coronavirus.A 41-year-old ICU nurse in Miami’s Kendall Regional Medical Center, Ruiz has witnessed the desperate, pleading, wide-eyed, barely-there gasps.“The fear in their eyes when they can’t get enough air.
They are so scared,” he says, quietly. “Their eyes are big, desperate to get the oxygen and that makes me so sad.” Florida surpasses 500K coronavirus cases as testing resumes after tropical storm He sits on their bed, grasps their hand, strokes their cheek and prays.
Anything to soothe them.“I know you cannot talk, but I’m going to talk to you,” he tell them. “You have to be positive, you have to have faith that God is going to get you out of this.”Often, he ducks away to sob in the bathroom.