Sweets.by.Caroline

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

@MichaelBuble Loved your concert tonight #phoenix #footprintscenter #MBHigherTour

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

@kareem_neal I agree 100% and I can't believe in your position, that you would ever have to tell your students about an active shooter. Stay safe and your kids too! 🙏

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

Loved #hadestown @hadestown was awesome tonight @ASUGammage. Waited a long time to see you, and was worth the wait! Amazing performances! Ty for not disappointing me!

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

Thank you @APChristie, for allowing me to trust you with my story; it's not just my story, it's any nurse, anywhere, all nurses, everywhere. You gave the care, empathy, and flight to my words, so many of our collective hearts and souls are tied to Covid and will forever be.

[Bob Christie @AZChristieNews]

I’ve interviewed ICU nurse Caroline Maloney many times since the start of the pandemic. We often talked for hours about what she and her patients are going through. Here’s her story: Arizona nurse shares highs, lows of 18-month COVID-19 fight (from @AP) https://t.co/lMnhAYcGbF

[Bob Christie @AZChristieNews]

She said there’s a belief that the hospital will save them. “And when that loved one doesn’t walk out of the hospital, it’s, it’s devastating. There is a complete disbelief as to why.”

[Bob Christie @AZChristieNews]

There’s obviously lots of material that did not make it into this story. But one comment she made this week probably should have: With younger, healthier people now being hit hard, families just can’t comprehend how their loved one made it to the hospital but still died.

[Bob Christie @AZChristieNews]

I’ve interviewed ICU nurse Caroline Maloney many times since the start of the pandemic. We often talked for hours about what she and her patients are going through. Here’s her story: Arizona nurse shares highs, lows of 18-month COVID-19 fight (from @AP) https://t.co/lMnhAYcGbF

[Bob Christie @AZChristieNews]

Children now make up 1 in 4 COVID-19 cases and 6% of those hospitalized in Arizona’s most populous county. School outbreaks also rise dramatically (from @AP) https://t.co/P9IMiMBctz

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

Death, Through a Nurse’s Eyes https://t.co/hQ2pYlYkFR #icunurses #covid #covid19 #CoronaVirusUpdates #valleywise If you don’t know and want to know, watch this video. Thank you fellow nurses, RT’s, docs, lab, radiology, EVS, supply chain, we can’t do it alone and it’s not over..

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman delivers a poem at Joe Biden's inauguration https://t.co/XJo7bVKEQJ via @YouTube

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

Being a part of the solution. Part 1 done today. I will continue to be present. I will continue to be on the frontlines in ICU. THANK YOU @HonorHealth for being an amazing partner and doing everything you can to be part of the solution! I’m honored to be part of a great team.

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

It’s always been important. You have a voice and a choice. You can make a difference. It’s a referendum. It’s your constitutional right. Be heard this year. It doesn’t matter to me who you vote for, but at least exercise your right to vote!

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

6) This virus is far different then anything I’ve attempted to treat medically my entire career. Those that require ICU, majority leave pushing up daisies.
#COVID19 #covidnurse #ICU #washyourhands #wearyourmask #lovefromafar #imisshugs #itsreal #StopTheSpread #SocialDistancing

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

5) Our efforts are futile.
Covid has shown me the long, excruciating painful deterioration and death on a ventilator. It’s shown me the emotion and spiritual pain patients and families go through when saying goodbye from afar.

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

4) before they will be too tired to fight. We see the fear that takes over when they agree to be intubated. We are the ones to resuscitate them when families can’t let them go. Then we wait.... and wait... and painfully wait... to eventually no matter what medicine has to offer.

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

3) Yet they speak!
They speak to us about their families, their fears, their decisions to take life support or not. As nurses, we are the only ones there to assure them they’re going to make it through this. We care for and treat them while knowing it’s only a matter of time.

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

2) For the first time this past week my unit was 90% filled with those we were doing everything possible to keep them off the ventilator. Why is this harder you ask? They speak! They speak short 2-3 words at a time while using every ounce of energy to just breath.

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

Written by one of my fellow nurses. 1) The Universe new today was a necessary time of reflection. After 7 straight months of working the Covid Crisis I’ve seen a lot of death. Don’t get me wrong 17 years in Trauma ER/ICU I’ve seen my fair share but Covid is different.

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

@kareem_neal So stunning! An amazing selfless gift and special bond.

[Sweets.by.Caroline @SweetsXCaroline]

I’m truly honored and humbled by this award. 2020 is “Year of the Nurse” and in a year unimaginable by all of us. Thank you for this recognition. @HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn.