Bright Side of Quarantine
It was a Thursday night in early March when Jen and I received an email. The email went something along the lines of, “we will be stopping direct patient care for two weeks……”. With this news came fear and anxiety-like we have never experienced before. Would we lose our jobs? How would our patients progress without school and therapy? How would we survive being stuck home with our husbands? Two weeks turned to six weeks and we quickly realized that life as we knew it had changed. We were officially homebound and quarantined. Being forced to take time away from work puts things into perspective. The patients we serve are so important and special to us, but having time with our families is essential. I vowed to enjoy my quarantine. When else would I get six weeks of quiet?
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