“Bong! Bong! Bong!” the church bells rang through the air. I used to love hearing that sound. On Sundays. It would only bring joy to the neighborhood. Seeing everyone walking to the church with the biggest smiles plastered across their faces, it was a much simpler time without influenza flooding the towns of America and the rest of the world. Now the bells ring to signal death. When I hear that it only reminds me of the fear and horror we are facing. It makes me think that maybe soon that bell would be signaling the death of my own family.
First, the disease struck my four year old son. He went to bed one night perfectly healthy and woke up the very next morning with the worst fever I have ever encountered. His face was so pale, white as…show more content… She didn’t catch it as quickly as my son had but it was no better than what he was going through. I knew she was sick as soon as she started coughing up blood the other day. I have been noticing that her fever is running incredibly high, it is so bad that her hair has begun to lose its pigment. She used to have the most beautiful brown hair but now it is turning grey-brown.
We tried to get into the hospital, for both of my children actually, but they were so full that we couldn’t get an appointment. There was only two doctors working because apparently all the other doctors were sent to Europe where the virus was very bad. I have basically had to quarantine everyone in my house into one room to keep the virus on one floor of the house. Our house is already small but having to keep everyone inside all the time has made it feel more like a box than a house. My kids used to come into my room at night and sleep in my bed if they had a bad dream or they didn’t feel good, but know I can hardly see or talk to them.
Playing mother and doctor at the same time has been so stressful, I’m so surprised I haven’t caught the virus yet. I was basically running my own personal hospital out of my home but there was nothing more I could do. Watching my children suffer has been so hard on me, I feel like I’m failing as a
