom I learned how to do every single aspect of his care from his breathing treatments feeding tube feedings and physical therapy all the way to doing daily IV pokes in his Port giving IV medications changing his feeding tube when needed managing his oxygen and suctioning when he needed it. When he came to me and told me that something wasn't right and to call his doctor I did and whenever he's not feeling great due to his health his doctor always told us to bring him into the hospital because with his health it could always take a turn and she told us to bring him in right away. When he got on his bed and we loaded it into the van and as we were driving to the hospital I was sitting right next to him in the seat next to his bed and I could hear him singing this Ukrainian Catholic hymn that would traditionallyonly be sung at an Eastern Catholic funerals or by the person that may not pull through and because he was usually a fighter and pulled through before he always had the attitude that he was going to make it but when he was singing that hymn completely in Ukrainian that broke my heart to pieces it really did. It was a stroke of luck but his doctor was able to get him his own room at the hospital and when we pulled in enrolled his bed out the nurses were ready and while my dad was pushing his bed through I was walking by him holding his hand and another thing that really broke me was the fact that he was actually shaking he was that scared I couldn't believe it. The Hospital knew him really really well and so did all the nurses and they could tell something was not right at all and that he wasn't coming in just for his traditional two weeks worth of treatment. He thought that they weren't going to let me in with him because of the virus and as my parents were talking to the nurse while I was comforting him and calming him he said to me please Carmon please don't go and I told him that I will do whatever I can and whatever I have to do so that way I don't have to go anywhere. After my parents talked to the nurse she came up to him and told him that she understood and could tell how scared he really was but only one person could go to his room with him and if they did they would have to quarantine themselves in the room with him. I looked at my parents and they said that I should go with him. When him and I got up to his room the nurse was really sweet the entire time and she told him that due to the things that are going on they have to do a covid-19 test and he has experienced viral swabs before and he does not enjoy them so he was not happy but she reminded him that I was right there and that while it may not be pleasant I was going to keep him calm while she did it. After she swabed him because all of a sudden it got hard for him to breathe she got his oxygen on him and checked his oxygen and saw that it was dropping. The test came back and it was positive. it was starting to become apparent that oxygen wasn't going to be enough and he always used a BiPAP at night while sleeping along with oxygen so the nurse said that he would have to wear his BiPAP and his oxygen day and night since he was having trouble breathing. when he got that positive test he was so scared that the doctor or the hospital wouldn't let me stay with him anymore but his nurse told him that they were going to get a cot for me so that way I can have somewhere to sleep and so we could still go with the plan of having me Stay there in quarantine with him. I got my test and for some reason I came up negative. and for some reason I came up negative. He was still able to speak but he was really tired. for a couple days it seems like he was starting to get better but then all of a sudden It was not good. His doctor and the nurse said that the best course of action would be to intubate him with a ventilator but that was hard for me to take but it was especially hard for him to take because he's been through that before this pandemic and he told me he would never want to do that again. and he told his nurse completely in Ukrainian in his exact words please no I would rather be with my Lord Jesus and my babushka and my dadushka now. if he is calling me home I want to go home and I want to go in peace and comfort and because that nurse knew him really well she understood bits and pieces but she needed me to translate a little bit so I translated what he said and it broke that nurses heart that after 21 long years of fighting and pulling through that due to what he heard about covid-19 and the odds of people that had to go on the ventilator especially if they had health problems that he just wanted to go peacefully. Those two Ukrainian words mean Grandma and Grandpa. When it was time for the night shift nurses to come in after day shift left he said to me Carmon I feel really tired really weak and really scared I would like to pass into heaven but I would like to pass in the manner that Jesus did after he died on the lap of the Virgin Mary in her arms and I would like to go to heaven starting where I feel safest and I knew what he meant so I called his night shift nurse who was a very sweet Eastern Orthodox lady and she had another nurse come in and they both lifted him up so that way he could pass away peacefully in my lap. While he was in my lap we had a zoom call with my parents and his parents and that was the hardest video call I have ever had to do. He would talk to the rest of us in English but he would talk to his mom and dad in Ukrainian. Three words that he said really pulled at my heartstrings because due to his illness he has been through so much and he never complained but those three words were it hurts Carmon. And I said to him I know honey I know but you will be with our Lord soon and when I said that he became more at peace with the situation. after the call he told me that he was content with going to his Lord but also really scared at the same time and his Eastern Orthodox night shift nurse came in to check on us and she could tell it was almost that time. And even though he was Eastern Catholic and his nurse was Eastern Orthodox their prayers and hymns their denominations were identical for the most part so after he told me he was scared I held his hand while he was in my lap and said shhh it's okay I'm here and I'm not going anywhere be at peace. and before him his nurse and I started singing their Eastern hymns she held his hand and calmly told him Carmon's here and her and I will make sure you go to heaven peacefully. After we sang his favorite Eastern hymn which was a very beautiful one I placeed my hand on his chest and then out of nowhere his heart just stopped beating he stopped breathing and that's when I knew he left and went to a better place but before he did go after we all chanted he said to me in Ukrainian then English I love you Carmon and thank you. God bless his nurse because right when he passed I couldn't hold it anymore and she gave me her shoulder to lean on and his funeral liturgy was so beautiful even though it was just me my family and his parents And his priest. There were a couple of other close family members and friends but that's it. His dad learned and was fluent in Ukrainian so he gave his eulogy completely in Ukrainian And I gave mine completely in English. The family asked me to give a eulogy and I was touched and honored to be able to do so they also asked me to sing the song that he sang on the way to the hospital that is usually done for these occasions and that was very beautiful very somber and very hard at the same time. his family and my family all bursted into tears after church because of how beautiful they told me I sounded. . May you rest in peace my sweet Kyrylo. you were such a wonderful person and I'm glad I was able to be more or less like your nurse for these two years and also like your one day older sister. there is a big hole in my heart now that you're gone but I know you're in heaven and I will see you one day

