Renewable Revolution

National Nurses United

October 25, 2021



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Lavitoria was exposed to Covid patients as she was forced to wear the same single-use N95 and same gown during a shift instead of throwing them away and donning new PPE after each patient encounter.

She also cared for a patient who tested negative and had been ruled out for having Covid. Lavitoria and other staff only wore a surgical mask in this patient’s room but then she noticed that they showed signs of Covid so she insisted that they be retested. The patient tested positive.

Less than a week after the nurses’ protest, Lavioria felt cold at the end of her shift. When she got home, she took her temperature and saw that it was 102. She had terrible body aches the next day and went to the ER where she tested positive. She was told she could be admitted or quarantine at home. She chose to go home but then her oxygen saturation dropped.

She was scared that her husband and daughter would get Covid, but luckily, they did not test positive. Her family took her to the hospital and two days later, she was intubated.

After two weeks at Seton, doctors told her family there was nothing more they could do for her. ... ...

But Lavitoria fought for her life. ... ...

Lavitoria is thankful to be given a second chance at life. She got through her experience with prayer groups and support from her nurse colleagues, family, and friends. She had to learn to walk again but told herself to have faith and think about the future. “I was expecting my first grandson when I came out of the hospital. He was born on August 31, 2020.”

Full article:

https://nationalnurses.medium.com/celebrating-nurses-during-filipinx-american-history-month-eabf6bfa0d2c