"Just going to hold his hand for a bit, I don't think he has long" [View all]

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A photo from inside a Central Texas hospital gives a glimpse inside a hospital hall to see so vividly, and so painfully, the toll of the virus on patients and caretakers.

It is of nurse Colby Hutson, who wrote two simple sentences, never intended for a social media moment.

"Just going to hold his hand for a bit," he scrawled with a Sharpie. "I don't think he has long."

In full protective gear, Hutson, on duty at Ascension Seton Hays, was with a patient thought to have COVID-19.

He decided to stay in an isolation room longer than expected and wanted to tell his fellow nurses why.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/nurse-photo-ascension-seton-hays-hospital-toll-of-covid-19/269-f4d87d61-c0fd-4769-bee3-067b53b1534a