How COVID-19 affected me and my family

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September 24th 2021. It was just another normal day in the new pandemic experience, most of my day was spent on Zoom doing online classes for about four hours of the day. Today was different because I had an orthodontist appointment to finally have my braces removed after about 2.5 years of them on. As almost everyone else, I was finally excited to have my braces taken off and actually see my new smile. So after my 2 classes my mom drove me to the orthodontist and left me in the office to go run other errands. After leaving to do so, I had gotten my braces remove in what was really fast time compared to what I had envisioned. So when I had finished up and scheduled a future appointment for my retainer fitting I called my mom to see when she was going to pick me up and no response. I left a message and then called my dad. Again no response. I texted him and he said, “(Name) come home by bus. Mom had to go” I didn’t think much of it so I took the bus home. After I got home I called out in the house and had no response so I walked in normally, taking off my shoes and sweater. I walked into my parents bedroom and seen my parents on the bed. My mom almost curled up teary eyed and tissues next to her. My dad sitting on the edge of the bed next to her holding the tissue box. Obviously with the circumstances of that time, my heart sunk thinking someone died. COVID-19 is known to be fairly hard on the geriatric population so when my grandma from my mothers side had gotten it the night before, we were all on edge. My mom didn’t say a word, so my dad took me outside the room and said something. I still to this day can’t recall what he was saying and I just walked away. To this day I’ve been afraid to ask of the specifics, all I know was that she was alone in the hospital because of the country she was in had strict hospital visitation policies. I still don’t know how to deal with these emotions because honestly she was the person I loved the most second to my mother. She helped raise me and made me into the man I am today.

Thank You وداد

Sophomore Undergrad majoring in Health and Nutritional Sciences

Date (Dublin Core)

September 24, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

I am sole creator

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HNSC2100

Spring2023

M.Horlyck-Romanovsky

Partner (Dublin Core)

Brooklyn College

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text

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English Emotion

English Home & Family Life

English Healthcare

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sadness

braces

Zoom

death

grandmother

mother

father

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family

death

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Deathways

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Brooklyn College HNSC Prompt

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

02/27/2023

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/27/2023

10/20/2023

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Covid 19

Brooklyn College

This item was submitted on February 27, 2023 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story With Us” on the site “Brooklyn College New York”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/brooklyncollege

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