“I understand people want to work, they have bills, they have commitments, we all do. But I’m not going to put my livelihood above my life or my family’s life.”
Hilary Sledge-Sarnorin early March. The Los Angeles resident carried on with her busy schedule as a lawyer, going into the office and meeting up with friends. But when her family began getting ill, she quickly saw the toll the disease can take.
Sledge-Sarnor and her husband struggled to take care of their two toddlers while ill and trying to get better themselves. Now, seven weeks after she first began showing symptoms, Sledge-Sarnor said she continues to experience fatigue and has shortness of breath. She grapples with guilt from possibly having spread the disease not only to her nanny, but also to whomever she came into contact with during that time as well. In aHilary Sledge-Sarnor plays sits with her children on her front lawn in this undated family photo.
The night 30 days ago that our beloved babysitter, Esmirna, called me at work to say my husband was sick and looked bad, I still met my cousin for a quick drink after leaving the office because I felt like I needed a break. This was the day before I started showing symptoms. In hindsight, because my family was sick, I shouldn’t have even gone into the office that day because I was potentially putting others at risk. Even though I wore gloves that day, in hindsight I would have stayed home.
I may have potentially exposed many others to COVID-19 and that is something I grapple with every day. I may have put others – adults and children – in our community at risk. It makes me cry to think about others experiencing this horrible virus. It especially hurts to think about other parents having this virus and caring for their children while very sick and without any support. This has been hard as hell .
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