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No sky photo this week.  Sorry, I was just too busy.  Between learning my new job and taking care of Drew ...

Every day I hear about someone else who caught the virus.  Seems everyone I know either has it, or has a family member who has it. The epicenter has moved from NYC to Long Island.

The death notices on Facebook, the funeral notices from my synagogue...it’s a bit overwhelming.

Fortunately my family has been spared.  My cousin is being weaned off the ventilator.

Drew is still very sick, but he’s starting to feel better.  

I had my first encounter with telemedicine earlier this week.  I see Dr. W once a year.  In the current environment he’d prefer patients stay away from his office if the purpose of the visit is a routine checkup.  It was weird talking to him on my iPad, but ...

Dr. W said that when he walks through the ER at Good Sam, it feels like that scene in Gone With The Wind where Scarlett goes to the field hospital looking for the doctor to deliver Melanie’s baby, but all she can see are endless pallets of wounded soldiers.

I’ve done a lot of crying the last two days, dealt with feelings of being overwhelmed.  And then there’s the self pity.  And the guilt, because so many people are worse off than I am.

The governor says we may have hit the apex, and I sincerely hope he’s right. It’s going to be a long time before any semblance of “normal” returns, but at least I like to think we’re moving in the right direction.