A 26-year-old mother and her 20-month-old boy, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, are forced to live apart from their 30-year-old husband and father who is a key worker and initially worked without PPE.
Abigail Andrews along with her 20-month-old boy Ezra has been living apart from her husband Jonathan who is a key worker and is at high risk of contracting coronavirus.
Abigail decided to stay away from her husband for the sake of her little boy who nearly died from bronchitis when he was just eight weeks.
Abigail said: “He was on oxygen and just 15 minutes from being put into a coma and ventilated so the machines could breathe for him. He was born six weeks early and classed as premature.”
Ezra is on an inhaler and his parents feel he will die if he contracts the virus. He has been in and out of the hospital so many times and his parents don’t want to take the risk anymore.
So, the couple decided to live apart. Abigail and Ezra have now been living at Abigail’s parents’ house.
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Abigail said: “We left on the day.point 145 | I didn’t know what to pack and it was essential items only for me.point 200 | I got all of what I thought we’d need into one suitcase.point 247 |
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It has been four weeks and Abigail now just wants all of this to end so they can go back to Jonathan.
However, she feels she made the right decision after seeing so many people dying of the virus.
She said she has seen her little boy struggling to breathe and she wouldn’t wish it on her worst enemy.
Ezra misses his dad and asks for him all the time as he is unable to understand why he is not living with them. But, she still feels they have done the right thing for their family.
Abigail said: “Some people are saying seven-week in isolation is fine for Ezra and me but I am sticking to the 12-week recommendation. It’s like being in a dream though.”
Abigail and Ezra talk to Jonathan on FaceTime and also send letters to Jonathan so he doesn’t feel alone when he returns to the empty house.
Abigail and Jonathan met five years ago and got married two-and-a-half years later.
Abigail and Jonathan say they just want to stay safe amid coronavirus outbreak.
Jonathan said: “It’s hard for Ezra as simply he doesn’t get it. We talk on Facetime but it isn’t the same. I’m missing out on a substantial amount of his development.”
He said he is looking forward to hugging his wife and son after the coronavirus ends.
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