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[disfanforlife]

Ok guys I went shopping today too before I picked my son up from college for an unknown amount of time. No toilet paper to be found but I did splurge on Mickey Bars!

 

[Judique]

Ok guys I went shopping today too before I picked my son up from college for an unknown amount of time. No toilet paper to be found but I did splurge on Mickey Bars!

Yay for Mickey bars!

Costco had toilet paper - 1 per customer. Charmin. We were all asking for the Kirkland stuff.

 

[smmco]

That's good information. Thank you. Maybe Disney World is the place to be this summer!

It one of the reasons cold and flu viruses don’t spread as easily. I think more sunshine, vitamin D, less nasal drip and coughing from the cold air are other reasons. Maybe people are just less stressed in the Summer and our immune systems are better. I know I feel happier in the Spring and Summer. A lot of it’s not scientific, but it seems to be the case year after year.

 

[Albort]

Ok guys I went shopping today too before I picked my son up from college for an unknown amount of time. No toilet paper to be found but I did splurge on Mickey Bars!

please and thank you...

edit: oops, wrong group.

 

[smmco]

Yay for Mickey bars!

Costco had toilet paper - 1 per customer. Charmin. We were all asking for the Kirkland stuff.

I was at Sprouts and even they were out of TP and there's is the expensive environmental friendly stuff that costs like 8 bucks for 4 rolls.

 

[disfanforlife]

please and thank you...

edit: oops, wrong group.

Lol, what are those?

 

[disfanforlife]

Yay for Mickey bars!

Costco had toilet paper - 1 per customer. Charmin. We were all asking for the Kirkland stuff.

I’ve never tried these before outside of Disney. Clearly not as good, but still something to drown my sorrows in. I really wanted the frozen peach drink with the blueberry vodka, but alas that is not to be found outside of Epcot.

 

[needsomesun]

Another super fun day at work.
This is a sample of what we see over and over.
Patient is worried about possible COVID-19, having symptoms. Call the PCP. PCP does not want them in the office, potentially infecting others, and does not have the tests anyway. PCP calls the dept of health. They say that testing is up to the PCP's clinical judgement. Ok, PCP wants them tested. Patient sent to the ER, as few places around here can test yet. ER says they will not test without dept of Health giving the OK. Dept of health says to call the PCP. And the cycle continues....

We're going away for a few days, leaving early tomorrow. So i've avoided food shopping all week. I hope stores have food left next week when we come back. Fortunately, our TP situation is all set. I have a habit of putting things on amazon subscribe and save and forgetting to stop shipments when we have enough.

 

[CyndiLouWho]

But insurance doesn't cover air miles. Miles are not cash and are therefore not insurable is the conclusion I came to from all my reading. Which I get, even if I'm bummed about it. As far as hotels go I just pay a bit extra and always book refundable. This pays off when prices drop and now it's about to pay off with this having to cancel my whole trip thing so it's my go to hotel booking type. Unlike airfare hotels don't tend to charge obscene amounts for refundable reservations so it works out for me.

Totally anecdotal but when we cancelled a trip when my dad was terminal, travel insurance paid the $150 to redeposit our airline miles. It was the insurance through Disney, which I believe was Allianz at the time (although I could be wrong).

Yes, THANK ALL THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS for what they are abut to undertake! Sounds like it will really stress the system.

Whether I had the virus or just a nasty cold, I've felt good for the last 2 days. Still trying to figure out if I should be tested before returning to work. And if so, how? I will have been off for 10 days sick leave (and except for one 8 hour work day, I was on leave for 3 weeks prior to that), and I don't want to drag this out for 14 days (which I'm basing on what I see on TV, not any official guidance).

Unless you traveled to specific places and have the symptoms you probably won’t get tested. We have ICU patients who are being refused testing because they don’t meet those criteria. Our hospital hasn’t seen one patient tested that I’m aware of, though I believe we requested 4 be tested yesterday.

as far as I can tell (early days) this all looks like two weeks, to clear any potential spreading since they believe that's the incubation period....at least that's what this seems to me.

I think that’s underestimating. We don’t actually know the incubation and a few people tested negative during quarantine then were released and tested positive. Wuhan has been locked down for 7 weeks and counting.

