Coronavirus 2020

Quarantined

Our quarantine has been rather mild as we are all recovering from something!  I had my ankle fused on March 11th, Mimo had all of his teeth pulled out on March 13th, and Tom has suffered with a virus for 2 weeks (2 doctors said it was not the Corona Virus).  Calla has been healthy!  Photo is Tom and Calla cleaning and medicating my stitches and Mimo giving moral support.  Watched the National Cathedral service on line with no congregation but beautiful organ music and 5 choristers.  Flights home were canceled by Air France but rescheduled for April 6 on Delta......through Detroit.  But the leg from CDG to Brest was cancelled.  Maybe May 15th???  Will try to call.  We were able to see the cherry blossoms almost at peak by car...mall mostly empty and eeriely quiet on the streets of D.C.  Lots of good Netflix, Prime and PBS .

Had a video appointment with my primary care doctor, a phone call with my ENT and a visit to Georgetown Hospital to have the stitches removed and a cast made!

Had a lovely French Class today with our teacher Sarah, Dave and Linda all in France and Terry and Kathy in London (with their granddaughter and their son and Daughter in law...).  

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(From a blogger on the internet) 

Just so I NEVER forget..... April 2, 2020

- Gas price 1.59

- School cancelled in many places across the country

- Self-distancing measures on the rise - 6 ft

- Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other.

- Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors.

- Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.

- Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.

- Entire sports seasons cancelled.

- Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.

- Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.

- No church services

- - No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 5 or more.

- Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.

- Children's outdoor play parks are closed.

- Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.

- Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.

- Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towel no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer. Shelves are bare.

- Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.

- Government closes the border to all non-essential travel.

- Fines are established for breaking the rules.

- Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.

- Press conferences daily from the President. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths.

- Government incentives to stay home.

- Barely anyone on the roads.

- People wearing masks and gloves outside.

- Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.

- Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.

- Chemo patients cancelled, Cancer surgeries cancelled. If you are lucky enough to keep your surgery, you have to do it ALONE.

This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020.

March 13, 2020, was our last day we were in school. 

Why, you ask, do I write this status?

One day it will show up in my memory feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted.

We have so much!

Be thankful. Be grateful.

Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone.

We are all one! ❤️