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  • you're about to see a clip of a person who I call an extraordinary ordinary person.

  • Roxie.

  • I'm David Hoffman, filmmaker.

  • And as a professional, I get asked to make stories about people that support a case or cause in this case, nurses America's nurses.

  • Four great nurses were picked, and I got hired to make a documentary that shows what is a nurse and why are these nurses great?

  • And, you know, I look for these people and I encourage them to be themselves, but to be their larger self.

  • I've done that with soldiers have done that with handicapped people.

  • I've worked in hospitals, even though I'm hyper contract, and in this case, this is a woman who is really boy, she's at the bottom.

  • Ah, hard life.

  • How do I present her?

  • Well, the nurse is a wonderful person who doesn't judge this woman for the horrific ways that she's lived and continues to live.

  • And so you're going to see Roxy tell you her story her way.

  • Nothing happens.

  • Nobody gets killed.

  • Nobody gets really sick of than Roxy.

  • But I feel is a humanity to this person, and this moment that I hope you feel a swell Miss Rock.

  • See you sleeping already?

  • What happened?

  • I just started.

  • Not bad.

  • Little breathe brought me.

  • And here my daughter's did.

  • Okay.

  • Were you living with?

  • You don't know my daughter.

  • This is what, the third time this year you've been in.

  • Okay, we're back to the beginning.

  • Where were you born?

  • Uh, rule town called Booth and Homer in the hospital home.

  • Okay.

  • Any stories about your birth?

  • It'll they didn't have to put you in a shoebox or anything like that.

  • Okay.

  • And the fractured cat story When I six months old, Doctor, give me up for dead.

  • Dr.

  • Talbert, I know you've never heard.

  • Of course, husband years ago.

  • And, hey, they mail bed, get gave me poison.

  • Tell my mom is 24 hours after you give me my medicine that I would live and I lived.

  • Oh, God.

  • Given poison killed course.

  • What did you give into Fletcher's cast story?

  • Back that town?

  • That stuff It was poured poison.

  • A lot of Children at six months.

  • How did you get it, Bob?

  • Bob, Give it to me.

  • He didn't know that it was that.

  • Okay.

  • And how far did you get to go in school Six.

  • And then what you do?

  • Transfer Rika.

  • Wait, boy.

  • But I quit.

  • And then what did you do?

  • They put your work on the farm.

  • Yeah.

  • And what were you doing?

  • Mostly my dad was cold.

  • Would cut wood kind cold all I have.

  • So and then what else do you get into?

  • So, uh, ever tell?

  • Honored this long green?

  • It's good we didn't give it up when you got older digit.

  • Okay.

  • Good.

  • When you were cutting co.

  • We're doing one of those little cold mind things.

  • Yes.

  • Okay.

  • What All illnesses have you had?

  • I had a heart attack, Had six rogues and I have a great gets back.

  • I have a couple three also are also way.

  • Call them.

  • Hurry in.

  • What?

  • They've been talking out, but there's geared to camera longs.

  • Okay, that's Barry, right?

  • Did you ever smoke?

  • Yes, ma'am.

  • How much?

  • How long?

  • Two packs a day.

  • I have a sense of Well, start off.

  • Not tan.

  • It was Morgan.

  • You're still spoken now?

  • Yes, ma'am.

  • Two packs a day.

  • Yes, ma'am.

  • Would you like me to get your patch while you're in here?

  • I can't afford a baby.

  • now?

  • Well, no.

  • You have Medicare, right?

  • If it's one of the medicine to take while you're hospitalized, I think they will allow it.

  • Okay.

  • Uh, okay.

  • So this is a clip from a film called a Nurse.

  • I am.

  • And if you'd like to Seymour clips from this film about great nurses and the moments that air for them, I guess.

  • Kind of ordinary, but for me, extraordinary.

  • Are you concerts?

  • The word nurses on my YouTube channel and you'll find other clips from this movie.

  • Thank you for watching it.

  • I hope it had meaning for you.

  • Thank you, Roxy.

  • Bye bye.

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