and recovered, although
only one family member
tested positive for the virus.
They self-quarantined for
three weeks.
“We had sore throats,
fatigue and fevers, but no
cough,” he says. “We all had
the same symptoms. Some
people have a mild case.”
At the hospital, Willens
sees the more severe coro-
navirus cases. While he
believes he may now be
immune to the virus, he
still suits up, wearing a clear
face shield, mask, gown and
gloves to be safe. He works
with a team of residents
seeing patients on a general
medicine ward; some have
pneumonia, some have suf-
fered heart failure.
“It’
s stressful. Most diseas-
es we deal with don’
t have
the high risk of mortality
this has,” he says. “The fear
will be one of the most
lasting effects COVID-19
will have on our world. It’
s
affected every single aspect
of our lives.”
Still, he says, “This is why
I became a doctor, to serve.
And it’
s an honor to serve at
a time of crisis like this.”
Dr. Robert Cohen is an ER
physician with Independent
Emergency Physicians, a
physician-owned practice
that staffs four local hos-
pitals and runs two urgent
care centers. He works at
Providence in Southfield
and Novi and St. Joseph
Mercy Oakland Hospital in
Pontiac.
Cohen worries about
inadvertently bringing the
virus home and sleeps in a
guest room as a precaution
to protect his wife, Elyse,
and children Ava, 13, and
Ryan, 10. The family got a
puppy as a “happy distrac-
tion.”
“When I leave the hos-
pital, I change clothes, so I
come home in fresh clothes,
but I take them off immedi-
ately and shower immediate-
ly,” he says. “My clothes get
washed right away. I keep
my shoes in the garage.”
He says the most chal-
lenging thing about
COVID-19 is that there is
no treatment. But, Cohen
says, he and the rest of the
medical staff are doing
everything they’
re trained
to do. While he’
s on the
front lines where personal
protective equipment (PPE)
is in short supply, his wife
collects thousands of donat-
ed masks, gowns, medical
gloves, hand sanitizer and
more. They are grateful for
the outpouring of support.
“I feel like there are a lot
of things I can’
t control,
and collecting gear is one
thing I can do to help,” Elyse
Cohen says. “This was one
of my biggest fears for his
profession — a pandemic
or bioterrorism. I tell my
kids every day their dad is a
hero.”
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