Melanie in the hospital

[GTRS Fiero]

Has Melanie recovered?

[Fierofool]

Not fully.  Every episode leaves her with a little less lung capacity.  For that reason we are in a self-imposed isolation.  She doesn't wish to leave the house except for necessary reasons like doctor's appointments.  At least until maybe the spring when the flu season should be well behind us.  I am careful as to who I'm around when I have to go anywhere. 

[GTRS Fiero]

How long will the isolation last?  Until Spring?

I don't know how you handle groceries.  My kid brother always insists that grocery stores are worse than doctors' offices, because sick people still eat, and they go to the grocery store while they're contagiius, before symptoms develop.

[Fierofool]

She says until Spring for herself. 

I can do grocery shopping during the day when most people are at work.  Anyone who's coughing a lot can be avoided, except if you're checking out and they come up behind you.  The stores have sani-wipes at the entrance and the cart corral in the store.  Wipe the cart handle and hands. 

[GTRS Fiero]

So, no club meetings for you?

[Fierofool]

I'll be there if she's well enough on that day that she can be left alone.  I just have to be vigilant. 

Right now she's functioning very well.  Well enough that I can go to MikeMac's to have the truck worked on and maybe stop on the way back for a haircut.