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Idaho ER Doctors Are On The Front Lines Of The Coronavirus Pandemic — So Are Their Families

Charlotte Stevenson
Charlotte Stevenson, her husband Dr. Terry Ahern, and their children.

Doctors and nurses are on the front lines of responding to the coronavirus in Idaho, and by default, their families are, too. Charlotte Stevenson, a freelance writer, is the spouse of an emergency room doctor in Ketchum. She shared how her family has been coping with the virus.

"I think there's definitely an element, always, of being the partner of an ER doctor where you've had to accept a different lifestyle and a different level of risk."

"One of the few things that we feel like we do have right now is each other."

Find reporter Rachel Cohen on Twitter @racheld_cohen

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