My COVID-19 Experience by Anonymous

My COVID-19 Experience

by Anonymous

August 2, 2020
2 mins story

healthcare workers solidarity

1. Tell us your Covid story (also welcome: songs, poems, anecdotes, reflections, or ramblings). 4-minute maximum

PCSA staff transporting COVID-19 patient

I am a Nursing Home Administrator in Jersey City, New Jersey. My world changed the day I was assisting my staff to enter a room to transport our first known COVID-19 patient to an isolation room. My heart was racing as I was donning the staff with masks, gowns, gloves, head/feet coverings, goggles, every PPE I could find to protect the staff that I was directing to make this transport. All I knew at this point was that people are dying due to this virus and we needed to do everything in our power to save lives and protect the other residents and staff in the nursing home. Having staff that were willing to do whatever needed to be done without hesitation is incredibly humbling to me. Their love for their patients was stronger than the fear of contracting the virus. They are compassionate and treat every patient with the utmost respect and dignity. They are truly our heroes. We will fight this together until the virus is no longer. I am blessed to have such a great team at Peace Care St. Ann's.

1. Tell us your Covid story (also welcome: songs, poems, anecdotes, reflections, or ramblings). 4-minute maximum

I am a Nursing Home Administrator in Jersey City, New Jersey. My world changed the day I was assisting my staff to enter a room to transport our first known COVID-19 patient to an isolation room. My heart was racing as I was donning the staff with masks, gowns, gloves, head/feet coverings, goggles, every PPE I could find to protect the staff that I was directing to make this transport. All I knew at this point was that people are dying due to this virus and we needed to do everything in our power to save lives and protect the other residents and staff in the nursing home. Having staff that were willing to do whatever needed to be done without hesitation is incredibly humbling to me. Their love for their patients was stronger than the fear of contracting the virus. They are compassionate and treat every patient with the utmost respect and dignity. They are truly our heroes. We will fight this together until the virus is no longer. I am blessed to have such a great team at Peace Care St. Ann's.
2. Share anything else that is on your mind!

I was watching Tiempo on Channel 7 and became aware that you are looking for stories from Latinas. Well, I am Puerto Rican and thought why not. So I sent you a small glimpse of how my world turned. Not to mention the effect it has caused in my personal life. I have 3 children and married to a firefighter who also works in the community. The fear of bringing the virus home to our children from work required us to take preventive measures which included no acts of affection. There were no hugs, kisses and we practiced social distancing at home for a while until we were able to get tested. The kids did not quite understand the seriousness of the virus and were not aware of the high risk we were placing them. I felt guilty but at the same time felt I needed to do everything in my power to help the most vulnerable. It has been a long haul and we continue to work to fight against this pandemic and hope that one day we will have some normalcy in our lives. Thank you for giving us this platform to share our stories.

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