Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2009. Mattie was home between treatments and wanted a bowl of Cornflakes. He was admiring the shape of this flake and naturally I snapped a photo. It was these spur of the moment photos that truly captured our days together. With Mattie, even the shape of a flake could be interesting. It was the beauty of life with Mattie.
Quote of the day: The coronavirus totals for today from Johns Hopkins:
- people diagnosed with the virus: 62,873 (it is hard to believe that half of this number is in New York state alone)
- people who died from the virus: 894
When I woke up this morning, I was greeted by a message from my childhood friend in New York. She wanted me to know her husband died today from the coronavirus. Not that I did not take the virus seriously before, but now I see someone directly affected. In particular she wasn't allowed into the hospital (as the hospital her husband was brought to only allowed patients, NO visitors) while her husband was hospitalized for two days. She received no information in those two days, until today when they called her to tell her he died. You can only imagine how she is feeling about all of this! Having dealt with a hospital system, I can't imagine having to separate from the patient! So much is wrong with this as patients need family advocates at all times in a hospital setting (on a good day for sure, but most certainly in times of chaos).
I try to look for signs of hope amidst all the bad news. Today I saw Governor Cuomo cite the fact that the density control plan seems to be working in NYC. On Sunday the projected hospitalizations for the virus doubled every 2 days. Now the projection is there will be a doubling every 5 days. 
When we walk on the Island, it is about a 90 minute break from reality. Which is very needed.
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