Lisa Ray Instagram – Repost from @armayla using @RepostRegramApp – Smiling with their eyes! Paying tribute to the team at New York Presbyterian Hospital, the heroes with which my dear friend works daily, sporting their cranberry gowns.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “I wish that I could tell you otherwise, but we are losing again. The truth is in our face, we hear the canons go boom. The extubation rate in my combined ICU Cores is less than 5%, Average time on the ventilator is 22 days with no end in sight as the tracheostomy teams are called in. This virus has us beat, its pathomechics inscrutable. We are doing what we can but we are simply unable to get patients off the vents. They lay in their beds angelic and trusting as we thrust and parry with the inevitable complications of long-term ICU care. We all try not to look at the snapshots scotch taped over the beds, silly selfies, a group in front of a cathedral somewhere, hikers on a summit. It’s just too painful, we look away and put our heads down back to the task of keeping the patients alive, 12 hours at a time.” — Dr. Andrew Thomas⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #embracekindness #givelove #giveback #enduringstyle #stayhomestaysafe #clapforourcarers #hospitalstyle #staysafe #giveback #givingspirit #nyph #newyorkpresbyterianhospital #thankyoudoctors #careforothers #outsideofyourself