“Everyone around us has moved on, but for us it feels like March of 2020 all over again.” Lynn Slaney and her immunocompromised husband are still in quarantine. It hasn’t been easy:
Before the pandemic, my 74-year-old husband, Wayne, was dealing with some health issues. He was in the early stages of kidney failure and was wheelchair-bound due to severe spinal stenosis. He had a personal support worker to help with his care, but was otherwise active, meeting up with friends or tinkering with his 1940s Ford car with a friend’s son. His immune system was compromised, like anyone with a chronic illness, but we were able to maintain a social life as long as we were careful.
That changed last September. During a visit, our PSW noticed that Wayne seemed confused and had developed a facial droop. He was hospitalized that day for acute kidney failure, a stroke and septicemia . If septicemia progresses to septic shock, it has a mortality rate of about 50 per cent. In the hospital, he contracted COVID-19 and became severely ill. We were terrified.
Aside from visits from our vaccinated sons, their families and the PSWs who help with Wayne’s care, we’re almost fully isolated from the outside world. The risk of infection is simply too high. I know it’s hard for Wayne. Friends want to visit, but they’re afraid of passing something along to him, and we respect that.
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