Pick Me Up! Special

CAUGHT OFF GUARD

Coughing into my tissue, I immediately knew what was wrong with me.

‘I think I’ve got coronavirus,’ I croaked to my husband, Vernon, 55.

It was March 2020 when I fell ill with the Covid-19.

My chest was tight, and I had the standard symptoms like the new continuous cough and a fever.

‘I must have caught it out shopping last week,’ I said to my 10-year-old Alaskan Malamute, Mushka.

I pulled the tissue out of his mouth

Our dog Mushka has always been incredibly excitable, and bouncy.

He’s 64 kilos of gorgeously soft fur, with a

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