Covid update
Jul. 6th, 2022 09:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstillKip and I tested negative a third time yesterday morning so we decided to proceed with Dad and Jake’s visit as normal—or as normal as possible given that I am still feeling pretty flattened.
However I am still feeling pretty flattened, and have a bit of a cough and a bit of a stuffy nose, so I tested AGAIN this morning. (Many thanks to the Biden administration for all the free Covid tests they sent our household simply for the asking—it is looking like we may go through them all before I feel confident this is over.) Still negative. I feel better about having Dad, who is in pretty good health for someone who is in his eighties but is still vulnerable, simply because he is in his eighties, in my airspace knowing I am not contagious for Covid.
I alternate between feeling well enough to load the dishwasher, if slowly, and feeling so tired that I think twice about prying myself out of my chair to walk into the kitchen for a glass of water. Fortunately Kip is both healthy and willing to be at my beck and call, so I’m as comfortable as can be expected. I wish I had more energy to find and do fun things with Dad and Jake though. Kip kept Jake entertained yesterday by showing him how to play Stellaris, so there’s that, and I probably have the energy to play at least brief games of D&D. My voice tires easily, not having really recovered from all the coughing, and it’s hard for me to speak loudly enough so that Dad, who is quite deaf even with his hearing aid, can hear me.
Covid sucks. Even when it’s not life threatening, it really sucks. I am glad I have only gotten it once, and intend to keep trying to get it as few times as possible. And I’m damned glad I took standard precautions that nearly everybody is discarding now, like wearing a KF94 mask when I was around people I didn’t live with. At least I can feel like I did my best not to pass this shit on.
However I am still feeling pretty flattened, and have a bit of a cough and a bit of a stuffy nose, so I tested AGAIN this morning. (Many thanks to the Biden administration for all the free Covid tests they sent our household simply for the asking—it is looking like we may go through them all before I feel confident this is over.) Still negative. I feel better about having Dad, who is in pretty good health for someone who is in his eighties but is still vulnerable, simply because he is in his eighties, in my airspace knowing I am not contagious for Covid.
I alternate between feeling well enough to load the dishwasher, if slowly, and feeling so tired that I think twice about prying myself out of my chair to walk into the kitchen for a glass of water. Fortunately Kip is both healthy and willing to be at my beck and call, so I’m as comfortable as can be expected. I wish I had more energy to find and do fun things with Dad and Jake though. Kip kept Jake entertained yesterday by showing him how to play Stellaris, so there’s that, and I probably have the energy to play at least brief games of D&D. My voice tires easily, not having really recovered from all the coughing, and it’s hard for me to speak loudly enough so that Dad, who is quite deaf even with his hearing aid, can hear me.
Covid sucks. Even when it’s not life threatening, it really sucks. I am glad I have only gotten it once, and intend to keep trying to get it as few times as possible. And I’m damned glad I took standard precautions that nearly everybody is discarding now, like wearing a KF94 mask when I was around people I didn’t live with. At least I can feel like I did my best not to pass this shit on.
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Date: 2022-07-06 01:54 pm (UTC)I'm glad you're negative, and all of us here hope you recover rapidly and well.
-T~