DU Prayer or good thoughts thread for TX nurse infected with EBOLA

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I often wonder about physicians and nurses who are the first to see sick people with illnesses that are yet to be diagnosed. I know they wear protective gear when they know a threat is imminent.

[City Lights]

2. Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025654802

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. This one, unfortunately.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/12/health/ebola/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[City Lights]

4. Sending healing vibes her way...

...hoping for the best.

[Johonny]

5. I have nothing but positive thoughts for her

+++++++

[kestrel91316]

6. I know how I felt many years ago when I bent down to peer closely

at a cat in a carrier that had been brought in for evaluation of neurologic signs and biting somebody. My brain finally acknowledged the possibility of rabies at the exact moment it spit into my face from a foot away.

The health department and CDC were pretty nervous and wanted me to start treatment the very second the cat's test came back positive. It was a Friday night and I was going out to dinner. I decided to take my chances ad start in the morning, and they had to accept that. I chose to trust my body to still have some immunity from my rabies shots in vet school.

In retrospect I should probably have been more worried. Aerosol/droplet exposure to the eyes/upper respiratory tract is the fastest way to die of rabies other than corneal transplant.

It's scary, but WE don't let it get in the way of doing our job properly. I sure hope human medical personnel wouldn't, either.

[Marrah_G]

7. I really hope she recovers

Hopefully since she is getting treatment and care so early that it will help her chances of survival/

[TBF]

8. Nursing and Teaching -

two professions in which folks give and give. I hope the monitoring and early catch will help to save her.

[In_The_Wind]

9. I hope she survives.

[jwirr]

10. Absolutely.

[irisblue]

11. vibes for the nurse.

[hrmjustin]

12. Prayers ascending.

[greatlaurel]

13. Here's hoping she gets the finest medical care and survives this dread disease.

Good luck to her and her family.

[herding cats]

14. My heart is with them.

Having just seen what Mr Duncan went through, I'm sure she's terrified. I'm hoping since they've caught her case early she'll have enough time to apply for experimental medication from the FDA under a compassionate use clause, and she may have better chances of making it.

Her SO and a pet are also being monitored now. Hopefully since she was in the early stages they'll both be safe.

[Brigid]

15. .....

[seabeyond]

16. for sure. i admire and respect and thank each and every one of them. and yes...

let her be able to get thru this.

[winter is coming]

17. <<vibes>>

For everyone suffering from Ebola, but especially for the caregivers who risk themselves to help others.