My Dad pulled through and is conscious again after being in a medically induced coma for days. He is still on a ventilator, but they think he'll be able to come off of it in a day or two possibly. He improved very quickly and suddenly after being treated with a new drug combo. His Wife is still in the hospital and yesterday she and I got to talk and she's improving, but still on oxygen still struggling. I hope they are on the road to recovery, whatever that might look like.
I'm navigating UI and keep up my daily calls to see if my claim was updated or even accepted. I'm starting to worry about where my household is going to recieve income from as things become more and more difficult and with no end in sight. I'm hoping for a reprieve at some point, but honestly resorting to calling up every company I have bills with to see if they can offer some relief during these times. So far the only company that has stepped up is T-mobile, they reduced my bill down to $25 a month for 6 months with a recurring bill credit. It's frustrating because the job freeze is very real in my area. The kicker is I was just getting to a place where I could rejoin the job market. So much work put into myself, that I'm not able to see results with at this time.
The Missus' birthday is tomorrow and I can't go out and get her favorite cake, and can't find basic ingredients at the stores around here to bake anything. I was hoping to find something for her day, but that isn't gonna happen from the looks. The stores around here are bare with essentials and have been slow to restock items. I got lucky and found a thing of cooking oil and some dairy products earlier this week. The meat sections are either closed or reduced to prepackaged goods. Bakery area is shut down with only certain companies continuing to stock the shelves with bread. It's a damn mess out there. The real cost of closing restaurants is realizing just how many people use them to eat daily around here. While some are still open a vast amount of them are no longer open or have reduced hours, which is driving folks to grocery stores. And good luck using online ordering like Amazon Fresh or Instacart, they might as well not be offering any service.
