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'Code Blue' Became Frightening Norm for Ex-DePaul Sprinter

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Courtesy of DePaul Athletics, Bob Sakamoto

“It was frightening working as an RN in the middle of the pandemic. I have never seen so much death…”

Jessica Rodriguez

CHICAGO – Jessica Rodriguez went through the most terrifying time in her life working as a nurse in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at AMITA Health Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center in Wicker Park.

Trying to convey what the former DePaul track and field sprinter lived through last March and April when the coronavirus as at its insidious peak in Chicago---you just can’t do it justice.