LOCKDOWN DIARY ~ DAY 6

April 1
Big scare!
So we had such a scare last night... My son had been saying all day he wasn't feeling great and a lot of pain in his one hip and down his leg... He lost his job from the 26th March, because the business closed on that day, and while he was working, he was moving around all day and stepping up and down stairs, but for five days now on lockdown, he's been slouching around in the lounge chair playing games and watching TV and I find it very difficult to get him moving... so my guess is that he’s developed sciatica, because he's putting a strain on his spine from sitting so badly for so many hours each day.
 
Then by last night, he started to cough a little... sneezed once or twice too... said he wasn't feeling too good... and had a mild temperature 😳
 
I can't tell you how frightening those few moments can be where you are thinking... "This could be it!" (coronavirus)… I gave him two Paracetamols and then we retired for the night. I lay awake until after midnight worrying about him, before finally falling asleep.  Woke exhausted just after 5am with too much worry on my mind still.
 
Thankfully, he woke without a temperature, but has agreed that from today he will move more and help around the house a bit so that he can stretch his lungs and BREATHE!!! Keeping in mind that he had destructive pneumonia in 2010 after working for some religious community not connected to the church we attend.  His employer there didn’t protect the workers from the dangerous stuff they were packing into the roof they were working on... my son lost 2/3rds of one lung in   and has struggled with bouts of bronchial asthma ever since. We mainly have that under control now since I worked out that he was suffering from bouts of bronchial asthma that was making him very ill… I got him onto the right medications which we keep in stock for him now, to use immediately if any symptoms show.  The government hospital doctors were never able to diagnose him with it… such a pity… all the illness he suffered in his past could have been prevented with the right medications.  But… imagining him getting this coronavirus, is a real scare for me!!!  I’m not sure his lungs could survive it!
 
I found myself feeling more afraid than ever for my friends and family as a result of our overnight scare.  I didn’t want to be an alarmist, but did my best to warn everyone…
 
“Every time you go out, you could come in contact with the virus and will have to start doing your 14 days incubation countdown all over again each time.  Please, please, please everyone... stay at home! You don't want to feel like I felt last night with our scare... it's the worst thought to think... "This could be it" and "Now what?"… Please all my friends and family... Stay safe, not only for your own sake, but for the sake of many others too”
 
I'd rather starve a bit than tempt fate with my son's health, not to mention my age (63), etc.  
My son won't starve... there's so much he can eat still, even if it’s not luxuries.  It's me that's the problem with my extremely strict diet to control diabetes, gout and all the other complications I used to suffer from when I was overweight and so unhealthy prior to 2012... but, I will make do with my garden supplies until there's nothing left. Might not be luxuries, but it's safe and good enough to keep me going for a good week or two still.
 
A Facebook memory from 8 years ago to the day, reminded me that things used to be so much worse… I had no stove, no lawnmower for our large lawn area at the time and no vacuum cleaner, so life was a real struggle back then.  I am so grateful for today and all that I now DO have here on lockdown, and I’ve still got my family, friends via WhatsApp, phone, email and Facebook… and I still have my work. I'm so grateful for the beautiful miracles that are in my life today!!!
 
The following is a link to the most wonderful video
Exactly what I've been saying for years now and what I've come to fully believe with every fiber of my being... please watch this 💞
 
The Power Of Love (Albert Einstein)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFmO6a0fRs8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR209sfzBp8RmGKuaBQ4SmMRNmXnHfVFJZgAyHEvdRASZJHrV-nK-2Jc-Dc
 
Take care and please stay safe.
 
~ Panayiota