  • @yuki24k_
    @yuki24k_3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you guys for what you do!

  • @charriwithrow6498
    @charriwithrow64983 жыл бұрын

    I love you and thank You for all you continue to do ! Stay Strong!

  • @izzyn4315
    @izzyn43153 жыл бұрын

    My heart brakes for the brave men and woman that are battling Covid on the front lines... and for everyone that has lost a loved one due to this virus... may god be with us. God bless us all🙏

  • @notell2371
    @notell23713 жыл бұрын

    True courage....thank you, God bless you and keep you safe.

  • @macgirl90210
    @macgirl902103 жыл бұрын

    Thank you to all the brave nurses and doctors who fight for all the patients who can't fight for themselves.

  • @enceladus_1

    @enceladus_1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Camel toe in chief They're fighting against COVID -19

  • @erosr1
    @erosr12 жыл бұрын

    Bless your heart, lady! You have a beautiful profession. May God bless you and keep you always!

  • @lucygangte7105
    @lucygangte71053 жыл бұрын

    A huge respect to those nurses🙌

  • @giavillarreal3178
    @giavillarreal31783 жыл бұрын

    Thank you to all the nurses we need you please don’t give up GOD is with you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @kellykellyton8287

    @kellykellyton8287

    3 жыл бұрын

    We appreciate that. Thank you. I work dialysis and I have gotten several new dialysis patients that lost kidney function due to COVID-19. It makes me sad because some of them are younger than I am (I’m 33) and they had no other health problems prior. It’s just so sad.

  • @boeing747686
    @boeing7476863 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your service❤️

  • @suzieshiaman7291
    @suzieshiaman72913 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for creating this video! Thanks for your daily dedication. I want you to know that I am spreading this video. It is the least I can do!!!!

  • @Juanramirez-jq3mu
    @Juanramirez-jq3mu2 жыл бұрын

    I give those nurses my respect they risk their life’s for us to get better I was in the icu for COVID and i survived it thanks to them for always looking out for me 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @rajeshwarshinde4825
    @rajeshwarshinde48253 жыл бұрын

    Thanks god protect the whole team of UW Medicine

  • @hanzescalona2217
    @hanzescalona22173 жыл бұрын

    I’m a nurse here in the Philippines and im touched by this video.

  • @keithhutchins8803
    @keithhutchins88033 жыл бұрын

    Heroes you are all heroes, all my love to you for all you do.

  • @bhawnayadavchaubey3753
    @bhawnayadavchaubey37533 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 💞💞💞💞 and please take loads of care ...

  • @wueskew169
    @wueskew1692 жыл бұрын

    To all nurses (and other first responders): thank you!

  • @lileqs
    @lileqs3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, medical doctors so much! Thank you to all the medical doctors putting their lives at risk and helping very sick patients, you guys will forever be remembered as the heroes of 2020

  • @resolution55555

    @resolution55555

    3 жыл бұрын

    They earn very good money for what they do. It is their job. That is what they choose as their career. Relax.

  • @lileqs

    @lileqs

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@resolution55555 I know...?

  • @user-gc1gv7fn4v
    @user-gc1gv7fn4v3 жыл бұрын

    Love and respect for you all.❤️❤️❤️

  • @lisaknapp336
    @lisaknapp3363 жыл бұрын

    yes, thank you to all nurses

  • @DG914421
    @DG9144212 жыл бұрын

    Breezy and her amazing team (Kendra - awesome rainbow hair, Rose, Helen and I think the RT was Michael) took extraordinary care of my mom AND my brother and I for the subsequent 20 hours he and I stayed with her after we honored her DNR on 7-2-21. She died after a hemorragic conversion post ASAH and I couldn't be more grateful for Harborview, the LifeFlight team, the ER (Dr. Boop) and every single person involved in her care but ESPECIALLY Breezy and her team on the worst day of my life! They loved and cared for my mommy like she was their own mom - can't say enough kind words!

