From the trenches
When the phone rang a couple hours ago I recognized the number, one of the medical offices at the hospital. Sure enough, the caller works in the clinic that provides my cardiac and pulmonary care; they are also the doctors who care for the hospitalized covid patients. She was calling to apologize for their slowness in responding to a prescription question. I thanked her, but told her that no apology was necessary, as I’d been hearing from other providers that covid patients are once more overwhelming the hospital.
Another of my doctors in a different office has just postponed a procedure that had already been postponed once before, both postponements due to heightened risks brought by the infected population. Anyway, she was relieved to learn that I am fully vaxed, boostered, and have received my flu shot. I noted that she sounded exhausted, and she just sighed and said they are all very tired. And when I asked if those currently occupying the covid beds are from the group that refuses to be vaxed, her response was “Every. Single. One.” She sounded on the verge of tears.
She was also relieved when I suggested that my upcoming appointment could be done virtually. Before ending the call, I told her that I’m incredibly thankful for their continuing dedication in the face of such unnecessary suffering. And I can’t help wishing that those unvaccinated who insist they’ve “done their own research” could listen to the research that this one nurse is living all day every day.
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Hopefully we might be able to use their experiences in the midterms to get people to question
why they vote for a political party who doesn't care if they live or die.
