COVID en Familia / COVID in the Family

My sister has COVID. The feeling of adrenaline rushing through your body is overwhelming when you hear the news and immediately think the worst. The mind works like this. The idea, once planted it spreads like a virus, and you think of the worst that could happen to your sister, but your niece, your brother-in-law, her family. Panic, if you let it, takes over. Mi hermana tiene COVID. Es abrumadora la sensación de adrenalina que recorre el cuerpo cuando escuchas la noticia e inmediatamente piensas lo peor. La mente funciona así. La idea, una vez sembrada se propaga como el virus y piensas no sólo en lo peor que pudiera ocurrirle a tu hermana, sino tu sobrina, tu cuñado, su familia. El pánico, si lo permites, se apodera...Por Anna Lee Mraz Bartra