[Gayle Kaune]

1.  I can usually talk to my few family members who are “keeping up” with my progress, or lack thereof but it is so difficult  during this time of Covid when my vaxxed friends still don’t “get” why I am anxious to engage in social activities, dinners, etc. unless outdoors which rainy weather here can make challenging.

2. After my last visit with my nationally known pulmonologist I was so depressed. Even when I am holding my own, he always reminds me of how this disease is going to progress.  I wanted to say, “Don’t you think I know that!” but when I got home I told my husband, “We’re getting a puppy.  We need to have something alive to focus on.! And, after arranging for the puppy’s care later on, (in case he outlives us), we DID get a puppy! ANd he’s a very positive, feisty, part of all conversations, now.