She did not yet have the vaccine and that was one regret she had before her last hospital stay.
I got a call on April 16th of 2020, while laid off from work because of pandemic-related shutdowns. The call was to let me know that the father I’d not spoken to for 15 years, except only a handful of times, had caught this new virus. This was the 16th. I called him and talked a few times, much longer than normal because of course we had our differences on many topics. By the 19th, I was informed at noon that he’d passed away at 5 a.m. ET.
Losing a loved one to COVID-19 during the time of this horrible pandemic was not fun, as the anniversary of my father’s passing approaches in October.
Frank was the kindest man, devoted father, son, and an amazing husband!
Frank was diagnosed with COVID-19 on October 1, 2020. He was hospitalized in the COVID-19 unit five days later and came home 5 days after that.
Both our parents were in the nursing home, and both had COVID. It claimed dad; mom died a week later of a broken heart.
