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HIST30060 The importance of pets during the pandemic
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HIST30060 The importance of pets during the pandemic
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State-sanctioned restrictions changed the way in which individuals/groups were able to process emotional experiences, such as grief. Our family dog –Bonnie – was a saving grace during lockdown. She was my “quarantine buddy” and made each day a little brighter. My family went through a tough time around Christmas; Bonnie was becoming progressively sicker, and we had to make the decision to put her down. When we arrived at the vet clinic, we discovered that our family who had attended – Dad, Mum, my brother, myself and my grandparents – could not all wish her farewell together; only two of us were allowed in the waiting room with Bonnie at once, due to COVIDSafe density limits. My parents went in together, and then my grandparents, and then my brother and myself. I’m glad that my brother and I got to share the experience of saying goodbye together; Bonnie was a fundamental part of our childhoods, thus we shared a similar type of grief. However, the ability to farewell this member of our family as a family unit was impacted by COVID-19. Pictured is a “Snapchat” of Bonnie that I sent to my friends, and a picture of her at the clinic.
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Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Animals
English
Home & Family Life
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
2021/11/03/
11/03/2021
11/03/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
2021/11/09
11/09/2021
11/09/2021
04/19/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
2020/12/18
12/18/2020
12/18/2020
This item was submitted on November 3, 2021 by Olivia Tregambe using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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