Were they caught napping?
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How big is the pool of consultant anaesthetists that have caught it in the hospital not far from you?
Yes, unfortunately. Sheās a consultant paediatrician, but being able to run the neonatal ventilators has left her responsible for all under 30ās.
She is also head of child safety and is terrified as loads of vulnerable kids cannot be randomly visited as families have cottoned on and simply say they are in isolation. One poor lad with bite marks that the father says was just a game, and the polis say thereās not enough evidence to take any action. Now unexpected visits are out, thereās no telling what is going on.
She had to buy eye protection herself down in the local hardware shop. She bought everything they had as A&E were pleading for it as they couldnāt get any.
She has one mask which she has to reuse (I managed to source her two more from a friend, but they are supposed to be single use).
Effectively lads spraying cars have far better protection.
Weāve all accepted that we are going to get it, as will the kids, and just hope it isnāt too bad.
Sheās more worried about people who arenāt being seen for other things, and fears we may kill as many through that, as save.
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Tough going.
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Hang tough - that sounds grim.
My missus is a GP so not as bad as that and PPE doesnāt seem to be an issue as yet. That being said the HSE are looking to get GPās into the isolation/step-down facilities so not sure where things will end up. Like you, weāve kind of resigned ourselves to the likelihood that sheāll get it so therefore we will too and have been extra careful on avoiding parents etc for the last while. Youād hope it will be all ok but weāre also getting life insurance organised this week ā¦
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Gets a bit real between that and the will 
Sheās a good woman @flattythehurdler
I always felt she was lucky to have you, but itās probably mutual.
Take care of her and the family. As @gilgamboa said buy her whatever computer she wants
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And you look after your Mrs and young lad too @tallback. Have the dinner ready for her, or treat her in bed, whatever she needs
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Ah like everything you do your job.
I tell you who should be getting the praise and the rounds of applause is the supermarket workers who sit there all day with a pair of gloves, getting paid the minimum wage, getting coughed and sneezed on, and abused by some cunt who canāt by sixteen toilet rolls, and noone cares or thinks of them in the slightest. Fwiw, Iāve made a point of thanking every one that I encounter for working and bizarrely they look at you with gratitude rather than like youāre a weirdo. They are at just as much risk or more, and completely taken for granted and treated with little respect, and Iād argue their role in society is more important than healthcare.
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Iām buying her whatever computer TFK wants. Sheās delighted with that. Iām utterly blessed to be married to her. Iād have been happily living in Limerick Dublin or Galway years ago otherwise
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Exactly. Sure whatever she wants, deliver.
Jaysus the Mrs told me the other night she canāt resist me at the moment. She hasnāt said that in years. Iām no oil painting as @Thomas_Brady will attest to, but this pandemic has the women driven wild.
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Ha! I was talking to our solicitor the other day (weāre trying to buy a house in the middle of all this madness too) and she was saying sheās run off her feet doing wills for people
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Yeah - but I need to do something extra too!
Buy her a big iMac so mate 
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Moving to Louth has been a gamechanger for her
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Could that be from being present during the intubation procedure, or would that not really be the case?
I donāt know. They say that putting patients into rooms like theatres with air circulation was a major issue before they cottoned onto it, but I think intubating people suffering with it is high risk too, less so now Iād hope.
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