The "Fuck you Covid19" thread

Everything at work changes daily now.
Sometimes up to a dozen times a day
And it is so frustrating
To hear management
Say one thing (you only need one mask a day)
Then another an hour later (you can change your N95 after each patient)
And then a whole other shortly after (only this finite list of people should be wearing N95s now - no, you don’t get one, I don’t care if you have to respond to a trauma, you can do CPR in a PAPR).

I’m tired.
I’m frustrated.
I’m so glad I have today off.


Fuck you, COVID-19!
 
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Everything at work changes daily now.
Sometimes up to a dozen times a day
And it is so frustrating
To hear management
Say one thing (you only need one mask a day)
Then another an hour later (you can change your N95 after each patient)
And then a whole other shortly after (only this finite list of people should be wearing N95s now - no, you don’t get one, I don’t care if you have to respond to a trauma, you can do CPR in a PAPR).

I’m tired.
I’m frustrated.
I’m so glad I have today off.

Moochie, thanks for the bravery and sacrifice that you show in your service. The medical community has been amazing! I hope the frustration of dealing with management does not overwhelm you! :rose::rose::rose:
 
Aaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggggghhhhhhh

I know I haven't been here in a while, but I need a place to unload

My 86 year old father fell late Sunday night. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where they determined he fractured his hip - 4 breaks. Surgery was Monday. The plan then was bearable. In the hosp 3-4 days, then on to rehab, then home. The hard part is to not be able to go to the hospital or rehab to see him, sit with him. Tuesday he had a stroke. Wednesday when they tried to do an MRI he had a heart attack. The MRI didn't give the best results because he couldn't seem to stay still. It was discovered that he has had 3 strokes. We have to wait for the overworked healthcare workers to call us with updates. Yesterday, my mom, sister and I needed to give some really difficult answers to some touch questions regarding life support. CPR or defibrillation will cause more damage and likely kill him. If his lungs fail, do we want him to be intubated and put on a ventilator. We all know he would not want that. They are certain that his quality of life considering all the trauma he has already suffered would be shit. He's been moved over to the Covid-19 unit (private room with no chance of germs in or out, but I forget what it's called) He has a fever so they didn't want to take any chances. Test results will take 24-48 hours. If negative, they'll move him back. All this, and we can't be there. I wouldn't risk my mom of course, but I could wear a mask and gloves and just hold his damn hand. We hope to find out what the cardiologist says and plans, but right now the biggest concern is the stroke and damage that may have been done. They have a waist restraint on him as he can't settle and with the fractured hip....... I admit here that I am scared shitless. I can't express how badly I want to be there and hate this fucking virus that is keeping me from being with my dad. He can't talk or swallow or pee. He doesn't seem to comprehend what is said to him. I hate the though that he thinks he is all alone, that we have abandoned him and don't care. I'm worried about my mom who has heart issues and is fairly recently out of the hospital herself. :(:(:(:(:(:mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
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My heart goes out to you.
Stay strong! These are some of the toughest times we have ever experienced.
 
I know I haven't been here in a while, but I need a place to unload

My 86 year old father fell late Sunday night. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where they determined he fractured his hip - 4 breaks. Surgery was Monday. The plan then was bearable. In the hosp 3-4 days, then on to rehab, then home. The hard part is to not be able to go to the hospital or rehab to see him, sit with him. Tuesday he had a stroke. Wednesday when they tried to do an MRI he had a heart attack. The MRI didn't give the best results because he couldn't seem to stay still. It was discovered that he has had 3 strokes. We have to wait for the overworked healthcare workers to call us with updates. Yesterday, my mom, sister and I needed to give some really difficult answers to some touch questions regarding life support. CPR or defibrillation will cause more damage and likely kill him. If his lungs fail, do we want him to be intubated and put on a ventilator. We all know he would not want that. They are certain that his quality of life considering all the trauma he has already suffered would be shit. He's been moved over to the Covid-19 unit (private room with no chance of germs in or out, but I forget what it's called) He has a fever so they didn't want to take any chances. Test results will take 24-48 hours. If negative, they'll move him back. All this, and we can't be there. I wouldn't risk my mom of course, but I could wear a mask and gloves and just hold his damn hand. We hope to find out what the cardiologist says and plans, but right now the biggest concern is the stroke and damage that may have been done. They have a waist restraint on him as he can't settle and with the fractured hip....... I admit here that I am scared shitless. I can't express how badly I want to be there and hate this fucking virus that is keeping me from being with my dad. He can't talk or swallow or pee. He doesn't seem to comprehend what is said to him. I hate the though that he thinks he is all alone, that we have abandoned him and don't care. I'm worried about my mom who has heart issues and is fairly recently out of the hospital herself. :(:(:(:(:(:mad::mad::mad::mad:

