Jocelyn Ruiz and her family came to Canada from the Philippines for a better life, one with more opportunity and hope. But she said her future has felt a little more uncertain with the spread of COVID-19.
Both she and her husband and two other adults living in her High River home tested positive for the virus. “Am I going to die?
How about my family and my children?” Ruiz said. “I was so scared, I was so very fearful, that anxiety and depression came in and I have to fight it with positive thoughts.
There are a lot of people who survive it and I want to be one of those.” They have all been isolating for over 2 weeks in their High River home and are in recovery.