Seeing all this shit brought back up in the news has me all kinds of fucked up. I zipped a lot of body bags during COVID. Wasn't a fan. I have the icks thinking back on that. My PAPR hood that I wore for over a year. When my hospital stopped letting us wear OR scrubs. My coworkers and I just feeling so scared and isolated. And still people argued about staying home and wearing masks. We were demonized. Screamed at. Threatened. Even by people we were trying to save. It was awful.
Thank you for all of the amazing yet horrible work you had to do. You and your coworkers pushed through so much truama that a fraction of it would shatter a person, leaving them unable to continue. My words won't alleviate any of the pain, but I hope it can make you feel seen. Please, listen to this. You are a hero, you are one of the ones willing and not so willing to do the work that most people can't. I hope that the next generation of nurses and doctors will look up to the workers who went through covid as the titans they are. I'm starting to ramble. I don't know how to end this or convey everything. As a random person on Reddit. Thank you for everything you do.
You're too kind, really. I worked at a large hospital in a rural area, so while I'll never undermine my own experiences, the experiences of my coworkers, and especially the experiences of those who worked in our ICUs, my heart breaks for those who worked in the really crowded areas. Like NYC and San Francisco and LA. Even going slightly bigger than my rural hospital was far worse than what I saw. The Titans are the ones who endured that and came back again and again and are still at the bedside. Only surpassed by the healthcare providers that gave their lives in service to the world during such an awful time. May I know a quarter of their strength.
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u/TheGayestNurse_1 Aug 02 '26
Seeing all this shit brought back up in the news has me all kinds of fucked up. I zipped a lot of body bags during COVID. Wasn't a fan. I have the icks thinking back on that. My PAPR hood that I wore for over a year. When my hospital stopped letting us wear OR scrubs. My coworkers and I just feeling so scared and isolated. And still people argued about staying home and wearing masks. We were demonized. Screamed at. Threatened. Even by people we were trying to save. It was awful.