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We seek out there values and goals. We let them know what we can accomplish and what we can’t. It’s often choosing between the lesser of two evils, and often I am conflicted about putting people in such difficult positions.
The journey of dying in the ICU from #COVID19 takes on average about a 6 weeks. I have seen what that does to families.
Despite our resources and technology we can do little but support our patients and their families through the process waiting for them to heal.
And though most who read this thread know that vaccination can prevent almost all of this, it is why those of us in healthcare struggle knowing this is now preventable. It’s a thought that torments us through every day of those 6 weeks.
Thanks for this Darren. It is so important that you and the others are putting this out there. When pt/families don't believe what I tell them I am seeing, I am sending them to your timelines to read for themselves. It is critical and I think it helps the skeptics see.
Thank you. My MIL died from COVID 1/19/21. She had treatment up to the point of being put on a ventilator - which she refused. She died fairly peacefully within a few hours and was able to see and interact with her family up until then just as she wished.
Are you seeing that people with autoimmune diseases have worse outcomes? I've got granulomas in my lungs from neurosarcoidosis and I figure I'm 100% dead if I get covid.
You are in a scary place indeed. 
My medical little (9) has permanent scars in his lungs from repeated pneumonias for the first 7 years (he's a very complex lil Dude). He and I are both on Biologics as well but he THANKFULLY receives IVIG monthly so that he gets an immune boost
Thank you for your service, your compassion, and for sharing this trajectory with us. More Albertans need to know what's going on behind ICU walls. It's more than just beds...
I have been following you since this pandemic began. You are knowledgeable compassionate and an excellent communicator. I wish your entire post could be published in the Herald and Sun and any other Alberta paper! So many, like myself vaccinated or not need to read this!
Perhaps music therapy, through headphones, could help some people, at certain stages of Covid in ICU, who are declining, to start to recover instead. It helps stress levels, which if reduced, could boost the body's ability to heal the lungs.https://ebn.bmj.com/content/7/4/103
I don’t think people realize covid is not a peaceful death, there’s suffering involved. The struggle of trying to live is hard, you can’t get on a bedside commode without feeling like you’re suffocating. And then if you take a turn for the worse- just breathing is all consuming.
I am in awe of the work of yourself and all health professionals working to save Covid patients. When I had it in March 2020, I was lucky enough to keep myself out of the ICU, I came close. I know how scared a person gets, and how hard it is on their families. Thank you all.
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