Mississippi nurse working in New Jersey

A local nurse has put himself on the front lines of one of the hardest hit areas of the coronavirus.

WORKING WITH COVID-19 PATIENTS,MISSISSIPPI NATIVE ANDREGISTERED NURSE.TAYLOR MCCOMBS IS IN NEW JERSEYHELPING HEALTHCARE WORKERS.THEY ARE AS THEY FIGHT COVID-19BEEN THERE FOR TWO WEEKS.TALK TO ME ABOUT KIND WHATYOU’RE SEEING THERE.WAY WORSE THAN I THOUGHT HISFAMILY BEHIND IN MADISON TO BEIN THE THICK OF THE PANDEMIC.HE SAYS HE JUST WANTED TO HELPTHE PEOPLE WORKING RELENTLESSLYIN HOSPITALS IN THE NORTHEAST.I CAN I CAN TELL JUST BY BEINGAROUND THE PEOPLE THAT AREWORKING UP THERE THAT THERE AREWORN DOWN THERE HAVE BEEN OVER AHUNDRED THIRTY ONE THOUSANDCASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN NEWJERSEY AND OVER 8,500 PEOPLEHAVE DIED, BUT HOME SAYS THEPATIENT’S HE’S BEEN SEEING HAVEBEEN REALLY REALLY SICK THEIROWN.OR GROUPS TO HELP MANAGE THEIRHEART RATE TO HELP PREVENTMANAGER BLOOD PRESSURE.THEY’RE HAVING TO BE PARALYZEDAND DEEPLY SEDATED JUST TO TAKETHE WORKLOAD OFF OF THEIR BODY.MOST OF OUR PATIENTS WHICH MEANSWE’RE LAYING THEM ON OUR STOMACH18 HOURS A DAY WHEN PATIENTS WHOTEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.COME IN MACOMB SAYS THE DOCTORSAND NURSES NEVER REALLY KNOWEXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT.NO TWO PATIENTS SEEM TO BE THESAME EVERYONE’S DIFFERENT.HE SAYS WITH SO MANY PATIENTSDYING.IT’S EASY FOR MORALE TO FALLINSIDE THE ICU.YOU WORK REALLY HARD.TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.AND IN THE END IF I DON’T MAKEIT, YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU DIDALL OF THAT FOR NOTHING.THE THING THAT HE SAYS ISGETTING THE HEALTH CAREPROFESSIONALS THROUGH RIGHT NOWIS THE OUTPOURING OF COMMUNITYSUPPORT.EVERYBODY’S FOOD EVERY DAY.BREAKFAST LUNCH AND DINNER FORTHE NURSES THE GIRL SCOUTSDECORATED OUR HOTEL THAT WE’RESTAYING AT MCCOMBS PLANS TO STAYAT LEAST SIX MORE WEEKS I