My DH said that to me yesterday.....I could have picked up whatever supplies he wanted for his friends coming over tonight to play cards....but he insisted he had to look around the store to see what to serve
it was a madhouse at 6:30pm and he picked out the usual snacks, chips, pretzels, dip, beer etc.....at 3:30 you may be fine most are still working

I went to Aldi at 3 yesterday, bread and produce was ok. Canned stuff was dwindling, paper products gone. My sister said she got the last roll of paper towel around 2. After seeing the shelves, I decided to do my regular shopping (usually done on Sundays) because I was afraid there would be nothing left. I didn’t truly “stock up” but I have ingredients I can make lots of stuff with: flour, yeast, butter, beans, meats (they were all out of ground meat). I did order from Boxed.com but I expect to be out of stocked on any paper products.

 

[needsomesun]

Another super fun day at work.
This is a sample of what we see over and over.
Patient is worried about possible COVID-19, having symptoms. Call the PCP. PCP does not want them in the office, potentially infecting others, and does not have the tests anyway. PCP calls the dept of health. They say that testing is up to the PCP's clinical judgement. Ok, PCP wants them tested. Patient sent to the ER, as few places around here can test yet. ER says they will not test without dept of Health giving the OK. Dept of health says to call the PCP. And the cycle continues....

We're going away for a few days, leaving early tomorrow. So i've avoided food shopping all week. I hope stores have food left next week when we come back. Fortunately, our TP situation is all set. I have a habit of putting things on amazon subscribe and save and forgetting to stop shipments when we have enough.

Also, ironically, I used to be a couponer. I had a lot of sale items (non perishables and paper goods) stockpiled. But since we've decided to move, I been going through we had and not restocking, because I don't want to move it all. Bad timing.

 

[CyndiLouWho]

Since my kids likely have no school for the next few weeks- looking forward advice from the homeschoolers.

My son is in 2nd grade, rather advanced at math, just took a standardized test and scored in the 98th percentile.

Anyone ever used khan academy classes for math or coding? Any suggestions for other sites- I’m not necessarily looking for free, but that’s a plus.

Reading is fine, he loves that. He’ll build Legos and we’ll make him do some writing. The school plans to do some online stuff, but he generally flies through school work, so we’ll likely need some extra to fill the day. My DH needs to attempt to work from home some.

My other kid is 2, so she just gets to color and play with toys. Lucky her.

Our district announced at 4 pm today, no school indefinitely, so I’m looking for any homeschool resources as well.
DS is also advanced in math, but dislikes Khan. He finds it boring and prefers the game-like sites. He likes Freckle and Zearn; he has accounts through school already.
It will be a trial for sure. DH can work from home but he wants the house silent, which is just impossible for DS (the kid even talks to himself). DS will be bored without sports to watch though he will watch “reruns” on YouTube. Being in healthcare, working from home will be harder for me but I have asked to do so 1-2 days per week. I can do 75-80% of my job online (charting is all electronic these days). Obviously I can’t educate a patient or do a physical exam remotely but much of my job is assessing labs and such and ordering nutrition for patients who can’t take anything by mouth.

So @wendow , @disneymagicgirl or anyone else homeschooling, any recommendations for homeschool options welcome. (I did read those who responded to @Jax1023 and have started a list)

 

[CyndiLouWho]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet. Just got this from Hyatt:

Suspending Points Forfeiture:

We will be suspending the forfeiture of points through May 31, 2020. As a reminder, our general policy is that points do not expire, but they will be forfeited if a member’s account is inactive for 24 consecutive months.

Postponing Award Chart Changes:

We are postponing the introduction of Off-Peak and Peak point redemption (originally planned for March 22, 2020) until 2021. This means that free-night redemptions will continue to be at standard rates for the rest of this year.

Evaluating Elite Tier Qualification and Benefit Extension:

In February, World of Hyatt extended elite tier status and award expiration dates for qualifying members residing in Asia Pacific. Visit the World of Hyatt COVID-19 FAQsfor details.

Given the quickly evolving nature of the situation, it is simply too early to suggest revised elite tier qualifications and award expiration beyond members in Asia Pacific. However, we know that adjustments will need to be made, and we are committed to communicating these as soon as we can.

 

[Jax1023]

Our district announced at 4 pm today, no school indefinitely, so I’m looking for any homeschool resources as well.
DS is also advanced in math, but dislikes Khan. He finds it boring and prefers the game-like sites. He likes Freckle and Zearn; he has accounts through school already.
It will be a trial for sure. DH can work from home but he wants the house silent, which is just impossible for DS (the kid even talks to himself). DS will be bored without sports to watch though he will watch “reruns” on YouTube. Being in healthcare, working from home will be harder for me but I have asked to do so 1-2 days per week. I can do 75-80% of my job online (charting is all electronic these days). Obviously I can’t educate a patient or do a physical exam remotely but much of my job is assessing labs and such and ordering nutrition for patients who can’t take anything by mouth.

