A Covid Thanksgiving

John2.0.1

Yesterday I went to the hospital to visit mom. She has been in the geriatric psych ward since July for aggressive behaviors. I was turned away as I was told that a patent on the floor has Covid. So I left. It makes me sad that I can not visit mom over Thanksgiving weekend but there is nothing I can do about it so nothing to feel guilty about.

Then this morning (Thanksgiving Morning) I got a call from the hospital. Mom has now tested positive for Covid. She's been moved from the geriatric psych ward to the Covid ward - for maybe 10 days? I'm sure that won't help her at all. I wonder how many other geriatric psych patents are now in the Covid ward.

This is the second time that my mom has gotten Covid in a care facility. She got Covid January 2021 at her assisted living. She also got her Pfizer shots early this year. And now she has Covid again.

There is no doubt in my mind that Covid has quickened my mom's mental decline. The combination of having had Covid and the months of isolation she endured at the assisted living as they tried to keep Covid out.

And frankly, it's unforgivable that some people don't take this pandemic seriously and refuse to behave to protect others from their own selfish choices.

M1

John I am so, so sorry. This has been a terrible slog for you. I hope she will have a mild course of it. Wish there were something more we could do to help.

John2.0.1

Thanks M1. I hope it will be mild. She was asymptomatic this morning. Mainly I expect she is confused and afraid. Not afraid of Covid but afraid of being at an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people all done up in protective gear looking hardly human. She can't see well but I gave up on glasses because she managed to destroy them about once a month.

With her dementia and delusions, I can only imagine what emotions she's experiencing. I hope she is mostly sleeping.

GothicGremlin

John - I am so sorry.  This must be horrible for you, and horrible and confusing for her.  I hope she stays asymptomatic and gets well soon.

Mint

John sorry to hear about your mom.  Sounds like Pfizer  may be doing its’s job and let’s hope it is.  She has hopefully been exposed but will remain asymptomatic or mildly ill and that her immune system will be able to control the virus.  We are building this ship as it is sailing is a quote I heard the other day.  Thought that is right.  Hopefully we will continue to learn and be better at dealing with things.  Maybe before long we will get enough data to realize hopefully that people like your mom are ok to stay where she was.  Time will tell.  Please update us on how your mom is doing as this helps us all learn.

I am very disappointed by some’s choices too.  Many of us though are doing the best we can.  The past two years have made me look at some people very differently and will be hard for me to ever trust them again. Makes me a little sad.  Don’t like having to feel that way but it is reality.