1/ Would you mind saying a prayer/sending a good vibe to this patient tonight? Three years ago they survived a double lung transplant. Now they’re on a ventilator in @StLukesHealth Boise’s ICU and extremely sick with #COVID19. I can’t stop thinking about them and the care team. 
2/ Before the patient went on the ventilator, they expressed deep sadness & regret to the care team, the feeling they had somehow disappointed the donor & family that gave their lungs for this patient to live, then 3 years later despite being so careful, they now have COVID19. 😔
3/ COVID19 impacts so many people in so many heartbreaking and unexpected ways. Please don’t be the reason someone like this is sick with this deplorable virus. Take it seriously. I can’t imagine the guilt the person who unknowingly passed the virus on to this patient must feel.
4/ Next few days I’ll share more stories I heard at @StLukesHealth today: Respiratory Therapists who feel safer at the hospital vs. grocery store because people don’t care, or feel betrayed by some in community that call them liars while they risk themselves to care for others...
5/ ...or the nurse questioning how much longer she can be an ICU nurse because patients come to the ICU & “know they’ve lost the worst game of tag and they are it.” Their eyes plead with her to save them, yet she doesn’t know which patients will live or die, & she’s lost so many.
6/ Hi friends: I wanted to let you know that the family of the patient in this photo says she is calmer today. Your good vibes / 🙏🏻 seemed to make a difference. They also shared that their mom, Sharon Fraker, is a fighter and wanted you to see her beautiful smile, too.
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