JUDITH'S ONCOLOGIST MADE IT PLAIN TO ME OVER A YEAR AGO THAT THE MOST THREATENING THING FOR JUDITH WOULD BE TO GET AN INFECTION.
WE THEREFOR HAVE BEEN SCREENING VISITORS, MAKING SURE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CONTAGIOUS, AND ASKING THEM TO WASH THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY ENTER THE HOUSE.
FOR 15 MONTHS BOTH JUDITH'S MOTHER AND I HAVE AVOIDED GETTING COLDS OR FLU -- 'TIL THIS WEEKEND, WHEN MY CHEST GOT CONGESTED AND MY VOICE RASPY.
TROUBLE IS, JUDITH'S MEDICATION ROUTINE GOES ON ALL DAY (AND NIGHT) AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO ALL THAT.
SO I'M KEEPING MY DISTANCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WEARING GLOVES AND A MASK WHEN GIVING JUDITH TREATMENTS, AND SLEEPING ELSEWHERE (BUT "ON CALL").
WEEKENDS ARE TIMES FILLED WITH FRIENDS AND MOVIES, AS WAS THIS WEEKEND. I DID HAVE TO CANCEL SOME VISITS SUNDAY, BECAUSE JUDITH WAS NOT FEELING WELL.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF PAIN MEDICATION. HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET MORE MONDAY MORNING.
EVEN WITH ALL THIS, JUDITH (AND I) ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE LOVE THAT POURS IN ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. IT SUSTAINS US BOTH.
WES (aka the masked man)
WE THEREFOR HAVE BEEN SCREENING VISITORS, MAKING SURE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CONTAGIOUS, AND ASKING THEM TO WASH THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY ENTER THE HOUSE.
FOR 15 MONTHS BOTH JUDITH'S MOTHER AND I HAVE AVOIDED GETTING COLDS OR FLU -- 'TIL THIS WEEKEND, WHEN MY CHEST GOT CONGESTED AND MY VOICE RASPY.
TROUBLE IS, JUDITH'S MEDICATION ROUTINE GOES ON ALL DAY (AND NIGHT) AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO ALL THAT.
SO I'M KEEPING MY DISTANCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WEARING GLOVES AND A MASK WHEN GIVING JUDITH TREATMENTS, AND SLEEPING ELSEWHERE (BUT "ON CALL").
WEEKENDS ARE TIMES FILLED WITH FRIENDS AND MOVIES, AS WAS THIS WEEKEND. I DID HAVE TO CANCEL SOME VISITS SUNDAY, BECAUSE JUDITH WAS NOT FEELING WELL.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF PAIN MEDICATION. HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET MORE MONDAY MORNING.
EVEN WITH ALL THIS, JUDITH (AND I) ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE LOVE THAT POURS IN ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. IT SUSTAINS US BOTH.
WES (aka the masked man)
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