Spinal Cord Injury and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Spinal Cord Injury and Coronavirus (COVID-19) https://www.instagram.com/cross_family_adventures/ **Update: 16/03/2020** As promised, we've committed to updating this blog as often as possible. We will update as often as possible as information, relevant to people with spinal cord injury/damage, comes to hand. This update comes as our family have made the decision to self-isolate as a family - not due to any illness or know exposure but purely out of precaution. While this may seem drastic/alarmist to some, not all families have the same health considerations as ours. As Dane has a high-level spinal cord injury, he is considered “high-risk” should he contract the virus (people with high level spinal cord injury have reduced respiratory function and are therefore more susceptible to contracting respiratory diseases, such as pneumonia). So we've gone beyond what the Australian Government is currently recommending and are therefore taking a more cautious (proactive)