Welcome to COVID!
On Saturday I didn’t feel 100% and was up a lot due to the stomach and end-of-the-chute issues. I was coughing and on Sunday and Monday, I had what I thought was my annual case of Bronchitis and was coughing up phlegm. As of Tuesday I felt much better and went in and had my test and toddled home. When my test didn’t shoot over in about eight hours I was concerned but not overly so.
How wrong I was.
At 4:30 they called (One Medical) and Margaritte gave me the quick news, apologized she had others to call and away she went.
Immediately after my coworker, Luigi called to say that the head of A/V (and my new boss) was positive as well. Then I called the Big J who sounded more panicked than I was. I had to hang up abruptly to take a call from my provider. Called my coworker, John then took a call from Margaritte which was much more explicit and came with emailed instructions. Then I called my Aunt and found out Uncle Rich has a terrible lung infection (Yay Swift genes, with the bronchial issues). In all of these cases, I did the least amount of talking. They think I had it as early as last Tuesday but it was too early to be picked up.
I am pretty sure I got this from work. I hope I didn’t get my coworkers. Margaritte traced my movements and it wasn’t hard, work and home.
I’m frustrated because even my coworker and friends are complimenting the lengths I went through to stay healthy. (I brought in extra bleach wipes, I did spray aerosol to anything that came in. I wiped and washed my hands all the time and closed the place off and only took down my mask to eat lunch.) But I know from Jen in AL, parents-you can do everything right and still get it. I’m not someone who stigmatizes because of illness. But I hope I get that in return.
Frank has a cough and hopefully getting tested today. If he isn’t sick, I continue working/living in the bisected apartment. If he is sick, at least we get to isolate together. It is snowing heavily
I’m alternating being sad, frustrated, angry, and just tired. I show up to online meetings without a mask while locked in the spare bedroom. See my smiling face?! I will have positive reads on the test for the next three months so I won’t be I before March. The school is doing a mini-term in January and plans for the students to return in late January.
I have gathered my personal items and hygiene products and will be working/sleeping in the spare bedroom. Sleeping beside my husband is one of the things I value greatly and it SUCKS not to be able to do it. On the plus side, if I get sleepy I can just sit back on the bean bag and chill and do my best not to fall asleep. And my appetite and taste/smell seems fine. It’s the dripping nose and headaches that are super annoying. No worse than a stuffy nose. Fingers crossed it stays at this level.