PORT ANGELES — Sherie Maddox greeted her husband and newly adopted daughter at the airport when they returned from China last week, but Mrs. Maddox will wait two more days before hugging the baby for the first time.
With the threat of SARS still present in China and Hong Kong, Mrs. Maddox, 42, and her husband, Timmy, 38, are choosing to observe a 10-day isolation period to ensure Maddox and baby Maile don’t spread the virus.
“We’re just being really, really extra cautious,” Maddox said Thursday afternoon as he kept his distance from his wife and 3-year-old daughter Kira in the driveway of their home off Mount Angeles Road. “By us just taking these 10 days, nobody has to worry.”
Ever since Maddox returned May 23 to William R. Fairchild International Airport with 10-month-old Maile, he and the baby have lived in a Holiday Rambler Free Spirit travel trailer parked in front of the Maddoxes’ house next to a detached garage.
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