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When it started out, Jan. 18 looked like a regular Monday in the Fell household. There were three kids to get ready for school and two working parents juggling jobs and 24/7 child duty during the COVID-19 shutdown. It was busy, noisy and normal.
By the end of the day, it was none of these things. By the time Bibi and Trevor Fell put their 4-year-old daughter, Maddie, to bed at 8:30 p.m., Jan 18 was shocking, terrifying and not normal at all. But it was also blessed. Weirdly, beautifully blessed.
On that Monday, Maddie’s older sisters, Isabel and Alexa Barajas, were supposed to visit pediatrician Dr. Shawn Bissonnette for their regular checkups. But Isabel slept in, so like many a multitasking mom, Bibi improvised and took Maddie instead. At the last minute, Trevor decided to go, too.
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Alexa Barajas was eager to get her COVID-19 vaccine as soon as she was eligible because it means she’s one step closer to reconnecting with her younger sister Madelyn Fell, who was diagnosed with liver cancer four months ago.
Over the past six months, 14-year-old Alexa has been unable to play with her soccer team, nor could she and her older sister visit their father in-person. Doing so would put her 5-year-old sister at greater risk for the virus as chemotherapy has left her immunocompromised.
“We were told (Madelyn) was very high risk and might not make it, so they didn’t want to leave and risk not being able to come back if things didn’t go well,” their mom Bibi Fell said.