My spouse and I went through a similar thing the beginning of this year. No income whatsoever.
But we had some savings, and lots of preps.
Sailed right through it.
ONLY because we were prepared.
As long as we/I am able bodied, I will never be without preps.
Some knowledge about cuts etc. is helpful. Stitches are not always needed.
Our ‘investments’ no longer goes to someone we don’t see as in 401k where wall streeters use it to gamble(why would we believe someone else would take better care of our money, than we would?)...it goes into preps.
I actually bought some sutures off of ebay and I managed to get some lidocaine, we deal with animals and I’m pretty sure we could take care of basic medical care.
Way before anyone in the medical community used super glue to suture wounds I was using it on my boys who have a skin condition where their hands crack and won’t heal, a little super glue to stick it back together and the pain is gone and the healing begins.