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My World Stopped


When a family member gets sick, my world stops.  It is not because I am crippled by anxiety.  The mental load is heavier. I can function but my attention is divided.  It is so time-consuming that I can not do anything else. The endless waiting in the ER, the battery of tests to determine if it is an upper respiratory tract infection, UTI, Dengue or Covid, the monitoring of temperature.  Hay.  Whatever it is, we try to contain it so no one else gets it.  Otherwise, the cycle will not end.

Now that things are going back to our new normal, I am trying my best to catch up.  The backlog is enormous.  But, I am glad that I am slowly ticking off items from my list.  

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