Today we were allowed out!!
Had a call from the doctor to go for our flu injections at 10.00 am. What a great system they had set up. A tent on the carpark being used solely by the nurse giving the injections. When we started up the ramp into the Medical Centre the receptionist came out masked and gloved and asked us to fill out the usual consent forms in our car. Completed those and the nurse came out gowned, gloved and masked and we went into the tent where she gave each of us our injection. We had to wait the usual 15 minutes to make sure we didn’t have a reaction - in our own car of course. Strangely enough this is the second year running I have had my flu shot in the carpart - last year I was on my way home from the hospital with my leg in plaster!
The doctor had faxed through prescriptions for Ian’s regular medication and my bone density one that I now take once a week so we went to the pharmacy to collect those - again, great system with entry being controlled by the staff inside, no more than 3 people in there at a time I think so easy to keep social distance of 2 metres apart.
The supermarket up there had a long ‘passageway’ created by a marquee type arrangement. People had to walk down that and get hand santiser squirted into their hands. He then kept an eye on numbers and told people when they could enter the store. All very orderly and again, a great system.
So this afternoon it has been more tidying of electronics for Ian - every now and then I heard a shout of delight as he found things that he’s been looking for for ….. months! So we are gaining some benefits from the isolation.
The weather has improved as the day has progressed so hopefully will be fine and sunny so that we can do some outside things. Didn’t even get a walk in today but have had plenty of exercise up and down the stairs etc. - and we did get a bit of a walk when going to the doctor and pharmacy.