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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah let's feel bad for these doctors who make 500k a year. Nah I feel bad for the kids we send to war. No sympathy from me. [/quote]

I'm a pediatrician. You really think I make 500K a year?

I'm going in tomorrow to be retrained as a makeshift respiratory therapist for adults -- suctioning, vent change management, all that. I'm also in a high risk category, but there isn't anyone else with the background knowledge to do it.

Doctors (and nurses, and RTs) are dying because of the high viral load we are exposed to during aerosolizing procedures like suctioning and CPR, and we don't have the proper equipment to keep us safe and working. Some of us just … die. My colleagues and I all have updated wills on our kitchen tables or other visible places. And I still have student loans, so I hope those get waived if I don't make it through, because I come from a poor Midwestern farming family.

I'm not complaining. I'm not asking you to feel bad for me. I'm just asking you not to be a jackass about this.  [/quote]

Please ignore that poster. There’s a jerk on every thread. Thank you for all you do and I hope you stay healthy and safe. I have a lot of doctors and nurses in my family and in my friend group and I know first hand how hard they work and how much of their own time, health, and energy they sacrifice for their job and their patients. We appreciate all you do.[/quote]

Thanks. I'm scared, too, like the OP's husband. I don't cry at work, but I do cry at home. The only thing I have hoarded is cat food and cat litter -- I've got enough for 3 months for my 2 cats, because I don't think anyone would want to come into my apartment if I'm not here, at least for awhile. And I wouldn't want them too.

It's not being praised that helps, it's just reading when people get it. The singing from balconies, the theater and construction companies donating masks, the teachers looking for hand sanitizer in closed stockrooms of the school. The teenagers figuring out what they can print 3D.

It makes it less lonely. It is very lonely right now, so thank you. [/quote]

I’m the pp above. I’m scared too, for my best friend who’s an ER doctor, for another close friend who’s an ICU nurse and her husband who is an EMS worker, for my mom who is a retired internist who is considering coming out of retirement to help out at her old hospital. I’m scared for them and for all of you on the frontlines but I’m also just so in awe of what you all do. It is so selfless and generous of you to be there helping others. I am also so angry and sad that medical personnel aren’t getting the protective gear, supplies, and support that they need right now. I don’t know what I can do to help and I hate feeling am helpless. Like other PP said, please let us know if there’s a way we ordinary citizens can help medical personnel right now (other than staying home and doing our best to keep ourselves and our families healthy/out of hospitals).[/quote]

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