Louisiana nurse dies a hero fighting Covid-19

Louisiana nurse dies a hero fighting Covid-19

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3 nurses across the country are fighting to treat many covid-19 patients while protecting themselves....news 1's cassie schirm shares how a nurse from kaplan is being remembered in this fight.... selfless, loving, full of life and a hero tha's how nurse mike marceau's friends and family are remembering him after he died from covid 19 while treating patients in an emergency room here in louisiana."i's devastating" drake marceaux mikes oldest son says they never thought this would happen to their 49 year old dad."he was doing all the precautions following everything showering constantly hand washing washing his uniform he was't even worried about himself he just did't want to pass it on to someone else who could't handle it."mike was working as an emergency room nurse in shreveport..

About a month ago the army veteran began to feel ill."it took us all by shock whenever we got the call that he was checking himself into the hospital"he no longer was fighting to save others he was battling to just breathe."it was a fight every day we are honestly hoping for no news is good good news because if we did't hear anything it means he still made it."drake says this invisible enemy was underestimated in the beginning."when this all started november nobody took it serious enough everyone thought was like oh i's kind of like the flu you know i do't want to get it to give it to the elderly people and the're the ones that were worried about."a few days ago that enemy took mikes life doing what he loved to do."he would do it again he loved caring for people he loves helping people patients have come forward and said he was the best nurse they ever had" growing up in kaplan,retiring from the army and moving to shreveport to become a nurse mike has touched many peopl's lives.."he meant the world to so many people and tha's why this is so bad because for the funeral he should have like a parade of people going out and paying their respects and we have to do everything online."he says this is a tribute that is't good enough for his dad"he deserves so much more"for a man who died a hero"i really think he was taken before his time but he did it he was doing it to save people it to save people he put himself out there and help others to help others and tha's just the way it happened."cassie schirm mikes funeral service is being held tomorrow in bossier city at ten and they are inviting anyone to join them though mary queen of peace church"s facebook page where the service will be streamed through facebook live.

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