COVID 19

My ‘lonesome’ tolerance had reached its limit. I was missing my grandkids.  In all the grappling with social distancing and concern for asymptomatic carriers, the full picture of how this would affect time with our grands had been slowest to come into focus.  “This could go on forever!” My mind reeled at the self-oriented delusion! […]

Lyse called to inform us that last nite her coworker, Carol, was taken to ICU.   Lyse’s temperature is still raging.  Thankfully, she is sleeping alot.   With any efforts to be productive, she crashes. Yes, she is drinking alot of fluids—she is dying of thirst.  And yes, she is taking her vitamins!   “Where

Thankfully the call came in the middle of the day and not in the evening.  I would not have slept.  Lyse was running a fever, or so she thought.  She had no thermometer to check it, but felt very uncomfortably warm.   Then came the rest of the story…   Lyse’s close co-worker, Carol, with whom

Today was our first FRESH THYME ‘Senior Hour’ grocery shopping trip.  Strange as it seems, we anticipated it greatly — the first shopping we had done in over a week.  Senior hours were from 6-8 am on Monday-Wednesday-Friday.  Both John and I appreciated the fact that seniors were offered the cleanest possible store.  We were

I am beginning to see one of the blessings that may come from this newly restricted lifestyle.  I am hearing more from my daughters than I have in years!  Lyse called with an update informing that she would be working from home as a result of virus concerns.  In the process of the call, we

We were so glad to hear from Elyse.  It had been several days since we had talked.  She had just received notice from headquarters that she was to cover two additional counties during this crisis, due to cutbacks.  She already felt overloaded with six counties of coverage and struggled to think how she could accomplish

Today, the full reality has hit.  Meghan, our youngest daughter (living closeby in Indy) informed us that since she worked a couple of shifts a week in the Neonatal ICU at the local hospital, that it was likely that she could be a carrier of the COVID 19 virus.  Anyone entering a hospital needs to

Is this an over-reaction?  There is great concern being expressed about scarcity of medical supplies that would be needed as we waged this battle.  Is it possible that the US is not ready for what is ahead?  Is any of this strictly politics…Republicans or Democrats trying to make the other party look bad?  Still, my

My iPhone screen flashed a quick news post:  a virus that had devastated China had suddenly been discovered in Washington state.  Suddenly a very distant war was being fought on our soil.  It was alarming and I was concerned. Something called ‘social isolation’ was being described. Large gatherings in public settings were discouraged. No hugging.