Area nurse returning from NYC frontlines needs place to quarantine

COVID-19 PATIENTS IN THECOUNTRY'S EPICENTER OF NEWYORK CITY.

THE HOURS HAVEBEEN LONG..

AND THE JOB...EMOTIONALLY ANDPHYSICALLY DEMANDING.AND NOW..

AS SHE HEADS HOME.SHE HAS NO PLACE TO SAFELYQUARANTINE.

TWO WORKS FORYOU PROBLEM SOLVER CORI DUKESHARES HER STORY..

IN HOPESSOMEONE WILL LEND A HELPINGHAND.KATIE BANAS, NURSE "I'm inICU.

And we see all cover.its' 100 percent covid."THAT'S BEEN THE REALITY FORCATOOSA NURSE KATIE BANA'SFOR THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS.DAY IN AND DAY OUT..

HERFOCUS.

THE PATIENTS.

ALL ONVENTILATORS." it takes you so fast thatwe have patients that comein on friday and are gone bymonday and they had noproblems whatsoever.

They'reyoung in their 30s or 40s."KATIE JOINED THE FRONTLINESIN NEW YORK AS A RELIEFEFFORT FOR THE NURSES THEREWHO WORKED TIRELESSLY FORWEEKS WITHOUT A DAY OFF." They lost colleagues.

Theylost family members, theylost neighbors, so not onlywere they overworked, andunderstaffed, they wereemotionally distraughtbecause they are goingthrough losses." KATIE'SDECISION TO LEAVE TULSA ANDSERVE IN NEW YORK.

WAS NOTMADE LIGHTLY.A MOTHER OF TWINS.

SHEREALIZED HER LINE OF WORK INTULSAEXPOSED HER FAMILY TOCOVID-19." it's been the hardestthing in the world, but i'mprotecting my children moreby not being there and notexposing them to thisvirus." KATIE'S SEEN THEUNTHINKABLE.

THE SADNESS OFA LONELY PATIENT.

AND THEPURE JOY OF A MIRACULOUSRECOVERY.

HER TIME AT KINGSCOUNTY HOSPITAL IN BROOKLYNCOMES WITH AN EMOTIONAL TOLLSHE'LL CARRY BACK TO TULSA.BUT THERE IS ONE THINGLIFTING HER SPIRITSAS SHE HEADS HOME." I cannot wait to get backto my kids.

I'll be therejust in time for the twinsfirst birthday." BUT THATREUNION.

WON'T BE POSSIBLEUNLESS SHE CAN FIND A SAFEPLACE TO QUARANTINE FOR TWOWEEKS.

HER PROGRAM.PROVIDING SOME NURSES WITHTHE OPTION TO STAY AT HOTELSFOR FREE.

... IS NOTAVAILABLE IN TULSA" what they didn't reallyadvertise was that thosefree hotels were going to bein harder hit areas.

Sincetulsa is not a harder hitarea, we only got a 10dollar discount per night."AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

A TWOWEEK HOTEL STAY IS PRICEY.SO KATIE IS LOOKING FOROTHER OPTIONS FOR HERARRIVAL HOME ON JUNE 2ND.SUCH AS AN R-V.

PAID-FORHOTEL ROOM.

OR ANY PLACESECLUDED." just a place to staythat's not going to infectanybody.

I've been tested sooften here that i know idon't have the virus."ALTHOUGH THE STRESS OFCOMING HOME LOOMS AS SHESEARCHES FORSOMEWHERE TO STAY.

KATIESAYS SHE'D DO IT ALL AGAININ A HEARTBEAT.

CORI DUKE,2 WORKS FOR YOU.