P&PTs for My Sister & Her Coworkers, Please

[lizzywednesday]

My sister works in a health care facility as a dayroom aide/teacher in their pediatrics unit.

The facility has been in the news, both local and national, over the past 24 hours for an adenovirus outbreak among the medically fragile children she cares for. Several of the children have died and the governor gave a press conference about an hour ago.

Please, send prayers, positive thoughts, and all your love & care to her and her coworkers. The staff are devastated.

[Jeanne]

Prayers to the families and workers. This is so sad and scary.

[TwinFoxes]

Oh no, how awful for everyone, especially the families. P&PT for your sister and all involved.

[NCGrandma]

P&PTs for all — in situations like this, the focus is sometimes on the children and parents (as it should be) without also realizing how much all the staff are affected too. Caring for such medically fragile kids is a challenge under the best of circumstances. Thanks for all they do, and hope that they are getting support in this devastating situation.


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[JustMe]

How scary and devastating! PTs for all!

[nfceagles]

I read a news story about this yesterday. So sorry she’s going through this. Prayers for all involved.


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[jawilli4]

Tons of prayers and positive thoughts for everyone touched by this. How sad and scary.

[jgenie]

I just saw this story on the news. P&PTs for everyone.

[DualvansMommy]

Just saw the updated news that the 7th child died. So sad. [emoji26] prayers and thoughts to your sister, rest of staff and the families involved.


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[Mommy_Mea]

That is so awful, P&PT!

[pinkmomagain]

Sending positive vibes to all involved. So scary.

[niccig]

Oh no! I work part-time in a similar facility. P&PTs for your sister and coworkers.


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[123LuckyMom]

The situation is frightening and heartbreaking. P&PTs for all involved.


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[citymama]

Sending P&PT - I am so sorry. What a scary situation for the caregivers and families.

[Kindra178]

Agree. How sad for the families.


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[Momit]

What a scary, heartbreaking situation for those families. I hope they are able to get to the bottom of how this happened.

[Dream]

Prayers and thoughts for everyone involved.

[Globetrotter]

How awful.. gosh, I hope they can stop it NOW.

[lizzywednesday]

Thank you everyone. I have links to news stories and press releases, but I would prefer not to post them. You can Google them if you're interested. Most of the coverage is inane, but that's how local press is.

Currently, none of the non-nursing staff are permitted into the classrooms or anywhere near the children in the hopes that this will help reduce the spread of the virus.

The nurses are grief-stricken as well - they are caring directly for the children, both well and ill - and they have not received any offers for counseling services or other emotional support.

And then there's the CNA staff, about whom my sister has some Very Choice Words, but I would rather not repeat it.

The State Department of Health has an investigator on site, and a cleaning crew has been in to disinfect the dayroom and other public areas, with no ETA for non-medical staff to return to work.

Continue to pray for the staff, please.

[ourbabygirl]

I'm so sorry. :(. Sending lots of P & PTs!