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Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!

Being a nurse in this pandemic is NOT a joke 💕 I, and many of my other colleagues are scared for everything right now. We’re supporting each other as best as we can and the kindness from each other, friends, family and even strangers has not gone unnoticed. Things are very uncertain for everyone right now 😰

I’m currently working on a paediatric intensive care in the heart of London & have been for the past couple of years. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I fought so hard to achieve my dream - I gave up once, I suffered a really bad mental health crisis whilst I was studying and everything was against me, but I got there 💪🏼 never in my life did I think that this would happen.

We usually work with 1 patient, intubated, sedated and ventilated. We only have 1 patient because of how high the level of care is for our patient and how sick they are. The children we look after are the sickest they’ll ever be, but they are also the strongest and most resilient beings I’ve ever met. They are small, but mightly.

Being a nurse in this pandemic is no joke. We are putting ourselves at risk everyday. We currently have low levels of COVID in our hospital, but we are now the only PICU open to admissions in London due to the fact that every other PICU is taking on adult patients. We are working in ways that we never once thought possible. We have been warned that when this gets incredibly bad here, which is will, we will be required to look after up to 6 ventilated patients each. I am scared, panicked and horrendously tired. My hands have never looked worse and my feet have never been so sore, because even though we don’t have many COVID positive patients, we are horrendously busy.

The thing that keeps me going through all this is my colleges; we’ve been through everything together. We spend Christmas together when children can’t be with their families, we have nights out together, we attend crash bells together and support each other and lift each other up when outcomes are good and celebrate each other when they are.

Life as a nurse right now is incredibly tough, life as a healthcare professional or key worker right now is incredibly tough. One of the things that worries me most is that when this gets horrendous, which again, it will; we will not have enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect ourselves and our families from this horrendous virus. We are required to wear FFP3 masks (not the one photographed, as we don’t have enough right now), a gown, a visor and gloves for each positive patient we come into contact with. We do not have endless supplies of it. And once it runs out, we will likely contract the virus too. Once that happens, I will not be a nurse for a while, because I cannot put myself at risk. As selfish as that sounds. But I’ll be letting my patients and their families down. We are currently raising money and have put an appeal out so that we can continue to buy PPE for our hospital and our colleagues, to protect ourselves, other people and the NHS we truly love in England.

We are also raising money to help fund meals for nurses; this is because in England the supermarkets are stripped bare right now and by the time we leave our shifts, there is nothing left for us to buy. Although it’s getting better, it’s still not enough. How are people to expect us to care for their loved ones when there is no vegetables, no fruit, no food, no laundry detergent or toilet paper on the shelves?

Can you help? Contact me if you can! We would appreciate it so much! Lots of love,

Holly and all of the staff on the frontline right now!