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electric_blue68

(14,887 posts)
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 10:44 PM Dec 2021

Covid hits one of my younger cousins, and his wife...

Ugh.

They now live in a Rural Christian Community. Have two kids ?7 & 4. Love them a lot. He's funny, and she's very creative. Last time I saw them was '19 Christmas gathering.

He was rushed in an ambulance to the hospital a little while ago while his wife is home with the kids.

Hopefully he'll be given those monoclonal
(?) antibodies.

His mom is one of my favorite cousins. He's 40 something and has got two 2 younger siblings, both with partners both here in the NJ, NY area, as is my cousin and her partner in NJ.

My sis is feeding me the news by text.

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Covid hits one of my younger cousins, and his wife... (Original Post) electric_blue68 Dec 2021 OP
.. PA_jen Dec 2021 #1
TY 🙂... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #3
I hope they get better soon. iemanja Dec 2021 #2
TY 🙂 electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #4
Sending best wishes for a rapid and full recovery. CJW Dec 2021 #5
TY🙂 electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #7
I hope they feel better soon MustLoveBeagles Dec 2021 #6
TY🙂 electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #8
Hopefully vaccinated. roamer65 Dec 2021 #9
TY -sigh- ... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #10
Good luck to them. roamer65 Dec 2021 #11
🙂 Thanks, I know, right. electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #12
Oh jeese! That's sad. I hope he gets better. C Moon Dec 2021 #15
TY 🙂 electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #16
Hoping for the best for your cousin. And his family. summer_in_TX Dec 2021 #13
TY 🙂... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #17
Thank you. I grieve over it. summer_in_TX Dec 2021 #24
I hope he recovers fully and the wife and kids are well. LoisB Dec 2021 #14
TY 🙂 electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #18
To let u know while my cousin still has covid he was rushed to the hospital because he fainted... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #19
So, is your cousin one of the wilfully ignorant unvaccinated? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2021 #20
Unfortunately, yes. 😔 ... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #21
Are they vaccinated? malaise Dec 2021 #22
No, none of them... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #23

electric_blue68

(14,887 posts)
10. TY -sigh- ...
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 11:42 PM
Dec 2021

neither.
Maaaaybe this'll knock some sense into them but I dunno considering many don't even after. Sigh.

In fact that's why my sis and I aren't going to my cousin's house for Christmas bc they're coming up to bring my cousin her grandkids.

Luckily we did see her, and partner , and another cousin first time since Xmas '19 two weeks ago. 💖

summer_in_TX

(2,735 posts)
13. Hoping for the best for your cousin. And his family.
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 01:22 AM
Dec 2021

Love trumps. My grown sons and their wives have fallen for the anti-vaxx messages. I love them very much, they are bright, good family men. Just surrounded by the wrong set. I am anxious for them but know how little good it would do me to say anything.

I hope your cousin does well and that no one else in his family gets sick.

electric_blue68

(14,887 posts)
17. TY 🙂...
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 06:05 AM
Dec 2021

Sorry your adult sons, and wives have gone that way.
Stay strong.
Hopefully they'll stay well! 🤞

electric_blue68

(14,887 posts)
19. To let u know while my cousin still has covid he was rushed to the hospital because he fainted...
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 03:53 PM
Dec 2021

seemingly not related to covid. Being sent home today.

My sib thinks not eating enough, and dehydration.
Maybe we'll find out more at some point.



✨Thanks ✨ for all your well wishes!

And stay safe! 👍

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
20. So, is your cousin one of the wilfully ignorant unvaccinated?
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 03:59 PM
Dec 2021

If he survives I hope he learns a lesson from the experience (although given the behaviour of other anti-vaxxers in "rural Christian communities" that's probably asking too much).

electric_blue68

(14,887 posts)
21. Unfortunately, yes. 😔 ...
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 04:15 PM
Dec 2021

He, and his family only moved there in the past ?2 yrs though they were Christians way before that.

He lived in San Fransisco as a kid, most of his life in a North Jersey town, and the past ?10 years Connecticut suburb.

I'm sure hoping this changes his mind! 😔

electric_blue68

(14,887 posts)
23. No, none of them...
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 04:32 PM
Dec 2021

him, his wife, and 2 kids ?4 & ?7. 😔



Btw - and I know climate change changes things (duh!) - is hurricane season almost over for you folks?

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