Quarantine Journals - Pneumonia update

I went outside for the first time in weeks. The plan was to sit and watch the kids play, but Oliver isn't that independent 90% of the time. My ribs still feel broken with each breath, and my cough seemed worse yesterday. After an hour outside, it got worse again. Honking away, and now my throat is getting irritated too, just like before. My chest was hurting earlier... thrush? Anxiety? Pneumonia? I can't risk the exposure that comes with follow up x-rays, so I'm just reassuming breathing treatments and hoping for the best. I only have 8 left, though. Then I guess it's back to the inhaler. I should probably check in with a doctor, but I won't go in so I'm not sure what they will say or do. It's scary. I'm worried. Is this something new? The same thing? Was it always c19? I'll never know because they are only testing the elderly or people who have traveled. 

Deanna's grand nephew was in the hospital tonight. He's had a cough since January too. He has pneumonia but it's getting worse. They won't test him because he's a kid. There's only like 400 tests in all of Oklahoma. They finally sent him home just now saying his longs look better, but it's just a long road. I hope he didn't pick up anything while he was there.

The president made a speech tonight, and I don't even know what it said. He is a lunatic. Bernie Sanders is raising money for charities; suspended his campaign. Biden is no where to be seen or heard from. A news anchor on CBS tonight called for a few more days of lockdown, and then just "let the virus do it's thing." Healthy people seem to be fine with just calling the elderly and compromised population a loss and moving forward. Those lives aren't worth missing spring break or spa day or football. 

Things feel really heavy and sad most of the time. I can't focus or get anything done. I give the kids everything I've got and then I come out to Animal crossing until early morning and crash.  Today penny and I built a beach camp in the game and something about that was really sweet and lovely. 


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