Quarantine - Day 1

The kids build a Leprechaun trap.

Clear, bright, cool day. Sunshine w/ 40 degree temp. No CWS, so Ella is home. Laura is scheduled to go to Skinner West and SSFAA, but is not feeling well. She has shortness of breath, allergy symptoms, but no fever. We schedule a doctor’s appointment for her while the stock market crashes nearly 3000 points. Aedan and Rosie did not go to school so they come up to play and Caroline joins a bit later when Cookie agrees to cover Laura’s session at SSFAA allowing her to attend her doctor’s appointment. At the appointment, the doctor thinks that her shortness of breath is likely tied to allergies but issues her a face mask, which they only have a few remaining, for her just in case. Later I retrieve some prescription Flonase from Mariano’s which is packed and running low on some items. Ella has requested ginger ale. I try three stores to find some. There are around 4,600 cases of COVID-19 in the US, and 105 reported cases in Illinois up from 32 on Friday. Globally there are over 153,000 people who have been exposed to the virus.