Together Since 1952, A Couple Separated When Coronavirus Hits Gets A Happy Reunion
Dr. Sharon Sandell is a pediatric intensivist in the pediatric ICU at Medical City Children's Hospital in Dallas. She tells the story of her parents' battle with COVID-19 and a lesson to be learned.
It started with a low grade fever in late March. By then, the novel coronavirus was infecting large parts of the country including Henderson, Nevada where my parents, Larry and Anne Sandell, live in an assisted living apartment community. The residents had been quarantined in their apartments for two weeks and their temperatures were checked by the staff twice each day. On March 27, my 84-year-old mother had a low grade fever.
