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.