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• 2021-01-27

  Losing Grandma

  A week and a half ago was my grandmother's 90th birthday. I shared here about our family's disappointment at not getting to have a big party and instead visiting her at her window. Now she's in the ER, awaiting a transfer to hospice. It doesn't seem to be COVID, although the tests aren't back yet. No one knows what happened or why. There are no ICU beds available and resources in general are limited to investigate why a 90 year old woman who was fine 12 hours earlier is now unresponsive and on a ventilator. No one can go visit her. We're not sure if we will be able to visit her at the hospice. Grandma has had health scares before but nothing like this. Before we would be coordinating visitors and making sure someone was by to see her everyday, even if she was unconscious. Now we’re limited to the family group text as my aunt follows up with doctors by phone and relays information to the rest of us. She’s pulled through before but this time feels different. The doctors are all stretched so thin and resources are so limited that all the odds are against her. I used to take Grandma out at least once or twice a month. We’d go to a movie or just lunch. Maybe run some errands. I haven’t seen her without a window between us in nearly a year. I’m probably never going to get to hug her again.
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  2020-03-31

  Holy Week Covid-19 Style

  The Covid-19 Pandemic has changed life but has also taught me some valuable lessons that I will carry into the future.
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  2020-09-14

  Deaf students at Arizona school will learn virtually, but not without obstacles

  Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, students are adjusting to their new normal when it comes to online classes, virtual events and social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease. But for deaf and hard of hearing students in Arizona public schools, as well as for many more enrolled in private schools, these adjustments introduce new barriers to communication and learning. Last year, according to the Arizona Department of Education, 1,622 deaf or hard of hearing students were in public schools. Sequoia Deaf School, part of the Edkey Inc. charter school group in Mesa, had 52 students enrolled in grades K through 12 for the 2020-21 school year. Its experience navigating the pandemic illustrates some of the challenges deaf students face, such as difficulty reading lips and faces behind masks, the shorter attention spans of young deaf students and the loss of their nurturing school community.
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  2020-04-02

  Gas Prices Before and During Pandemic

  The picture shows reciepts of gas prices from Circle K before the pandemic and during the pandemic. It was interesting to see that gas prices have gone down. I have always thought that it would go up.
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  2020-03-15

  Candy shelves remain stocked

  Despite bare toilet paper and canned goods aisles, the candy shelves in Mesa, AZ remain fully stocked and available for those with a sweet tooth.
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  03/13/2020

  Bare toilet paper shelves at Walmart in Mesa Riverview

  Complete shelf is empty on both sides