Hero's Without Recognition...Again

 ER Nurse Pamela Orlando, 56, died from coronavirus and like all other nurses, she was a HERO!

I'm sorry for the tone of this blog, although it is something that needs to be said and I feel that with the current atmosphere of hate and hurting, I feel that every nurse in this world should be exempt from the pain.  Too many idiots are taking out their hate on nurses due to misinformation and general hypocrisy.  NURSES DO NOT DESERVE THE HATE THEY ARE RECEIVING due to the partisan politics.  They are being verbally abused, assaulted and in some situations, threatened for their lives.  Pamela Orlando (above) dedicated, documented and ultimately gave her life for her dedication and commitment to others.  She is not an anomaly though, she is more the typical nurse who just want to heal her fellow man.  

I have personally benefitted from the selflessness of nurses.  I spent 100 days in the hospital during 19 surgeries and many other procedures.  My nurses were the true healers, not through expensive surgeries that I couldn't pay for in five lifetimes, or the thousand and thousands of dollars that prescription drugs that I needed to save my life.  They were the healers that were there after family left and had a kind word to say or encouragement when I was so down, if affected my healing.  They were the psychiatrists that I needed after an amputation or the two sepsis bouts that almost took me away.  They knew how bad it hurt me and how sometimes you have very dark thoughts.  I would not have not made it without them and I know it.  

See, the thing is, and this is really important, they meet us in one of the most chaotic times in our lives and provide us with the stability that we so desperately need.  They are our sister, or brother, or daughter or mother.  How can you treat such people with disrespect or anger.  They don't make a ton of money, they get treated like crap by the doctors and their dedication just amazes me.   Pamela Orlando didn't have to document her dying days, she did it for us.  She did it for those non-believers in the vaccine, for those who worship parties over sickness and deniers even in the biggest illness to attach our world.  I hope one day there is a national memorial for those nurses who sacrificed so much for so little, for us during this pandemic.  I thank them, will never forget them and owe them my life.  Be well...