“Paper therapy,” she called it.
“Most entries were written in the parking garage of the hospital,” said Peterson, 39, of Hudson, Wis. “I was trying to get all the feels out before I had to do it all over again. Some were written on the back of my checkbook. It was just pouring out of me.”
The notes scribbled in the corners have now been transferred to pages: “Everybody Just Breathe: A COVID Nurse Memoir of Stamina and Swear Words” was published by Beaver’s Pond Press in March, providing a glimpse into the life of a COVID ICU nurse in the early days of the pandemic.
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