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  • AS YOU MAY KNOW

  • IT IS CURRENTLY NURSE APPRECIATION WEEK, AND I DON'T

  • THINK IT'S ANY KIND OF EXAGGERATION TO SAY THERE

  • HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO APPRECIATE NURSES.

  • SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT A WOMAN NAMED KRISTINA

  • FLANNERY.

  • KRISTINA IS A LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE IN HILLSBORO, OREGON.

  • WHERE SHE LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND RYAN, A FIREFIGHTER, AND THEIR

  • THREE YOUNG KIDS, NONE OF WHOM ARE FIREFIGHTERS OR NURSES.

  • LIKE SO MANY FRONTLINE WORKERS, KRISTINA AND RYAN KEPT WORKING

  • LONG HOURS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, RESPONDING

  • TO EMERGENCIES AND DELIVERING BABIES, UNTIL KRISTINA HERSELF

  • BECAME INFECTED WITH COVID-19.

  • SHE GOT VERY, VERY SICK, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT

  • KRISTINA RECOVERED FROM THE DISEASE.

  • NOW SHE'S NOW BACK AT WORK, BACK INTO THE HOSPITAL,

  • TAKING CARE OF PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE ALSO SICK WITH COVID-19.

  • IT'S A STORY SO SELFLESS THAT YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT, IF IT

  • WASN'T THE KIND OF THING NURSES ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE DOING

  • EVERY SINGLE DAY.

  • NOW, SINCE WE FOUND THIS STORY SO INSPIRING, WE THOUGHT WE'D

  • SURPRISE KRISTINA.

  • SHE'S IN A ZOOM RIGHT NOW WITH HER HUSBAND, WHERE SHE THINKS

  • SHE'S WAITING TO BE INTERVIEWED BY A PRODUCER FOR SOMETHING

  • ABOUT NURSES.

  • LETS POP IN AND SAY HELLO.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) HI!

  • CHRISTINA.

  • HI.

  • IT'S JAMES CORDEN.

  • RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE LIVE ON "THE LATE LATE SHOW" ON CBS.

  • HOW ARE YOU?

  • >> FABULOUS.

  • WONDERFUL.

  • ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

  • >> James: WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING WHAT A HERO WE THINK

  • YOU ARE.

  • DESCRIBE TO US WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEING SO SICK, HAVING

  • SELF-ISOLATE AND WANTING TO GET BACK TO WORK SO QUICKLY?

  • >> I KNEW ALL MY CO-WORKERS WERE AT WORK WORKING SURER HARD, AND

  • I KNOW WE WERE BUSY BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING INTO THE BABY

  • MONTH.

  • IT'S MY JOB.

  • I HELP TAKE CARE OF MOMS AND BABIES AND I JUST WANTED TO BE

  • BACK TO NORMAL LIFE DOING OUR ROUTINE, WORKING.

  • >> James: WHAT'S IT LIKE, THE CONDITIONS IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE

  • YOU'RE WORKING.

  • TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE.

  • >> IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT.

  • WHEN WE GET TO WORK, YOU KNOW, OUR TEMPERATURES ARE CHECKED,

  • MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE A COUGH.

  • SO THAT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE,ER AND WE ARE

  • SCREENING EVERY MOM THAT WE HAVE MET FOR THEOVED TEST.

  • BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THINGS ARE KIND OF JUST STILL THE SAME.

  • >> James: LOOK, AS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, WE

  • WANTED TO GIVE YOU BOTH A DATE NIGHT TONIGHT.

  • IF YOU GO TO JUST OUTSIDE YOUR PORCH, KRISTINA, YOU WILL SEE

  • LITTLE TREATS WE'VE LEFT FOR YOU AND RYAN TO ENJOY TONIGHT, AND

  • WE HEARD, ALSO, ON TOP OF A DATE NIGHT AND A MEAL AND BUBBLY

  • THERE FOR YOU, WE HEARD YOUR BIGGEST GRIPE -- NOT JUST YOU --

  • OF LOTS OF NURSES IS SPENDING ALL DAY ON YOUR FEET, AND YOUR

  • HUSBAND TOLD US -- RYAN TOLD US, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOUR FEET

  • FEEL INCREDIBLY SORE.

  • IS THIS RIGHT?

  • >> OH, YEAH.

  • ESPECIALLY WITH LOTS OF BABIES BEING BORN, WE'RE RUNNING

  • CONSTANTLY.

  • >> James: WELL, WE FIGURED YOU COULD USE SOME COMFORTABLE

  • SHOES, SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME BOXES THERE, AND IN THOSE BOXES

  • ARE TWO PAIRS OF WOOL RUNNERS SO YOUR FEET WILL BE AS COMFORTABLE

  • AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >> James: BUT OLBIRDS HEARD HOW SICK YOU WERE AND HOW

  • QUICKLY YOU WENT TO WORK, THEY HAVE DONATED A PAIR OF RUNNERS

  • TO EVERY SINGLE NURSE WHO WORKS IN YOUR HOSPITAL.

  • >> OH, MY GOSH!

  • >> James: THAT, AND RYAN, DON'T WORRY, EVERY ONE AT THE

  • FIRE STATION, THEY'VE ALSO SAID THEY WANT TO GIVE A PAIR TO

  • EVERY FIREFIGHTER IN YOUR STATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT

  • YOU GUYS TO FEEL LEFT OUT, SO YOUR SHOES WILL BE COMFORTABLE,

  • YOU WILL BE FED AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, AND WE ARE

  • SO GRATEFUL TO YOU, KRISTINA, AND ALL OF THE NURSES WORKING

  • ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, IT IS PEOPLE

  • LIKE YOU WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY HEROES AND YOU'RE KEEPING US

  • SAFE.

  • HAVE A GREAT NIGHT ON US AND STAY SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU

  • SOON, ALL RIGHT?

  • >> APPRECIATE IT.

  • THANK YOU SO MUCH, JAMES.

AS YOU MAY KNOW

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