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GusBob

(7,603 posts)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 09:18 AM Jul 2020

Update on the Rez, of course things went to worse

Boy howdy things have been hectic! The clinic director comes into my office and informs me due to covid they are shutting my part of the clinic down for 2 weeks, whilst I am contemplating what to do, I get a text from hospice in Florida my 93 y/o pops is near death. Now I am really contemplating shit. This was on the 10th
I really didn't want to fly but did anyway as I am the executor of his estate and etc, The nursing home bent their COVID rules and let me say good-bye. He had advanced dementia and it was his time. then an hour after leaving the nursing place I get a phone call from the nursing home: " 3 of our employees have tested positive for covid" Great just great, just off a plane, to florida and visit an infected nursing home. Pops died that night. I should be fine but basically am in isolation as a precaution

Whilst all that was going down, COVID went afire on the Rez.and the county as well. As of yesterday there are 27 cases just on the Agency .Again its a small agency and at risk population. People are not handling it well and unfortunately freaking out, panicking and accusing folks, rumors are rampant etc.
The Tribal chairman had to make a plea for everyone to chill the heck out. And of course my colleagues in the clinic are overwhelmed and catching hell as well ( One of the infected folks is a clinic employee) No word on the degree of sickness and there have been no deaths
Just today the tribe issued a complete 72 hour lockdown, you can't go out but for extreme emergency and the Agency borders are closed

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Update on the Rez, of course things went to worse (Original Post) GusBob Jul 2020 OP
Which Reservation? (If it's not impolite to ask) ret5hd Jul 2020 #1
I believe that GusBob works on the Rocky Boy reservation. MontanaMama Jul 2020 #3
Crap! cilla4progress Jul 2020 #2
I'm sorry for the loss of your father GusBob. MontanaMama Jul 2020 #4
My condolences 2naSalit Jul 2020 #5

MontanaMama

(24,087 posts)
4. I'm sorry for the loss of your father GusBob.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 10:33 AM
Jul 2020

Even though he was 93...it is never easy to lose a parent.

Please keep us posted on what’s happening at home. I wish we could have found a way to keep MT back where we were in April in terms of Covid cases. I cannot believe the numbers of our of state license plates on the road here in Western MT. Unbelievable.

2naSalit

(93,444 posts)
5. My condolences
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 11:35 AM
Jul 2020

the passing of a parent is major. My mom is the same age and we never know when she's going to go. We;ve had issues with her being moved to different facilities during this pandemic, it's hard.

I do hope you test negative through all this and that things calm down around the agency. I'm in a tourist corridor and we have too many out of staters and our active cases doubles every six days the past three weeks in our county... I am reluctant to go shopping any more.

Take care and stay safe.

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