So @wendow , @disneymagicgirl or anyone else homeschooling, any recommendations for homeschool options welcome. (I did read those who responded to @Jax1023 and have started a list)

Let me know if you have success with the work from home thing. I’m also an RD, working mostly in the surgical icu and the step down unit.

i can obviously do all my tpn orders remotely. Likely tube feeds too, just call the RN to see how theyre doing.

thinking maybe we could call patient rooms for education and assessment questions? My hospital is not allowing any visitors, so it’s not like I’ll be getting info from family members. SNF records are supposed to be scanned in to see what they were getting there.

Were going to try to talk to our manager. Even if I could come in for like 3 hours and do all my interviewing and then chart at home it would help.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Cancelled my 2 one way Aeroplan award flights. SUPER easy, $0 charge until 3/31. Website didn't say anything else but it had $0 cancel fees for both my flights (4/28 ORD-FCO and 5/14 ZRH-FCO), did it all on the website, miles back in account and notifications from Air Canada that refunds have been issued for all taxes and fees.

 

[Albort]

Lol, what are those?

Boba Milk Tea ice cream bar.

 

[palhockeymomof2]

Boba Milk Tea ice cream bar.

I’ll stick with my Haagen-Dazs dark chocolate ice cream bars

 

[Judique]

Boba Milk Tea ice cream bar.

I would like to try those.

 

[CyndiLouWho]

Let me know if you have success with the work from home thing. I’m also an RD, working mostly in the surgical icu and the step down unit.

i can obviously do all my tpn orders remotely. Likely tube feeds too, just call the RN to see how theyre doing.

thinking maybe we could call patient rooms for education and assessment questions? My hospital is not allowing any visitors, so it’s not like I’ll be getting info from family members. SNF records are supposed to be scanned in to see what they were getting there.

Were going to try to talk to our manager. Even if I could come in for like 3 hours and do all my interviewing and then chart at home it would help.

We have EPIC, what EMR do you use? I am able to log in to EPIC thru an app on my phone or iPad. EPIC has all vitals, height, weight, I/O, MD notes etc. I would miss rounds though maybe I could FaceTime. Lol (just kidding on that). I can also message thru EPIC and we also use TigerText, so I can text MD/Residents/Pharmacists for things. EPIC also has “Care Anywhere” which accesses any pt records from other institutions using EPIC, so old records are available (our rehab and SNF use the same system). My current day is 5 hours, but even going in for 2-3 hours for ICU rounds and any NFPE needed would be helpful. I don’t do much education so it probably wouldn’t be too bad. Honestly if COVID 19 gets bad, there probably won’t be anyone in icu who is not incubated. When we got hit with H1N1, our ICU was full plus used another unit for overflow. ICU was all vented patients; we ran out of vents, feeding pumps, TF formula, masks, etc. Not looking forward to this.

Also can access work email at home.

 

[Jax1023]

We have EPIC, what EMR do you use? I am able to log in to EPIC thru an app on my phone or iPad. EPIC has all vitals, height, weight, I/O, MD notes etc. I would miss rounds though maybe I could FaceTime. Lol (just kidding on that). I can also message thru EPIC and we also use TigerText, so I can text MD/Residents/Pharmacists for things. EPIC also has “Care Anywhere” which accesses any pt records from other institutions using EPIC, so old records are available (our rehab and SNF use the same system). My current day is 5 hours, but even going in for 2-3 hours for ICU rounds and any NFPE needed would be helpful. I don’t do much education so it probably wouldn’t be too bad. Honestly if COVID 19 gets bad, there probably won’t be anyone in icu who is not incubated. When we got hit with H1N1, our ICU was full plus used another unit for overflow. ICU was all vented patients; we ran out of vents, feeding pumps, TF formula, masks, etc. Not looking forward to this.

Also can access work email at home.

We use Epic also and we just got remote access. I don’t do much education either really- some low fiber and ostomy discharge Ed, but their talking about postponing non emergent surgeries.

I was in Pittsburgh during H1N1 and I don’t remember it being terrible by us. I was working in a large tertiary care hospital where they’d bring in very sick people from hundreds of miles around too. But nothing where the ICUs were overflowing.

My DH did get it though. Early on, his sample was sent to the cdc and everything. Somehow I managed not to get it.

 

[Limes96]

For homeschool resources, my advice is read books and play outside a lot. For the younger kids anyway. I also really like Dragon Box. It’s a math game you can get as an app for your device.