Fred Hagstrom
Strong Silent Type Press
Printed in relief from laser cut blocks
30pages. Drum leaf binding
14.5 x 14.75 inches
Edition of 20 plus 3 alternate proofs
1000$
Edition of 20, 3 copies remain available

I did this book as a tribute to the medical workers who have given so much, and suffered so much, during this pandemic. I interviewed nurses and also found text from videos that were available to the public.

Sample text

If you’re already at the max level of support that you can give, and their oxygen levels are dropping, there is really not much you can do except just let the family know.  And can you imagine holding up an ipad to somebody who is intubated, really sick, and hearing their family tell them goodbye?  Absolutely heartbreaking. Tears are coming down your face. You’re human. This sucks.

For the first year and a half that I was there I didn’t have a single patient die on my shift. And then COVID happened, and it seemed like everybody was dying.  It was just a lot of death. On top of that, everybody was isolated in general.  All of your support systems you had set up for the stressful job you were going into weren’t there anymore.