If you’re trying to figure out if your child has COVID, the flu or a viral or respiratory illness, remember that this is hard and take things step by step.
I blame myself every single day for what I’ve done to my family, and I’d give anything to go back and do things differently.
The COVID-19 pandemic and this virtual school year have thrown my family’s extremely fragile routine off balance, and it keeps getting worse.
My parents have gone back to work, which leaves me to oversee my siblings while I work remotely and do online school from home.
If you told me a year ago that today I’d be homeschooling my children, I would have told you that you’d lost your mind. But never say never.
Doctors blamed my headaches on stress and dental issues for years before giving me an MRI.
I knew something was wrong, but I didn’t want to stop the class and inconvenience my students. So I kept going.
When the school district announced that everything was going 100% virtual, I didn’t know what I was going to do.
I was headed to Toronto to see two concerts by my favorite band, Pearl Jam. But, my brain had a very different set of events planned for me.
I felt like I was losing control over my body: I couldn't lift my leg or get my hands to move. At 24, stroke was the furthest thing from my mind.
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