July 15, 2022

It is absolutely mind-blowing to me that I find myself editing visitation policy for my hospital today, TWENTY-FIVE months after this pandemic slammed into us. Once the vaccines arrived, I told everyone who would listen that we were in the fourth quarter of this thing. The end felt so near, we all collectively taste it. But then, Delta. And then, Omicron. And now, my team talks of Operationalizing COVID while we see record numbers of staff absent due to illness or exposure. I am officially out of witty words and pep talks for myself and my staff and my friends who are strangers on the internet. I simply put one foot in front of the other each day, and I expect everyone else is doing the same.