One of my buddies, also my former classmate in graduate school (he went on and got his MD along with his PhD), is an ER doctor and has been treating COVID-19 patients for the past two weeks. He just wrote on his Facebook that, when/if he gets intubated, he wants a specific kind of anesthesia so that he could stay awake during the whole procedure... He wants to stay conscious while fighting for his life. Although he’s making it sound like a joke, I can tell he’s nervous...
I have another friend who is an open heart surgeon. Last week, another surgeon, whom he performed a surgery with, got tested positive for COVID-19. They immediately tested my friend along with all their staff. Fortunately, he’s negative. Over the weekend, his wife told us that she couldn’t sleep the entire time while they were waiting for the test result to come back. That’s 3 days with no sleep... And during that time, my friend was told not to go home and was quarantined at work. He didn’t know what to do. He wanted to call his wife but was worried she might start crying. But if he didn’t call, he’s worried that she might get upset... So he had one of the nurses call her. He’s so afraid that she might start crying...
Guys! These are truly brave soldiers who are risking their own lives to fight the virus and save the lives of others. I guess this is indeed World War III...
The best help we can give them is to be more careful and stay healthy ourselves. The more of us staying healthy, the less of us will be in the hospital, and less pressure on them.
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