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As my Facebook feed continues to fill with news from people back home who are very sick, I've continued to be amazed at all the photos of people gathering for fun at restaurants and other locations with no social distancing or masks. How many reports must there be of people stuck in the ER because there are no beds left in the ICU before people take this seriously?

MeMaw Ivy ( what AL people call their Governor...some endearingly, some derisively) has finally mandated face masks in public are now a requirement. Hopefully this will help things slow down.

Phyllis, my cousin's wife, was moved out of a normal hospital room into the ER so she could be placed on a ventilator. It was over 24 hrs before they could get her in the ICU. I'm praying the machines will give her lungs the rest they need to heal. The family would like for her to be moved to a hospital in Birmingham, but high school friends who work in those hospitals say things are just as bad there. So I'm praying for healing, for her to have incredible nurses whose information lines up with what the doctors are saying, and for someone somewhere to re evaluate  the policy of separating families from loved ones. It was hard on me when Bobby had a one night stay and I couldn't be there; I cannot imagine what Larry feels knowing how critical things are and getting totally different stories from a nurse and doctor. May God grant them strength and wisdom and healing.
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