# @pennmedicine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CAblthGjp_7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18488348-pennmedicine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-05-21T01:14:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Penn Medicine (@PennMedicine) — https://gondola.cc/PennMedicine

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Thank you, Alex, for your courage, positive attitude, and dedication to patients. We’re so lucky to have you on the team! 
And thank you, Arul (heroesofcovid), for sharing stories of #healthcareheroes and bringing more awareness to all they do. #PennTogether #DifferenceMakers 🌈❤️💙
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Repost from heroesofcovid : "𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝘆. I work in Philadelphia as an emergency room nurse in an adult hospital and in the med-surg float pool at a children’s hospital. In Philly we were incredibly lucky to not be hit as hard as some areas like NYC. For the most part, we always had enough staff, beds and ventilators to handle the onslaught of COVID patients. I’ve been amazed at how my colleagues who have become sick with COVID have recovered and returned back to the bedside to fight against this microscopic enemy.

Since I work with so many Covid-positive patients I am definitely scared of spreading the virus to my husband or baby son. We’ve decided it would be best to stay away from our families, who were our childcare, so now my husband watches the baby and works during the day while I work nightshift.

Besides seeing these incredibly sick patients at work who don’t have any family with them, the worst part is being separated from my own close-knit family. The main thing getting me through this is that I know this is all temporary and it will end someday. All the healthcare workers are so grateful for community support in the form of cheers, food, or even just words of encouragement." - Alex Kaspin, MSN RN

#HeroesOfCOVID #COVID19 #Coronavirus #Frontline #Heroes #MSN #RN #Philadelphia #HealthHeroes #HealthcareHeroes #ThanksHealthHeroes #FrontlineHeroes #FrontlineFaces

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covid19, healthheroes, msn, penntogether, heroes, frontlinefaces, philadelphia, heroesofcovid, differencemakers, thankshealthheroes, healthcareheroes, frontlineheroes, rn, coronavirus, frontline

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