Ebonyswanne
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We are doing okay. More restrictions in Australia as of an hour ago, closing most things down even more. I'm not surprised, they're trying to keep it at bay.
These things are never to far from us, my kids Occupational therapist is in quarantine, he was exposed to Covid19 from a work mate, he did OT through ZOOM last week. Hopefully he's okay.
My nursing friends have said they don't want to see any of us at the hospital, they have enough pressures, stay home!!
Its cabin fever already for kids, and I didn't plan to be a homeschooling parent. Looks like I might have to put study on hold next term, if the kids are going to be home.
In my house its now its 5 caged birds and Chief Anderson....
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29-03-2020 09:47
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KT1972
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I got a panicked videocall from my daughter yesterday. I had to call an ambulance from home to go to her, except they wouldn't send one out until they could speak to her themselves.
And in these days of saved numbers onto devices, I couldn't tell them her number. Plus, she was using her mobile to talk to me! I had to end the chat, recover her number from my phone and write it down, so when the ambulance service called me back I could tell them.
Anyway, when her BF went home from work, (factory operative in food production) she wasn't home so they obviously took her to hospital.... and I couldn't get through to her for love nor money.
After hours of pacing the floor, I left the house for the first time since the lockdown began last Monday, and went for a walk to a local corner shop and bought a load of stuff we didn't need.
After a few frantic hours, I finally managed to get to talk to her, shes back home, only displaying mild symptoms and has to be quarantined for 2 weeks, which is't as bad as I was fearing.
She's young, and reasonably healthy so should make a full recovery.
As for me, and my household (the son and the boy), we're all fine and doing as we're told.
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29-03-2020 17:44
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Ebonyswanne
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T- I hope she recovers well, it would be scary.
One of my close friends is in pathology, she is the person people are sent to with suspected covid19 symptoms. She takes the swabs, sends them in for trsting, and a lot of people are getting tested, high pressure. She said its hardwork wearing a full protection suit all day. (I had a midnight face-time so she could offload to go back to work the next day, do it all again with no else helping her, they are short staffed and stressed to max now.)
If you need to go for a test... please don't ask the pathology person "Are you scared." That question 50 times over a day, becomes depressing, and isn't helpful to people constantly exposed daily...
She said to me, she was more protected than a person going to the supermarket buying groceries.
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01-04-2020 03:25
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GrumpyGhostOwl
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Best wishes to everyone who is having to deal with all this stuff.
Thus far there have been no confirmed cases in the Shire, and people are finally starting to see that they need to be taking things seriously since there are cases in three of the four adjoining Local Goverment Areas.
I'm still working in the local pharmacy and in disability support, so I'm seeing people every day, doing home deliveries of prescription meds for the vulnerable and looking after my mother who is with me for the duration.
Our Chief Medical Officer has advised people to get their flu jabs early this year, so we've been vaccinating like crazy, doing extra clinics after closing time and trying to ensure that community members are educated with the latest factual stuff rather than the internet stuff.
I've had to haul all my horrible jokes out of the dusty crates in the back of my brain to keep people amused and use a 3-foot grabby stick as a prop for social distancing jokes. We maintain the distances but we try to have a laugh while we do it. I can't control the pandemic, but if I can get people to smile, I feel like I'm giving SARS-CoV-2 the finger in my own small way.
The local grocery store has remained open, as have three of the town's four cafes, the chippy and both the servos. The bakery is on reduced hours. The grog shop is considered an essential service. (It's medicinal, I swear!) The new doctor is only open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. He's probably wondering what the hell he's let himself in for, opening a new practice just as a global pandemic sweeps across the globe!
The pub has closed its doors until such time as restrictions are lifted (oh, no!) and sadly the town's fourth cafe shut for good when they couldn't negotiate a new lease and then COVID-19 stuck its oar in on top of that. The galleries and the souvenir shop have both closed, as have the hairdresser and the barber. The pharmacy is now doing a roaring trade in hair clippers, barber's scissors and hair colour. Heaven only knows how the locals are going to look after a few weeks of this!
The markets have been cancelled but the vegetable seller does deliveries once a fortnight, the fishmonger delivers once a month, and the grocer is doing all she can to keep supplies going.
We don't know yet whether or not the kiddies will go back to school after the Easter hols, but since term ended early and the last couple of weeks were delivered via distance education, a lot of parents are learning to appreciate teachers!
The amputee I look after in my disability support job is having all her appointments via teleconference and videoconference, so I get to be IT support, and in the time I'm not spending driving her around the region to her appointments, we're doing fun stuff like walking the dog (she holds the leash while I push the wheelchair) which is allowed as long as we stay away from other people, wrangling the chickens and creating an edible garden at wheelchair height so that she can enjoy a bit of gardening and get some lovely fresh food at the same time.
I'm learning to hate online grocery shopping, but if that's the worst thing I have to deal with, things can't be all that bad. I've always known I was fortunate to be living out here in the middle of the forest. I've never been quite so thankful for it as I am now. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who live in apartments.
My thoughts are with those of you who have to deal with the awful reality of a once-in-a-century pandemic up close and personal. Hold fast to your courage and your compassion. Be careful and stay safe.
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