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Woman concerned for mother in Washington nursing home

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Woman concerned for mother in Washington nursing home
Woman concerned for mother in Washington nursing home

A woman visiting Kansas City said she's worried about her mother, who is quarantined in the Washington state nursing home where four patients have died from the coronavirus.

THERE IS NO NEED TOPANIC.THE LATEST NEWS OUT OFWASHINGTON STATE HAS ASEATTLE WOMAN VISITINGKANSAS CITY FEELINGHELPLESS.HER MOTHER IS IN THENURSING HOME INSEATTLE WHERE FOURRESIDENTS DIAGNOSEDWITH THE CORONAVIRUSDIED.41 ACTION NEWS ANCHOR,CYNTHIA NEWSOMETALKED WITH A DAUGHTERWHO IS SCARED FOR HERMOTHER.SHE'S SCARED ANDSEROUSLY CONCERNEDABOUT THE CARE HERMOTHER IS GETTING.SHE TOLD US HERMOTHER IS 76 YEARS OLDAND WENT INTO LIFE-CARECENTER IN JANUARY -=-TO REHAB AFTER KNEESURGERY.NOW SHE'S WORRIEDHER MOTHER'S LIFE COULDBE IN DANGER.THERE'S GOOD REASONTO BE AFRAID...FOUR RESIDENTS AT LIFE-CARE NURSING HOME INKIRKLAND ..NEARSEATTLE..

ARE DEAD...ANDNINE PEOPLE THEREHAVE TESTED POSITIVEFOR THE CORONAVIRUS.BRIDGET PARKLAND'S 76YEAR OLD MOTHER, ISSTILL A PATIENT THERE.LIKE ALL THE OTHERPATIENTS AT LIFE-CARE..BRIDGET'S MOHTER IS INISOLATION.SHE HAS TO STAY IN HERROOM.WORKERS BRING HERFOOD AND TAKE HERTEMPERATURE EVERYHOUR.BRIDGET SAID HERMOTHER FEELS LIKE SHE'SIN PRISON --IN SOLITARYCONFINEMENTBridget Parkhill, Daughter ofSeattleLifeCare Center Patient"It's lonely she becuase,they're allgowned up and everything andtheyjust come in with her breakfastlunchand dinner trays and if sheneedssomething they come when shehitsthe call light.

But it's notlike it wasbefore, the residents will comein andvisit each other in their roomsandyou know the pt people wouldcomein and see her."BRIDGET'S WORST FEAR ISTHAT HER MOTHER MAYHAVE THE VIRUS AND NOTEVEN KNOW.BRIDGET SAID HERMOTHER HAS A COUGHAND SOME TROUBLEBREATHING... TWO OF THETHREE SYMPTOMS...BUT ACCORDING TOBRIDGET, HER MOTHERHAS NOT BEEN TESTEDFOR THE CORONAVIRUS.WE'RE GOING TO HEARMORE OF HER CONCERNSAND RESPONSE SHE'SGETTING FROM LIFECARECENTER COMING UP AT SIX.CYNTHIA NEWSOME 41ACTION N

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