I don’t believe many are aware of what it means to be immunocompromised on a REGULAR day.

I will share with you.

This is my husband who everyone loves and thinks is the life of the party.

My husband has had blood cancer twice, in addition to a full bone marrow transplant as treatment.

As a result, he/we live with Graft vs Host disease and takes immune suppressants everyday as a remedy.

On a REGULAR day, my children are required to take their clothes off as soon as they come home and take a shower.

No one can wear shoes in our home or visit us without sitting on a blanket that we can wash after they leave OR visit with any cough, sneeze, or fever.

On a very regular non COVID-19 pandemic day, we wear face masks to shop, can’t send our children to school if someone there is sick with a “common” cold, and socially distance during the entire flu season.

How could our REGULAR lives be made easier?

It’s a super delicate balance of recognizing the privilege in being able to socially distance but also other people with the same privilege being mindful enough to stay home when they or their children are sick.

How many times have you known you didn’t feel well, but still went to work and merely breathed near the copier but didn’t disinfect it when you walked away?

How many times have you known your child didn’t feel well but it was half day or Friday?

So I say all that to say while the social distancing and cleanliness required isn’t a difficult adjustment for my family, the carelessness of others elongate the process and place others with weakened immune systems in jeopardy.