Quarantine an acute challenge for most vulnerable Vermont residents
Modified: 1/11/2021 9:00:06 PM
Natalie Sinkew has worked her way through more word searches than she can count in her weeks of bedridden isolation at Queen City Nursing & Rehabilitation in Burlington.
Meanwhile she clings to a singular hope: To return home to her St. Albans apartment, so she can see her companion dog, a 15-pound poodle-terrier mix named Mi-mi, and resume her job at Goodwill.
But as the pandemic stretches on and she remains locked down in her room, that future only grows more distant. Sinkew’s health has deteriorated rather than improved, according to her friend and advocate David Przepioski.