The Oklahoman
Desirae Ford sees the worst of the worst of COVID-19.
A nurse practitioner at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, her unit cares for patients for whom a ventilator can no longer help. Her patients are on ECMO machines, which removes the patient’s blood, oxygenates it, and puts it back in the body.
Ford helps care for these patients on a daily basis, and has been for months.
Three months ago, she sent her son — Oklahoma State sophomore defensive end Trace Ford — back to Stillwater when football players were allowed to report.