Some of you know that my husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2015 and had a stroke this past May. He is in a very expensive skilled nursing facility. Well, after my daughters, a granddaughter, and I visited my husband for two days, hugging, kissing, even feeding him, we got a phone call yesterday afternoon that he has Covid. One of my daughters and I were with him hours before and he complained he didn't feel well.
A few hours after we got the news I learned that out of the seven residents in my husband's building, five tested positive for Covid. According to the head nurse, no staff had tested positive. With visitors, handymen and women, delivery people, and others coming and going, anyone could have brought it in. So far that's an unfortunate but understandable situation. What is NOT acceptable is I learned today that the first case was diagnosed last Thursday, the second Friday, etc., etc.
i asked one of the staff why family and friends were allowed to visit a facility where five out of seven people have Covid. My husband is symptomatic and has been since Tuesday. My daughter and I have pre-existing conditions that make us more vulnerable to the effects of Covid than the general population. They should have stopped visitors from coming on Day 1, not Day 5. I am angry. My daughter is furious and scared. We are fully vaccinated but our last booster was more than six months ago. Did they think they could keep this quiet? We New Yorkers already experienced an official who tried to keep the ravages of nursing home Covid a secret...and we know what happened to him. Meanwhile we are testing every other day and hoping for the best for all of us.