That is terrible. I so feel badly for you and your family. I get their concerns about exposure risks, but the recovery rate is so much greater for those who are not alone! Surely they can find a way for someone to be with him...nurses and doctors go home to their families and still find a way to keep patients safe when they go to work.
 
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Now we need a cassie check in.

Checking in

That is terrible. I so feel badly for you and your family. I get their concerns about exposure risks, but the recovery rate is so much greater for those who are not alone! Surely they can find a way for someone to be with him...nurses and doctors go home to their families and still find a way to keep patients safe when they go to work.

It is a terrible consequence of Covid19 that we really can't have anyone in the hospital who isn't a patient or hospital worker.

Many doctors and nurses aren't going home to their families out of fear that they might bring this disease home. People who do go home have a careful ritual of removing their work clothes at work (some hospitals are providing laundry service) and change into clean clothes to go home...then, leaving shoes outside or using a bleach water shoe bath before entering the house, followed by going straight to the laundry stripping off the "clean" clothes and then showering before touching anyone in the household. In many hotspot areas up to 20% of hospitalization due to Covid19 are health care workers. :eek:

The fear all of us are experiencing is palpable. Sometimes incapacitating. But... all that being said, nurses especially are doing everything they can to help patients not feel alone. Babyslave has a heartbreaking situation. I am so sorry.
 
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Babyslave = :( -- sending your grandfather and your family lots of healing thoughts

fuck you covid19
 
Prayers and positive thoughts would be appreciated for three children who came to live with me until other arrangements can be made. Their mom was a dear friend and a front line worker at a hospital. I had been told she was not working, but it turns out that was not *entirely* true. Her father had been ill for a while (vascular dementia) and was in the ICU. He deteriorated two nights ago, very quickly. I agreed to take the kids to keep them safe from people coming to visit and give condolences. Only after getting here did I know she had been sick for days >.> she has now been hospitalized and their dad is sick as well. Soooooooo prayers for this little family that I'm quite worried for. It certainly puts things in perspective, though if all works out she and I will have a very frank talk about informed consent. I think I'd probably still have offered if it had been just myself, but I have a family too. I'm not sure I'd have made that choice for my kid. I'd probably have called her dad asked him to take her, and then just put myself in this situation.

Fuck Covid.
 
Thanks for checking in, cassie. I think about you and moochie every day, along with the rest of my front line nurses, which is over half my world.
Stay safe.

Moochie posted in AmPics this morning. (Great seasonal pic).

But has anyone heard from Honey?
 
Prayers and positive thoughts would be appreciated for three children who came to live with me until other arrangements can be made. Their mom was a dear friend and a front line worker at a hospital. I had been told she was not working, but it turns out that was not *entirely* true. Her father had been ill for a while (vascular dementia) and was in the ICU. He deteriorated two nights ago, very quickly. I agreed to take the kids to keep them safe from people coming to visit and give condolences. Only after getting here did I know she had been sick for days >.> she has now been hospitalized and their dad is sick as well. Soooooooo prayers for this little family that I'm quite worried for. It certainly puts things in perspective, though if all works out she and I will have a very frank talk about informed consent. I think I'd probably still have offered if it had been just myself, but I have a family too. I'm not sure I'd have made that choice for my kid. I'd probably have called her dad asked him to take her, and then just put myself in this situation.

Fuck Covid.



GoodLord! Prayers and thoughts continue.
All, please stay safe and well.
 
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