A false scare, thankfully, thoughts…translated…
My husband, at the bottom half of April, went to a medical center to see the doctor, a week later he got a call, that he was in need of the self-managing sessions, because on the day he’d gone to the hospital, there was an individual who later received the confirmed diagnosis of MERS-CoV who was there too, and my husband was, “right on time, not a step early, nor a step late”. The workers reminded us to keep a set distance from him, I’d worried about it a bit, but not so much so, because we all put on our masks at the hospital, while my husband and I, although, we live together, we’d, kept our distances from one another.
I had made the demands to my husband to wear his mask, and two days later, the emergency call came from the local sanitations office, told him to quarantine at home for a week, that there should only be him in the house, said that the alert level had, elevated. It’d seemed a bit more serious now, I’d started getting nervous, and my imagination ran wild, could it be, that my husband had gone after or before the individual who’d been confirmed for the diagnosis, or in the hospital treatment office at the same time, that’s caused his health management sessions, to turn into at-home quarantine? As my husband collected his items, he’d cussed out, “I’d only gone to see the doctor, how did this shit come to happen to me?”, then, shortly thereafter, the officials from the Sanitations Office came and took him away, to the quarantine hotel.
I’d, immediately, started, sanitizing the living environment as he’d left, mopped with bleach, used the alcohol, wiped down every single corner of the house, and decided to go to the temples the following day to ask for the blessings. Back then it was the weekends, and my two daughters were both at home, we’d sat down and discussed, we are all working on Monday, do we need to let our companies know, that someone in our home is in quarantine? As the government told, that the families can still go to work as usual, but because of moral conscience, we’d decided, to tell our separate workplace of the matter.
And, just as we’d expected, our companies told us to stay at home for a few days, everybody’s afraid of the virus, that’s, understandable. And my two daughters worried that my husband may be in a foul mood in his quarantine, they’d called him up often to chat. As the neighbors learned of our situations, they’d started all, masking up too, and, avoided me whenever they could. This is, human nature, I’d understood it. Then, a few days later, I’d, intentionally, dodged my neighbors, and as all was silent out by the elevators, I’d, put on my masks, and, stealthily, gone out to shop for groceries then, felt like I was the thief.
I’d always thought, that my life was, simple, and only needed to protect my self well, that the virus will NOT have an affect on me, and yet, since my husband went into quarantine, the measures my company took, the attitudes from my neighbors, I was, shocked, to realize, how close the virus was, to me.
And thankfully, the results were negative for the virus at the end of my husband’s, quarantine period, and since, that heavy rock inside my mind, settled back down, our family, finally, passed, that huge, obstacle. And after this thrill of brushing shoulders with the virus, it’d made me realized, just how we normally, took our good health, and wellbeing for granted. The outbreaks are happening too fast lately, both Taipei and Hsinbei Cities entered into level three alert stages, I’m glad, that the week’s worth of quarantine my husband was under before the outbreaks expanded, it’d, elevated our sense of alertness, and we’d, stocked up on the necessities too ahead of times. I hope, that everybody is well, as the pandemic is currently, spreading out in Taiwan right now.
And so, your husband’s quarantine was a good thing, and thankfully, his test results were, negative, and he got a clear bill of clean health, and this experience taught you exactly what you’d, needed to learn, during the times of MERS-CoV outbreaks.
Life, the Obstacle Course 