Yep, it happened again.

This past week has been a struggle. Just when I think I have it all figured out… Bam. I’m reminded that it’s an ongoing work-in-progress.

Denis, my spouse, got that nasty SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. He was struggling on Thursday, thinking it was a bad cold, but on Friday, he took an at-home COVID test and it was positive. After calling the doctor, they got him on Paxlovid. It hit him really bad with nasty coughing, chest congestion, fever, and fatigue. The meds seem to be working, or at least he’s not getting worse.

As I’m trying to stay away from him and we are both quarantining, it’s giving me more time to think about when I was hospitalized for a week with COVID back in 2021. I couldn’t even pick up the phone to talk, and when I did, I couldn’t focus for more than a couple of minutes. I would try to FaceTime my mom, and she would get so mad at me for not wanting to talk.

That’s where the...