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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan't sleep, frustrated, disgusted, enraged, nauseous.
After another 10 hour shift dealing with patients in petrified fear and frustration wearing hot sweat box of veritable space suit. I came home so damn shop worn and sticky, so tired of stripping and painstakingly bagging my scrubs to take to the hot wash akin to handling radioactive plutonium, soapy showering until certain I've murdered an exceptional percentage of integumentary flora and still worried this blight could be transmitted to my loved ones, pet care and home support. Barely able to muster the appetite to gingerly consume a microwave meal, falling asleep too tired to even get through one hour episode of a DVD serial...
And now up at 0430 with such angry insomnia that the idiots elected PHONEY BALONEY the CLOWN to handle dire and massively lethal calamity like it was a pesky inconvenient interruption to his royal jester repartory.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)this.
qwlauren35
(6,145 posts)But I just wanted to send a warm fuzzy. It may be that knowing what you do is essential does not help with all of the things you're feeling and experiencing. And knowing that people around you care about you, even though you are "a stranger", because what you are doing is so vital to our country. may not help either. But I still send warm fuzzies.
demmiblue
(36,835 posts)Squinch
(50,935 posts)The "thank you" memes and clapping at shift change don't do anything to change the war you are waging for us and the toll that war takes on your body and mind. I wish we could take the burden from you.
For what it's worth, I think you are a hero. Stay safe and tell us if there is anything we can do for you.
Delphinus
(11,830 posts)Bless you and thank you.
Please take care of yourself.
MFM008
(19,803 posts)❤❤💋💋
safeinOhio
(32,658 posts)Love, respect and best wishes.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,713 posts)You take care of them...well take care of him.
pazzyanne
(6,546 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Hopefully you will NEVER have to go through another episode such as this. We HAVE to get the orange turd OUT. Stay strong, and know we are all here for you. Wish we could do more.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)You are a true hero.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)niyad
(113,216 posts)Marthe48
(16,929 posts)I'm glad you have protective gear. I'm so sorry that you have to be on the front lines of this plague. Just keep doing what you're doing to keep you and your circle safe. Bless you.
Botany
(70,483 posts)n/t
barbtries
(28,787 posts)thank you. I wish you were not dealing with this. It's an unprecedented time. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Fla Dem
(23,632 posts)panfluteman
(2,065 posts)The dumbing down of the American voting public, combined with a huge deficit in teaching critical thinking skills, civics and American government, to the point where a joker like Trump could be elected pressident. After all, the red flags indicating that he was a fraud and a con man, as well as an aspiring dictator were obvious to all here on DU, and all who didn't sleep through their civics and American government classes in high school
mjvpi
(1,388 posts)Ill call both of my Senators and my Representative 5 times in your honor!
calimary
(81,189 posts)Not nauseous yet, but that's probably coming, too.
THANK YOU for going through this struggle for the rest of us. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU!!!
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)niyad
(113,216 posts)Lives for us in this awful time.
Blue Owl
(50,335 posts)And we better make goddamn sure there is NEVER AGAIN another orange fuckwad allowed to steal our country from us in November...
AirmensMom
(14,642 posts)I can't imagine how you do it and you have my sincere gratitude for your bravery and dedication.
There are plenty of us who are angry along with you. Take care of yourself.
dchill
(38,464 posts)Thank you.
onecaliberal
(32,812 posts)The country owes you a debt of gratitude. 🙏🏻💕💔
spooky3
(34,427 posts)Thank you for all you do.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)We appreciate you! 💐🌸🏵🌹🌺⚘
pnwest
(3,266 posts)on the front lines and caring so much.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Historic NY
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I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)I'm sending purrs your way and appreciation for the fight you fight for us in the horrible situation you are facing.
My heart goes out to you.
sheshe2
(83,710 posts)I come from a family of nurses. Two retired. One 94 (we are trying to keep her alive at home) and the other 69. The third is daughter and granddaughter and on the front lines.
Thank you for all you do. lambchop.
Stay safe.