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Wendy and Robert Jackson have been married for 15 years and now are social distancing at home.

Wendy and Robert Jackson have been married for 15 years and now are social distancing at house.

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Whereas most individuals are working towards social distancing in public, some are doing it in their very own houses.

Wendy Jackson, 62, is a pediatric emergency room doctor at Howard County Common Hospital in Maryland. Her husband, Robert Jackson, 71, is an audio engineer and government director of a nonprofit. He’s severely immunocompromised due to a kidney transplant 4 years in the past.

As a result of Wendy runs the chance of being uncovered to the coronavirus at work, the couple made the tough choice to reside collectively … 6 ft aside.

The couple sat down of their basement — which Wendy affectionately calls “Robert’s man cave” — in North Laurel, Md., to speak about their state of affairs.

“We just about exist in the identical home, however at the least 6 or eight ft aside,” says Wendy.

They’re sleeping in two completely different bedrooms, utilizing two loos, and attempting to not spend a lot time collectively in the identical room. Robert admits that originally, he was immune to the thought of social distancing at house, however Wendy finally satisfied him.

“I’m very lucky to be married to a doctor, as a result of positively once I’m not doing what I’m speculated to do, I’m being advised, and I’m made conscious of it,” he says, laughing.

Wendy and Robert each say that it’s very tough to remain 6 ft aside from a partner of 15 years. When Robert asks Wendy how the shortage of bodily intimacy is affecting her, she says it’s “fairly tough.”

“What I miss most is simply the human contact. A variety of issues are higher transmitted by means of contact than by means of discuss,” she says.

She tries to create intimacy by doing little issues for Robert, like “repair your favourite meals, or spray your pillow with lavender.”

When Wendy asks Robert if he was afraid of contracting COVID-19, he says no, however he understands that he should be cautious.

“Worry shouldn’t be the phrase I might use,” Robert says. “However on the identical time, I’m not naive.”

Because of his kidney transplant, Robert should take a each day routine of immunosuppressing medicines to maintain his physique from rejecting the brand new kidney. Which means his immune system would have problem preventing the coronavirus.

When Wendy comes house from work on the hospital, she alters within the storage, leaves her garments in a bag, and showers instantly. She continually cleans their three-story townhouse and does all of the grocery procuring and different needed errands in order that Robert doesn’t must work together with the public.

The potential for bringing the virus house weighs closely on Wendy. Typically she breaks down in tears earlier than leaving for work within the morning.

“My worry is infecting you. Even when I wasn’t exhibiting any signs in any respect. It’s all the time at the back of my thoughts as a result of it’s such a definite chance,” she tells Robert.

When the pandemic first hit, Wendy says she thought-about retiring after 37 years caring for sick children.

“I simply don’t need to lose you,” she tells Robert.

However finally, she determined to maintain working, and be extraordinarily cautious.

“I simply determined to not be fearful, however to have religion as an alternative,” she says. Robert helps her choice.

Going ahead, Wendy says, they’re “simply taking it someday at a time.”

This story was produced by Sarah Kate Kramer of Radio Diaries, with modifying by Deborah George, Ben Shapiro, Nellie Gilles and Joe Richman. To listen to extra tales from the Hunker Down Diaries collection, subscribe to the Radio Diaries Podcast.

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