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If it weren’t for the medical staff’s swift action at this Long Island hospital, Mikayla Petti wouldn’t have made it. Maria Petti was 24 weeks into her pregnancy in February when she sensed that something was wrong. She alerted her husband, Andrew, and told him they had to go to the hospital. But a few
A therapy dog named Loki, also known as “Dogtor Loki,” is helping the nurses in Maryland by bringing them comfort and “Hero Healing Kits” amid the coronavirus pandemic. The rottweiler used to visit patients at the University of Maryland Medical Center three times a week with her owner, Caroline Benzel, before the COVID-19 outbreak. The
Angela Primachenko, a 27-year-old respiratory therapist from Vancouver, Washington, was keenly aware of the challenge ahead. Thirty-three weeks pregnant, she tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24 after having fever and other symptoms. Due to the nature of her work, she knew exactly what procedures may have to be undertaken to ensure her safety and
I have been an Emergency Medicine Physician for almost 20 years. I have worked through numerous disasters, and I’m used to the daily grind of heart attacks, gunshots, strokes, flu, traumas, and more. It’s par for the course in my field. Yet nothing has made me feel the way I do about my “job” as