Area residents are invited to attend a special presentation by Fredericktown nurse and best-selling Amazon author, Kim Sloan, BSN, on Wednesday evening, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m., to be held at the Knox County Historical Society Museum, 875 Harcourt Road, Mount Vernon.

Since 2017, both Kim and her husband, John, have been traveling the United States as intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency room (ER) travel registered nurses (RN). Their lives were to change dramatically, however, in February, 2020, when they extended their assignment at a small town hospital in Southern Georgia that was to become a major epicenter for COVID-19, and where they would see more death in a few months than in all their prior years of nursing combined.

For the next two years, Kim’s regular posts on Facebook kept her family and friends educated on the status of the pandemic. With special attention given to patient care and confidentiality, her posts provided an authentic view of what an ICU nurse experienced throughout the worst pandemic her generation had seen.

Earlier this year, Kim published her book, "Memoirs from the Frontlines of COVID: Four States, Two Years, One Pandemic," which includes hundreds of her daily postings that recount her story for us all. Amazon has recently listed it as a major best-seller online.

Her museum program will include a beautifully illustrated PowerPoint presentation, followed with an opportunity for questions and comments. The program is free and open to the public, and all persons interested in both early and recent history are invited to attend, and to stay awhile afterward to view our many Knox County Museum exhibits. For more information, visit the website at knoxhistory.org, or call 740-393-5247, and visit the museum on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 2 to 4 p.m. through Nov. 30.