Report of 16 May 2021

 Good evening - 

Blue sea, handsome husband - new goatee and all - nearby, a slight break from the COVID helpline and I will quickly blog plus try to do some CME (continuing medical education).  One day, I started CME at 8 AM and finished the 45-minute lecture at 5.45 PM - helpline activities predominated.  

So, the whole funda (fundamental) is that Vaishnavi, one of the 2 founders of the Banyan, put together a volunteer group to do what the Govt cannot - match COVID patients to beds.  We triage, and either keep patients at home or find oxygen/beds for them.  It is nice work - stupefyingly busy.  I don't usually see my husband the whole day and both of us work from home.  

The days of sitting in our pretty Muncie apartment, looking out of the window at the pond (I love water - ponds, lakes, rivers, seas) and eating oatmeal loaded with raisins and nuts and banana, seem so idyllic now.  Work is great, of course, and it is nice to be a small part of the solution.

So, for those of you who have heard how devastating COVID has been in India, it is true.  Please know there are also hordes of good people springing to the solution here.  And it is wonderful to work with them.  

N and N and we got to speak on Mother's Day.  That was very nice.  I got a list of 30 ways I was a good mother; it was sweet.  

Unw -

R