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Oct. 17th, 2021 05:25 pmSo this weekend brought with it the news that my Nan, who will be 90 next month, has caught covid.
She's barely left the house in two years. She's been to the doctor a handful of times, and came to family gatherings in the park exactly twice,to meet my sister's kids, and that's it. She doesn't leave the house, she barely even sees anyone, the family have reduced physical contact to a bare minimum. But she can't be completely isolated, not without going stir crazy, and she has to have her weekly shopping, so...
My Uncle Marcus and Aunty Linda have been doing the shopping for Nan, every week without fail. Linda recently went on a coach holiday with her sister. They both had to have negative covid tests before they could board the coach, so they figured it was safe. They had their trip to Blackpool, came home, and then Linda went with Marcus to deliver Nan's shopping, as usual. Twenty-four hours later she was pinged by Track-and-Trace because someone else from the coach party had tested positive. So Linda was tested - positive. Another uncle, Robert, was taking Nan for her covid booster jab on Friday, but because of the contact she couldn't have the jab, had to go for a covid test instead. And tested positive.
Her main symptom at the moment is a chesty cough. She's double jabbed. But she is almost 90. We just have to hope and pray that she is protected enough and will get off with a light case - and Linda, too.
She's barely left the house in two years. She's been to the doctor a handful of times, and came to family gatherings in the park exactly twice,to meet my sister's kids, and that's it. She doesn't leave the house, she barely even sees anyone, the family have reduced physical contact to a bare minimum. But she can't be completely isolated, not without going stir crazy, and she has to have her weekly shopping, so...
My Uncle Marcus and Aunty Linda have been doing the shopping for Nan, every week without fail. Linda recently went on a coach holiday with her sister. They both had to have negative covid tests before they could board the coach, so they figured it was safe. They had their trip to Blackpool, came home, and then Linda went with Marcus to deliver Nan's shopping, as usual. Twenty-four hours later she was pinged by Track-and-Trace because someone else from the coach party had tested positive. So Linda was tested - positive. Another uncle, Robert, was taking Nan for her covid booster jab on Friday, but because of the contact she couldn't have the jab, had to go for a covid test instead. And tested positive.
Her main symptom at the moment is a chesty cough. She's double jabbed. But she is almost 90. We just have to hope and pray that she is protected enough and will get off with a light case - and Linda, too.
