dominant strain in england. all right, now to michigan, where hospitals are overburdened with covid-19 patients. health officials say many of these patients aren t vaccinated. cnn s jason carroll visited one hospital to see how they re handling the case load. it s been a lot worse lately, but we do what we can. the hours at work for nurses like lisa maddox seem never-ending. unfortunately, i m not a super hero, i m just a nurse. reporter: mad ddox is a covi worth working on eighth north team, eighth floor, north tower at dearborn, michigan. she s worked here since she graduated from nursing school only haabout a year and a half ago. lately, the covid unit here is seeing more and more patients, all while there are fewer nurses to care for them. there have been days like, i don t know how much longer i can do this. and i m brand-new. but at the same time, it s very rewarding what we do. reporter: the new wave of covid-19 is flooding michigan s
sons. 2-year-old mad ddox is being raised by her mother. her first son was born with significant birth defects and died shortly thereafter. then her fiance died of an overdose. i lost two of the most important people in my life in less than a year. at that point, nothing mattered. absolutely nothing. didn t matter i was pregnant. didn t matter my family was scared, because they knew how i felt. nothing mattered. i just used. three years later, i still don t forgive myself. this is the first time i ve actually had to deal with it without getting high. because i d been using ever since. feel, deal and heal, they say all the time. i haven t felt. i haven t dealt, and damn sure haven t healed. as the anniversaries of both deaths draw closer, o reilly