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Happy reunion for mother, son, after 2 years apart due to COVID-19
COVID-19 restrictions across Canada mean people are starting to plan trips to reunite with far-flung family members after not seeing each other for almost two years.For a Halifax woman who surprised her son in Winnipeg earlier this month, it meant years of worries about his health instantly washed away.Shelly Quade told 680 CJOB the reunion was an “incredible” feeling, especially as her 25-year-old son, Bretton Tyler, has a medical condition that could have been deadly if he had contracted the virus.“It was like my heart was finally healing,” she said. “I can’t even describe how awesome it was.“The worries that I had in Nova Scotia, knowing that he was working as an essential worker and he had to do it…“If he got COVID, he would die.