A message from Maria McCorvy who works in ER in Dayton, Ohio.
From Maria McCorvy who works in ER in Dayton, Ohio:
"Watching patients family members be sent back to their car or home because we couldn’t allow visitors with the threat of the virus really got to me. I took water and snacks out to one man because his wife was inside the hospital for about 8 hours and he didn’t want to leave without her. "
My daughter is a front line worker who is sacrificing everything to serve the patients at her facility, it does however make our relationship very difficult to maintain as I am a cancer survivor with a very compromised immune system...
My coworkers and I are continuing to provide chemotherapy treatment to pediatric patients. At this time we are only allowing one caregiver with the patient per visit...
With the uncertainty of COVID-19, we are putting ourselves on the frontline caring for others. We are praying we don’t bring the virus home with us to our own family...