sister carlene kelly bore witness to the dark days.oken on many an occasion and i think a lot of my colleagues have. it consumes you, it is what you think about when you go to bed and when you wake up, you are preparing for your next shift, you are relieved that the previous shift is over, you are sad, it is a huge emotional burden. it's the time of our lives that you will never, ever forget. in normal times we manage about 40 for patients. we had about 44 patients at the peak and we were just shy of 90 patients. almost double? we were 20 beds away from being overwhelmed, we were being keep —— keeping people alive and that is what our goal of care was, keep as many people alive for as long as we can until we can get back to being able to deliver the quality of care that we always aspire to deliver. sometimes it is hard to find light in the darkness. what you are about to witness what medicine can do. i will take out your tube know. this is one of the defining moments in intensive carry unit, when a patient‘s ventilator tube is removed.

sister carlene kelly bore witness to those dark days. i felt broken on many occasion andi days.many occasion and i think a lot of my colleagues have, it consumes you. it is what you think about when you go to bed, when you wake up, you are preparing for your next shift. you are relieved that the previous shift is over, you are sad. it is a huge emotional burden. it is the time of oui’ emotional burden. it is the time of our lives that we will never, ever forget. the peak almost broke minds and according to consultant nick bunker, almost broke the royal london. in normal times bunker, almost broke the royal london. in normaltimes we manage about 44 patients. at the peak we we re about 44 patients. at the peak we were managing just shy of 90 patients. almost double. almost double. we were 20 beds away from being overrun for. we were keeping people alive. that is what our goal of care was, keep as many people alive as long as we can until we can get back to being able to deliver the quality of care that we always aspire to deliver. sometimes it is ha rd to aspire to deliver. someti

sister carlene kelly bore witness to those dark days.e felt broken on many occasion and i think a lot of my colleagues have, it consumes you. it's what you think about when you go to bed, when you wake up, you're preparing for your next shift, you're relieved that the previous shift is over, you're sad. it's a huge emotional burden and it's the time of our lives that we will never, ever forget. the peak almost broke minds and according to consultant nick bunker, almost broke the royal london. in normal times we manage about 44 patients. at the peak we were managing just shy of 90 patients. almost double. we were 20 beds away from being overrun. we were keeping people alive. that's what our goal of care was, keep as many people alive as long as we can until we can get back to being able to deliver the quality of care that we always aspire to deliver. sometimes it's hard to find light in the darkness. but you're about to witness what medicine can do. we're going to take out your tube now. this is one of the defining moments in an intensive

sister carlene kelly bore witness to those dark days.i think a lot of my colleagues have, it consumes you. it's what you think about when you go to bed, when you wake up, you're preparing for your next shift, you're relieved that the previous shift is over, you're sad. it's a huge emotional burden and it's the time of our lives that we will never, ever forget. the peak almost broke minds and according to consultant nick bunker, almost broke the royal london. in normal times we manage about 44 patients. at the peak we were managing just shy of 90 patients. almost double. we were 20 beds away from being overrun. we were keeping people alive. that's what our goal of care was, keep as many people alive as long as we can until we can get back to being able to deliver the quality of care that we always aspire to deliver. sometimes it's hard to find light in the darkness. but you're about to witness what medicine can do. we're going to take out your tube now. this is one of the defining moments in an intensive care unit. give me a big puff, big

. >> carlene of virginia sent in this video.son was born 2 weeks ago during the peak week of this crisis and since then we've been quarantining at home. i suspect it'll be many months before he's held by someone outside of the family or he goes to public places. my question is this. does spending the first few months of life in an ultrasterile environment have any lasting impact on a child's immune system? thank you. >> dr. wen? >> carly, i'm in the same boat as you. congratulations. but i also have a 4 week old, and no one else has held the 4 week old other than my immediate family and we're certainly not planning to go to any public places. look, i wouldn't worry about lack of exposure for now because actually for newborns they have such limited immunity anyway and we wouldn't to expose the baby to all kinds of other germs anyway. and this outbreak is going to be over at some point and we will be able to eto people again. in the meantime i would say you can also boost the baby's immunity by breast-feeding if you can a lot of s

sister carlene kelly bore witness to those dark days.t the previous shift is over, you're sad. it's a huge emotional burden and it's the time of our lives that we will never, ever forget. the peak almost broke minds and according to consultant nick bunker, almost broke the royal london. in normal times we manage about aa patients. at the peak we were managing just shy of 90 patients. almost double. we were 20 beds away from being overrun. we were keeping people alive. that's what our goal of care was, keep as many people alive as long as we can until we can get back to being able to deliver the quality of care that we always aspire to deliver. sometimes it's hard to find light in the darkness. but you're about to witness what medicine can do. we're going to take out your tube now. this is one of the defining moments in an intensive care unit. give me a big puff, big puff. that's it. when a patient‘s ventilator tube is removed. it's a procedure full of expectation and dread. will it work? nice big puff again. he's grimacing as the tube in