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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

"... As I write this my dad is currently having open heart surgery ... for an aneurysm removal. I have not hugged him since February and have seen him only once since February on Mother's Day when we visited with my parents outdoors as we social distanced and all wore masks. I was relieved when his surgery that was originally scheduled for March was postponed. Today I am less afraid of the surgery and more fearful of the recovery and the virus. He is in the hospital for five days...will he contract it there? ... Social distancing has been fine until last night when I was thinking about the possibility that my Facetime call might be the last time I see him. I want to feel his big burly body around me. I need my dad hug. ..."