Just a quick update.
I'm crashing out after eating & washing up. Tired; work has drained me. I'm hoping to get caught up on sleep tonight.
Today, I only have enough spoons left to cook a simple family dinner. Made lemongrass chicken wings & am making watercress soup now.
I picked up a snazzy pair of shoes for Mom while in Chinatown, buying some food supplies. She loves them. Mom hasn't had a new pair of shoes in 5 years. I'm buying her some new sneakers with next paycheque.
I peeled mandarin oranges & a pomelo - juicing them. I'm drying their rinds by woodstove. We use them for culinary/medicinal/insects deterrent.
I'll update more on my thread from yesterday about my family's experiences during/shortly after US invasion in Vietnam on Saturday. That's my next full day off of work. I'm not on call that day either because I need a full day off.
On Friday, I'm attending an all day conference -> Transforming Together: A Co-Learning Event for Peer Support and Lived Experience Workers, Community Partners, and Interdisciplinary Team Members. I'm looking forward to meeting, sharing, mutual learning & walking away with some new, fellow community building collaborators' connections.
I just got a call from a gastroenterologist office. Mom is booked for follow up endoscopy on April 8th at Saanich Peninsula Hospital. I requested that staff who will be dealing with us at Mom's appointment to be masked up. The MOA said that will be respected. I said - Thanks, because I already lost one parent to covid & not OK losing another when it can be prevented if people masked up more. She then said that she understood because her Dad got really sick "when covid was around". I stopped her before she could finish & said - #Covid never stopped & people are still dying & becoming disabled for life from it. She didn't know how to respond for a moment - awkward pause - before agreeing, yeah - it never stopped 🙄
Anyways - it's booked & they better be masked up when we get there. 😷
Mom is seeing this doctor:
https://www.healthdoc.ca/listing/dr-denis-michael-petrunia-093fad
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #MasksSaveLives #LongCovidIsReal #AirborneInfections #MaskUp #PutYourMaskOn #PublicHealth
I'll be ready to film if they're not masked up. There's signs at hospital saying you can't record/film inside. Unless you're filming patients or sensitive medical procedures without patients' consent, it's against BC Civil Liberties (I know the law), to block filming of your own/your loved ones' experiences in public hospitals.
I also know from experience, challenging staff. I've been told to not film in 5 different hospitals on Vancouver Island & once I start going heavy into legal jargon, they back off & leave me alone. #KnowYourRights - always.
*Same applies to police stations. Their no filming signs violate civil liberty laws.*
I'm tired but still hella protective of my Mom.
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