  • @annetteslife
    @annetteslife3 жыл бұрын

    Thank Frontline and essential for all your hard work.

  • @tyravanleer2080
    @tyravanleer20803 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I pray for our Nurses and doctors.

  • @samanthacouret1399
    @samanthacouret13993 жыл бұрын

    God bless your SOUL!!!!💙 I WISH they ALL FELT THE SAME. There's some healthcare workers who don't think this way.

  • @gingerpayne7310
    @gingerpayne73103 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for for doing amazing work at your job.

  • @sukanyadutt4661
    @sukanyadutt46612 жыл бұрын

    Thanks all medical staffs to try their best to save lives all over the world.

  • @charlottesumida6720
    @charlottesumida67204 жыл бұрын

    Thank you nurses.

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello charlotte How are you doing?

  • @johnslyfield5096
    @johnslyfield50963 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for all you do!!! True heroes.

  • @Onica7139
    @Onica71393 жыл бұрын

    I’m a skilled CNA and have been ☎️ to work here. I worked the vent unit at Cleveland clinic {Ohio}. I know I can do this. I’m just so afraid after loosing my grandma and uncle to Covid in August 2020, after they had A 4th of July party 🎉 in Ohio, they both got buried before August 4..... But when I watch this it makes me Cry/smile 😃 All nurses are awesome 👏 and thanks 🙏🏾 to all my nurses world 🌎 wide from #Seattle 💋

  • @dianesorokac2260
    @dianesorokac22603 жыл бұрын

    God bless all Healthcare workers!

  • @brendamay4811
    @brendamay48112 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for all that you do for your patients. Covid is such a monster and it is not picky about who it takes.

  • @Lex-rc1gr
    @Lex-rc1gr3 жыл бұрын

    I always wanted to pursue medicine, but these kinds of videos have really given me the motivation to really keep pushing. I see these videos of doctors struggling in India with the latest surge and I just keep wishing I had already been a Dr so I could volunteer my services, I feel completely helpless. The most I can do is just keep studying rn so when the time comes I can be of service.

  • @EdVed206

    @EdVed206

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope you keep pushing forward! I’m a nurse, spent months caring for patients on ecmo in this COVID ICU. We need people who have that passion and hope and compassion to join us! Please. Your words here encourage me to keep being a nurse. The best nurse I can be. Because damnit, it’s just so so hard sometimes. But the most rewarding career. And you get some badass stories too (as my mum says, just wait until after dinner)

  • @Lex-rc1gr

    @Lex-rc1gr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@EdVed206 no your words encouraged me too😭. I just got an internship at a hospital so now I will be bathing, feeding, transporting patients so now I can at least do something to help. I look forward to getting to work under nurses and I hope they are all as nice and encouraging as you 🥲 thank you for all that you do who knows maybe one day I’ll be helping beside you during the next pandemic (although I hope there won’t be one like this again in our lifetime)

  • @phyllisstrider2998
    @phyllisstrider29982 жыл бұрын

    Bless you for what you are doing for these sick people. You are a wonderful person. I pray you do not get sick. 🙏

  • @janellekendall8652

    @janellekendall8652

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! You are doing an amazing thing!! From an ED nurse, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺 ♥️

  • @nigelfortes1370
    @nigelfortes13703 жыл бұрын

    I'm not crying, y-you are 🥺

  • @jillridling2431
    @jillridling24313 жыл бұрын

    An amazing and beautiful tribute to both nurses and patients.

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Jill How are you doing?

  • @trishloiacono8524
    @trishloiacono85242 жыл бұрын

    These Nurses are fighting a war! Thank you for your service 🌷

  • @jaysmooyay9927
    @jaysmooyay99272 жыл бұрын

    Super BIG thank you to anyone who works in a hospital, you are the closest thing to God we really have.

  • @jenniferclark5237
    @jenniferclark52374 жыл бұрын

    Breazy you did such a great job with this video!

  • @lcbg4482
    @lcbg44822 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your help.

  • @ottemp499
    @ottemp4993 жыл бұрын

    Guys I work with 3 collegaues in Bosnia and herzegovina in Sarajevo with covid patients and 3 of us work with more than 80 patients. This is crazy. We cant handle it anymore. This sittuation is very bad here for us who work and for patients. Too much patients on small amount of us who works with these patients.

  • @whythe48
    @whythe482 жыл бұрын

    Touching video thank you to all people taking care of the sick you are all angels

  • @neceboo693
    @neceboo6933 жыл бұрын

    Sending prayers to all❤❤❤

  • @valerieblitz4440
    @valerieblitz44403 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your humanity and loving heart; God Bless you!

  • @kellyjason2251

    @kellyjason2251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Valerie How are you doing?

  • @valerieblitz4440

    @valerieblitz4440

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kellyjason2251 I’m doing good; how are you doing these days?

  • @perezfecto
    @perezfecto3 жыл бұрын

    I love her. 😥

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