I reflect on the past two years with the pandemic and I can honestly say

It was my upmost pleasure to have been able to participate in being the solution during the pandemic

I was more than happy to be there to be a part of the process. It was my pleasure to take care of Covid patients. There were many times many staff refused to take care of Covid patients and refused to work at Covid facilities. Often times it was me who did it. I wasn’t afraid because I knew I was doing gods work and he would protect me.

What a lot of people don’t know if they’re not a part of it. Healthcare is a community meaning there are only so many people apart of it. I go to different facilities in my town and surrounding areas and I run into the same cnas and nurses and doctors and phlebotomists. We are all so valuable and important to the field as a whole. We really do serve our communities.

There was even a time when a patient coded (was found unresponsive) and no one would perform cpr on him because he was positive for Covid and covered in blood. I performed cpr on that patient by myself with someone else doing rescue breaths with the “bag” while everyone watched. (Cpr is extremely exhausting and you’re supposed to take turns because it’s so exhausting) I didn’t care about that either. I am glad I was put in that position multiple times to step up to the plate where others were afraid

I took very good intimate care of my patients despite them having Covid. many caretakers wouldn’t even check on their Covid patients or go in the rooms

Despite many of the nasty remarks from bystanders “you guys aren’t hero’s you chose your job”

“You signed up for this”

And even the disgusting post wrote about me on here saying they felt bad for my patients lol at the time I just shook my head. If only they knew

I’m rough around the edges but I love people with all my heart and I love humanity and I want everyone to thrive.

My family and my bds family at the beginning of the pandemic begged me to stop working. I refused because I knew (the facility) I worked at at the time full time needed me. That facility was the first facility in central Florida to get Covid. I didn’t get it (test positive) until the second year. luckily I had very mild symptoms. Half of the staff were out bc they got sick. They would miss around two weeks some even longer. so the Individuals who weren’t sick were vital to keeping the facility open and running smoothly and the keeping the ratios reasonable enough for patients to get effective care

I think that’s why I have the amazing job that I do now because god rewarded me for my perseverance and for doing “his work”