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COVID-19 and MAC: What are you doing differently to protect yourself?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 11, 2020 | Replies (264)Comment receiving replies
I keep pressing everyone I know to take this very seriously. My daughter, an ER nurse, has been in quarantine for Covid-19 for 3 weeks as of today. Late last week she was improving, but this weekend fever and cough returned. She will be talking to her docs today. My other daughter, a school nurse with 2 toddlers, is now quarantined with her family with all 4 showing symptoms after she spent 2 days in late March exposed to hundreds of kids and parents as they came to retrieve belongings, computers and meds when the schools closed. Docs will decide in the next few days which of her family to test. My best friend has a daughter professionally caring for fragile handicapped children in New York - she, other staff and a number of the children are ill and have tested positive - 2 are hospitalized and critical. We are all in South Texas, trying to stay safe and worrying about them so far away.
So it is our job to stay home & stay safe here, so they don't have to have one more worry...us!
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So regret to hear your news, Sue. My daughter and family are out-ot-state and my sil, a surgeon, is volunteering as an ER doc at local hospital. As more of us become personally affected by this spreading crisis, your last sentence becomes ever more critical for each of us. And it is the One thing each of us can Do. Sending my fervent prayers for you and yours and all being directly impacted at this pivotal time in our history. "So it is our job to stay home & stay safe here, so they don't have to have one more worry...us!"
@sueinmn I am so sorry to hear that this virus is hitting so close to home for your family. The worry must be constant. I am sending prayers for your loved ones.
@sueinmn I too keep pressing everyone I know to stay home. My husband and I are living separately because he won't stay home. I have a roommate who is 32 yrs old. She is still not taking this as seriously as she should. She still goes to work and goes to the store. She went and spent 8 hrs at a friend's house this past Sunday. She does not watch the news and is pretty clueless. I tell her what I hear from the news on a daily basis. It is hard for her to grasp as our Governor only today April 7, has declared a 'Stay at home order". So, her seeing folks going about life as usual in this area; makes it hard to fathom. Our Town is now a rapidly growing hotspot as posted on the CDC website. I see my neighbors throwing mini parties in their yards. I guess we have the advantage of being keenly aware of unseen microbes that can make us very sick. We know that there are unseen enemies out there.
@sueinmn I will pray for you and your family Sue. Virtual hugs, Annie
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@sueinmn So sorry to hear that. Yes we do need to take this very seriously and stay home to save lives. When I hear of people on the packed trains I feel sick, such a breeding ground. A big thank you to all health staff and I hope you, your and your best friends familys come through this ok, it is all so sad 🙁 Take care