Yes my work is taking it seriously, it's nice
And my boss is great. She sat with me for 30 min one day just help calm my distress
I'm still just extremely on edge and depressed but that's not going away short of quitting and staying home which isn't a long term feasible option
I'm glad to hear they are doing what they can for you. <3
And yeah. I get the on edge, but I'm a huge coward lol. 30 minutes of shopping the other day had me so anxious, so...you doing 30-40 hours a week, you have nerves of steel :)
400+ retirement homes infected with COVID-19 in Quebec. This is going to hit hard in the next few days/weeks. My grandma is in one, don't know if her place has been infected yet. Most of the damage has been done in Estrie and Montreal, and I'm in Quebec City proper (Capitale-Nationale region), and so far the infection is spreading but nowhere near as fast as in Montreal.
Now, I'm going to say something that might be horrible and I'm sorry if if offends anyone. My grandmother has alzheimer's and has been very weak for a long time. I'm fairly sure she wouldn't survive this. I love her dearly and hope I can see her again after this is all over. But my biggest worry if she dies is the effect it would have on my mom. She loves her so much, and would be a lot more devastated than me. I'm more scared about the domino effect than anything else. Afraid that my mom would end up doing something stupid putting her health in peril, she's already in a pretty "at-risk" group, being a big smoker and 60+ years old. Fortunately, she's taking COVID-19 very seriously, even scolded my grampa one time because he went to buy his groceries himself. But the thought of losing my mom to this is gnawing at me more and more. Not being able to see her because of this pandemic is making all these feelings even worse.
I might sound a bit chauvinistic when I talk about Quebec in this thread because I want us to do great. But seeing these numbers rise up is starting to scare the shit out of me. Even if we're below our projections. Hoping the vast majority of the families from people here are not affected by this. And if they are, to be affected as little as possible.
I hear you on all of this. My grandma passed away in December, and honestly...glad she didn't have to be around for this. My grandpa is around and he's having a hard time because...he is sad about my grandma being gone, we moved him closer to more of the family so people can see him...and now no one can see him. 🙄 Life. I hope I get to see him. :S
So...I hear you re your grandma, the worry for your mom (I'm always worried about my mom and dad, they're mostly lifelong smokers), and just in general. My mom is also taking it seriously, but I worry about not being able to see her, and just one day, she will call and say that her or my dad are sick. :( It's hard. We both want to go see our parents...
Also, 400+ retirement homes in Quebec?? That must be a big reason for your numbers...it spreads like wildfire through retirement homes. 😔 The ones that it's gone through here in BC haven't done so hot.
Anyway...this is all making me a bit emotional and anxious. I need to sleep. 😅 Best days to you tomorrow, Canada friends. <3 We're all in this together.
I've posted this in the main coronavirus thread, but I stayed at a major hotel for five days for a conference in downtown Toronto over New Years time and came down with the worst sickness, a with dry cough, fever, a resting heart beet so fast my Apple Watch was warning me, eventually difficulty breathing, chest pain, overall it lasted at least two weeks. My family got it and had similar symptoms, my sister got it and could barely breathe. I know it's very unlikely it was coronavirus given the timing but if it was possible I'd like to be checked for antibodies.
I don't know how you'd go about doing that, but if you could, that might be a great thing to be able to do! Honestly...if I get it, the first thing I'll be doing when I recover is trying to donate.
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