Journal entry by Jamie Drugg —
I have been thinking about all we as a society have been through this past year and realized I have not updated all of our loving friends and family on Jeff’s health in 9 months! Frankly that’s because he’s been doing AMAZING. Most days with all the craziness of Covid lifestyle, working from home, sports off, sports on, distance learning, and now election nonsense, I easily forget how this year started for our family. Honestly I see so much silver lining in Covid. It gave our family a lot of what we needed this spring. Since we were all under orders to be home, I was able to be here and not feeling as though I was constantly rushing to be somewhere. We were able to spend more time as a family as Jeff healed. Jeff’s work, which isn’t easily accomplished from home, was all WFH which allowed him to come off disability WAY before planned because he could take the breaks he needed to rest. Covid forced us all to slow down, which is what our mental health needed at the time.
Jeff’s lifestyle changes haven’t been easy, I’m sure, but he never complains and is so thankful to be here with us. His pill count is down significantly from the pictures I posted in the early days. He’s been required to cut a lot out of his diet but probably the most challenging is having to eat steak fully cooked. For those that don’t know, he was a “medium rare, more rare please” kind of guy!
What prompted this post though is that he just left for hunting opener. Last fall/winter he missed a lot of his favorite activities - golf/hunting/ice fishing - because he was just too sick to do anything other than rest. He left and everything feels back to “normal” (other than the fact that today is a distance learning day for the girls!). We are all still very careful with Jeff’s health. We keep our circle small and only go outside the neighborhood where necessary (as an introvert at heart this is my utopia!!). Jeff is nervous about this winter. Not just Covid but colds/flus/any virus can be dangerous and hospitalize Jeff. Our family goal for 2021 is to avoid emergency rooms/hospitals. This might be most challenging for our dare devil Emma as she averages two emergency room visits a year.
Thank you again for all of the love and support shown our family this year. It was a ride to say the least!
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