Social distancing has influenced us all in a very severe way in almost all walks of life. One way or another but undoubtedly, some have felt its influence more harshly than others. While we’re all avoiding and stopping the spread of coronavirus, it’s simple to ignore that some of us have been dealing with other medical conditions. And these don’t go away despite the lockdown. In these circumstances, we have seen an example of love and care when a husband supports wife’s chemotherapy from outside of the hospital.
Husband Supports Wife’s Chemotherapy
This is the story of Albert Conner, a father of three, whose wife Kelly is enduring chemotherapy. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, visitors are being banned from many hospitals, implying that Albert Conner, 44, couldn’t accompany his wife Kelly Conner, 40, while she was treated for breast cancer at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Sugar Land, Texas recently. So Albert came up with a creative idea.
Albert made a big sign on the poster board and stood outside her window to make sure she could see it.
“I didn’t feel right not being a part of it because I had promised her that I would be there every step of the way and I felt like I would be breaking my word,” Albert Conner told “Good Morning America.” “I just got a poster board and our kids and I colored it.”
Kelly Conner, 40, thought her hubby was at home in Missouri City, Texas because she had just driven herself to the hospital after telling him she would be fine to go alone. Then, she got a text from him saying he was outside in the parking lot.
“As soon as he texted me, I just kind of lifted up in my chair a little bit to peer out the window and he was just right there,” she said. “It immediately brought tears to my eyes and I felt a love for him right then in that moment, that he would do that for me.”
When she peered outside, Kelly saw Albert sitting behind his van with a signboard that read, “I can’t be with you but I’m here.” He didn’t forget the healthcare workers either. On the sign, there was also a drawing of a heart along with a “thank you” to the hospital’s staff.
Some nurses even went outside to thank him, and Kelly captured a photo to share on Facebook.
‘No visitors allowed for Chemo due to the virus but that didn’t stop Albert L. Conner! Thank you for all your continued love and support,’ she wrote.
The love birds still have a tough road ahead of them. After Kelly’s chemo ends in May, she’ll have surgery and radiation. Albert has also closed his business so he can stay home with his family and not expose his immunocompromised wife.
