what she had to say yesterday:

"As I pull into work every morning I mentally prepare myself for the stressful and exhausting job that is emergency nursing. These last two weeks there is even more hesitation as I park, drink some coffee, try and wake up and rekindle my love of nursing, in order to go, clock in, and care for others.

What am I thinking about? What do I want?

I want to have mass production of PPE (personal protective equipment) masks, gowns, face shields etc. And not need them.
I want everyone to look back at the quarantine measures and think we overreacted.
I want so few people to get sick that the quarantine looks foolish in hindsight.
I want this virus to be written off as just another cold.
I want to be wrong.
I want everyone to not realize that these steps, the quarantine, the distancing, the extreme caution. That these very steps halted our demise. That we simply stayed home and saved lives. That's insane. Let everyone think we overreacted. Let everyone think that we, for some reason, we were luckier than other countries.

We may not be.
We may need every last mask.
We may have to find a way to ventilate more people than we have machines for.
We may have to decide who receives life saving treatment and who does not due to dwindling resources.
We may lose friends and family members.
We may run out of room in the morgues.
We may think, "Why didn't we do more?"

Be alert, be upset, be scared.
Don't panic.
Whatever happens, the economy, the job market, life itself, will get figured out and recover eventually.

Be bored, be stuck at home, be annoyed.
Don't dismiss social distancing, don't go out just because, go out only for essentials.
We are fighting an invisible assailant so it can be hard to understand, but doing this is helping!

Be thankful for what you have, health, family/friends/loved ones. Help others who may not be as lucky.
Don't put them, or you, at risk."