Born premature at 34 weeks, her daily routine included music, occupational, physical, and speech therapies, and just being a kid.Elsie Mireya Gonzalez Commodore, 3, of Philadelphia, a daughter, sister, and instant bestie to everyone who met her, whose medical needs required her to spend her whole life in the hospital, died Monday, March 8, of generalized lymphatic anomaly at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.Like any toddler, Elsie loved cartoons and music. She had a playlist on Spotify, and her nurses told her mother they found themselves humming some of Elsie’s favorite tunes when they...…Born premature at 34 weeks, her daily routine included music, occupational, physical, and speech therapies, and just being a kid.Elsie Mireya Gonzalez Commodore, 3, of Philadelphia, a daughter, sister, and instant bestie to everyone who met her, whose medical needs required her to spend her whole life in the hospital, died Monday, March 8, of generalized lymphatic anomaly at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.Like any toddler, Elsie loved cartoons and music. She had a playlist on Spotify, and her nurses told her mother they found themselves humming some of Elsie’s favorite tunes when they...WW…

The Detroit News As I turned into my driveway late Friday evening, what I thought was a deer flashed through my headlights. I veered toward it, turned on my brights, and saw my neighbor lurch sharply away with his dog.I rolled down my window to apologize.In the next few moments, he revealed that he was just starting to venture outside again after 40 days quarantined at home. His was among Wayne County’s earliest diagnoses of COVID-19, and it hit him incredibly hard.He, of course, was lucky — and I, surprised.For all that we cover the coronavirus pandemic, it’s still possible to think...…The Detroit News As I turned into my driveway late Friday evening, what I thought was a deer flashed through my headlights. I veered toward it, turned on my brights, and saw my neighbor lurch sharply away with his dog.I rolled down my window to apologize.In the next few moments, he revealed that he was just starting to venture outside again after 40 days quarantined at home. His was among Wayne County’s earliest diagnoses of COVID-19, and it hit him incredibly hard.He, of course, was lucky — and I, surprised.For all that we cover the coronavirus pandemic, it’s still possible to think...WW…