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.