As I lay dying

Every little sneeze, every little ache becomes the coronavirus now and if you run a temperature too? It is double the concern.

Fortunately the advice is the same in the beginning. Stay home. Don't contaminate others. Do all the healthy things you can.

That was my day today because last night I had a headache, every part of my body hurt and I had a very slight temperature.

Today I feel fine and have no temperature at all.

But I am taking no chances. My age and my health, both make me very vulnerable.

I did wonder last night. As I lay dying, or so I thought I might be, I wondered if our hospital had ventilators, if I am one of those patients they would choose not to treat, if this was my final few hours before the end.

It turned out to be a lot of drama about nothing, but that doesn't mean I should yield to that wild feeling that this is not real, or for some reason it won't touch me.