My oldest daughter called me last night to tell me that her husband, my SIL, was just diagnosed with the coronavirus. He’s 42 years old, in good health and has had symptoms for a week now. His doctor, via TeleMed, told him to quarantine at home, take tylenol for the fever and the pain and wait five days. So, he took over his 5 year old daughters’ bedroom and is boarded up in her room. My own daughter and granddaughter are holed up in the rest of the 4 room apartment and all are waiting it out to see what will happen. They think my SIL caught the contagion from weekly grocery shopping, since that’s the only time he has left their apartment ever!
Odds are good that my SIL will recover but in the interim, I’m a nervous wreck. When this pandemic first hit I begged both my daughters and their respective families to get out of NYC and bundle up here in upstate NY in my home. Neither one of them would budge. They said they didn’t want to get me or Nick sick. Maybe so, but all of this has been nerve wracking nonetheless.
My other SIL, married to my younger daughter, had a gall bladder attack and actually underwent surgery AND stayed in a NYC hospital for several days three weeks ago! Plus, he caught an infection from the surgery and had to be rushed back (via ambulance, alone, since that’s the only available transportation at this time in NYC) for even more days at a NYC hospital. All while the pandemic is raging in NYC, the coronavirus center of the world! How I haven’t gone insane yet is beyond me!
Meanwhile, all of them could have been up here in the country air, free from contaminants, enjoying the fresh country air, eating healthy foods and both my granddaughters could have been playing outside daily vs being cooped up in those tiny NYC apartments.
Stupid, is beyond a word to understand.
All my neighbors have their families up with them. But no, not my adult kids! They like doing things the most difficult way. Oh well. I’ll keep you posted.
PLEASE NOTE: My SIL just got tested yesterday for the virus and it came back today NEGATIVE! He doesn’t have it. What a bunch of horrible days we just spent but thank the Lord, he’s fine! No more symptoms. No fever. No night sweats. He’s good!!!!!
Ciphers From Cindi 
prayers sent up for their complete recovery!
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HI Wendi. my SIL just got tested yesterday for the virus and it came back today NEGATIVE! He doesn’t have it. What a bunch of horrible days we just spent but thank the Lord, he’s fine! No more symptoms. No fever. No night sweats. He’s good!!!!!
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YAY! Prayers answered.
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Amen.
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Prayers and positive thoughts to you and your family.
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Maggie, my SIL just got tested yesterday for the virus and it came back today NEGATIVE! He doesn’t have it. What a bunch of horrible days we just spent but thank the Lord, he’s fine! No more symptoms. No fever. No night sweats. He’s good!!!!!
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That is great news!
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Great news!! xoxoxo
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Thank God. Finally, a prayer answered! Thanks Sharon.
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You had ask me how I am doing. Well, I am 95% sure my Son and his wife contracted Coronavirus on their trip to Germany for the holidays and his son and myself got it from them. There were a lot of passengers coughing and sneezing on the return trip. I started with the fever, headache, chills two weeks after seeing them. I was in bed most of two weeks and got all of the symptoms. The cough lasted two months. My doctor didn’t want to see me, he had no test kit and said go to the hospital if the shortness of breath got worse! I was winded taking steps so I was mainly on my couch. It was a nightmare. Paula Pants does a good synopsis of the experience.? When they perfect the antibody tests we will be tested. We all continue to self quarantine and practice social distances. My SIL lost one of his Aunts to the pandemic and all that were exposed to her have now gone through the fourteen day quarantine. I actually lost nine pounds but I wouldn’t recommend this diet. I am so sad that your brother succumbed to it. I didn’t do anything with my investments because the headache was awful. I didn’t have the energy to figure anything out but stay the course and hope they came back. Thankfully that has happen but I don’t really need tit. I cancelled our Maine August Vacation. And got 100% refund. I am doing most of my projects DIY. My older grandkids don’t make it through the night without nightmares . All of my adult kids are working from home till End of August at least. My daughter’s and SIL company is using 15 days of Friday furloughs and 20%pay reduction for everyone to limit layoffs. The new reality sucks,
, Lara
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Lara, this is so awful to hear. But I am ever so thankful you made it through. I read Paula Pants explanation of what she went through. Yes, it’s a very painful experience. My brother didn’t make it. The virus spread quickly through his body, his organs and finally his brain, destroying everything in its path. It was quick, painful, fast and devastating to our family. My brother’s wife, thankfully didn’t contract it from him (she never left Florida to travel to NYC as my brother had) BUT she has not left their condo since my brother’s death. She refuses to leave till there is a vaccine. How she can stay there, all alone, is beyond me. That’s how frightened she is.
My oldest daughter, is or I should say ‘was’ a wedding photographer. She lost all her income. Her husband is the only one bringing in money. He works from home. My youngest works from home also but at a reduced rate. Her husband needed emergency surgery but no hospital would do it under the covid-19 rules. Eventually, they found a dr who would do the operation. He had to be ambulanced to and from the hospital, alone because my daughter couldn’t leave the grandchild with anyone, us included. I haven’t seen them since Christmas! Her husband is self employed and needless to say, his income is gone. Both my kids live in NYC, the biggest shit hell hole of all time. They can hear the rioting from their windows. And I can’t help them. There is nothing I can do for them. Heartbreaking, to say the least.
DH and I only leave our home compound twice a month to do food shopping. Very difficult to get home delivery here since it is so rural. I tried Instacart but it was a disaster. I have to order what we can’t get from either Amazon (super expensive) or WalMart ($35 minimum). We cancelled all our summer plans and found a new place to stay at for the winter. Very far apart and suitable social distancing, but we have to stay put!
I am very glad you overcame covid-19. You are a very lucky, blessed woman. Please take care of yourself! And thank you for sharing your story.
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Instacart has hired a ton of people and I order with them from Aldi’s and I like while they shop they show you Multiple substitutes if they don’t have what’s on your list. I always choose next available shopper and usually have my order within three hours. They also shop all the other stores-ShopRite, Market 32, Big Y, StopNShop, Stew Leonard’s,Costco. You should try it again, maybe they shop Walmart in your area too. They are much better then Peapod – IMHO which seems to not have over 60% of my daughters order in their warehouse but if she uses Instacart which shops the local store she gets most of her order or substitutes.
I know your daughters made the decision to stay in NYC but with the protests would they now reconsider coming to your place. Couldn’t your youngest daughter work from your home or RV? Couldn’t they quarantine for fourteen days in the RV and you could see them using social distances and mask for those 14 days.
Did you keep the pool and set it up?
I did three months of quarantine by myself then Mother’s Day, I went to both my kids houses and used six feet distances on DD driveway and masks to visit with all of them. It was wonderful seeing her kids. My son’s I stayed for five days since they sanitized everything multiple times since having Covid19 and all of us have been quarantined for two half months. I so missed my 3yr old grandson. I stayed quarantined in their house and didn’t go anywhere. Sincerely, Lara
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My kids won’t come here because they are worried about infecting Nick and me. We’re putting the pool up and hopefully the grandkids will come up. They will stay in the RV, which would be a nice adventure for all of them!
Instacart in our area only shops at TOPS, which I hate or CVS, which mail our meds to us now anyway.
Nick and I take turn grocery shopping alone. We go every 2 weeks which gives us enough time inbetween to see if we got infected. So far, it’s working. Then we sanitize everything we buy in the basement before we bring it up in to the kitchen. We take all our clothes off in the basement and toss them into the washingmachine and head straight into a shower. It’s a day long thing and exhausting. Sometimes I’d like to sit down and cry over it because it’s just too hard to believe this is happening.
Thanks for your comment. Stay safe.
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