I Think This Would Be Beyond Stressful
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (30184)
September 29, 2022 3:09pm CST
My youngest daughter lives in St. Pete, Florida. She works in the All Children's Hospital there, a huge place for sure. She had taken some days off yesterday and today, and hopefully Friday, to clean up their yard and the tree and cope with the water and her little boys, but that was not to be, after all.
They called her in and she will be working a double shift for several days at least. Ft. Myers, Florida is in a huge mess, as you probably have seen or read about. The children's hospital there has over 4 feet of water in their ER, and they are evacuating and life flighting ALL of their NICU babies to St. Pete's children's hospital.
This gave me some thoughts of how hard it would be for the parents of these little sick babies. Not only is your child critical, but now you have to go to another city, drive through a mess, and cope with that as well. What a terrible mess they have down there.
I am simply thankful my own Florida family is OK.
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@snowy22315 (171997)
• United States
29 Sep 22
That is really sad. It is going to be touch and go for awhile I am afraid.
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@MarieCoyle (30184)
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29 Sep 22
So many lives in turmoil. And yes, sad and stressful for sure.
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@MarieCoyle (30184)
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30 Sep 22
So much is destroyed. Some now have nothing at all.
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@RasmaSandra (74596)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Sep 22
Glad to hear your family is OK, Yes, they sure have a mess on their hands so I have put everyone in my prayers. We got so lucky in Daytona Beach just three hours away with heavy winds and rain but lost no power, I thanked the Lord for that,
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@Marilynda1225 (80446)
• United States
30 Sep 22
Those poor parents having to deal with so much more due to the hurricane.
Its angels like your daughter who work round-the-clock to keep things running smoothly.
Happy that your Florida family are all ok
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@Marilynda1225 (80446)
• United States
30 Sep 22
@MarieCoyle thank you for sharing . I am also proud of my kids and feel very blessed
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@MarieCoyle (30184)
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30 Sep 22
@Marilynda1225
We know we did the best we could to raise them to be decent, caring people. That's all a person can really do is try.
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@MarieCoyle (30184)
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30 Sep 22
Thank you, I am proud of her. And yes, they are all good, I feel very fortunate as so many are not.
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@MarieCoyle (30184)
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30 Sep 22
@sallypup
That causeway is the only way to get to the islands in a car. The road is partly gone now. So that means everything both islands need, and all of their residents, will have to be brought by boat or maybe helicopter. No other way to get supplies, and many residents stayed and did not evacuate.
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@MarieCoyle (30184)
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30 Sep 22
It’s such a nice area. I have always enjoyed Sanibel and Captiva. Now they can’t leave those two islands as the concrete bridge is badly damaged.
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@CarolDM (203449)
• Nashville, Tennessee
30 Sep 22
@MarieCoyle Exactly. Thoughts are with each one of them.
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@MarieCoyle (30184)
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30 Sep 22
Not only stressed from having a baby in the NICU, but then to have to get in the car and drive through the mess of a hurricane would be simply miserable.
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@MarieCoyle (30184)
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30 Sep 22
I would probably go crazy, that's just a lot of stress.
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