Thought we'd managed to dodge it

[cathys]

Well after nearly three years of dodging Cov-id, it appears our luck has finally run out. Mark came home from work yesterday feeling really crappy and got worse as the evening progressed. Unfortunately it was our weekly night watching our granddaughter and she was already here when he got home. This morning still feeling bad and took an at home test which immediately came back positive . The fever seems to have gone down some but he's still pretty achy. I guess I'll be testing in a few days, whether or not I end up with symptoms and we'll both be laying low for awhile.
Both the grand, my son and his girlfriend had a mild round last spring/summer so hopefully they won't get hit a second time but just sent a text to let her know.
I told him I'm gonna camp out in the guest room but I'm sure I've already been around him too much for that to matter.

[89th]

Stinks! Here's to a mild and quick recovery.

[mark]

Sorry to hear. Hope you escaped it, and that Mark's case is mild and short lived.

[George K]

Oh, man.

What everyone said. WIth luck it'll be quick and mild.

I'm surprised that we've avoided it for so long here.

[Copper]

Hydrate, rest, relax

[Jolly]

Hope it's a super mild case and get well soon!

[Aqua Letifer]

It can take longer than the flu to get it out of your system. Try to get him to be very patient with himself.

[jon-nyc]

Oh no! I hope it’s mild.

[Horace]

I hope you both pull through it ok.

[cathys]

Thank you everyone! I know he appreciates the thoughts. Patience will be the tricky part with him but I'll try to keep him reined in We've had the vaccines and initial boosters just not the latest ones but hopefully that will help in keeping it somewhat mild. Plus back in July he quit smoking which is a huge relief to me. Not long enough ago to be that big of difference but at least not an additional ongoing factor.

[LuFins Dad]

Ugh. Sorry to hear. Take a crapload of Vitamin D and get good rest!

[brenda]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Thought we'd managed to dodge it:

It can take longer than the flu to get it out of your system. Try to get him to be very patient with himself.

This is very true. Even a relatively mild case can take a long time for a full recovery.

Best wishes to both of you!

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[taiwan_girl]

@cathys Sending positive thoughts that this is quick and (kind of) painless.

[Jolly]

How y'all feelin' today? Better, I hope...

[cathys]

Thankfully the symptoms haven't been too terrible. Mark had the worst of it those first 2 days but definitely is getting more energy but still tired but fever definitely improved.
I started feeling iffy Friday night and next day after putting my watch on went back to bed and got some high heartrate alerts nothing too high but definitely not something I normally have happen so I took a test and sure enough. Yesterday was a lazy day we just hung out on the couch, watched some movies, football. Finally got to see the remake of All Quiet on the Western Front (I can only echo, Wow!) and watched The Menu last night. Not sure foggy brain was the right state for those two.
Mark definitely has more energy today and I'm still tired but don't feel as feverish. I think we are on the downhill side and thankfully nothing major.
Will have another lazy football day today.
Hydrate, rest, relax was definitely key +advil.

Thanks for checking in on us

[Jolly]

Do not relapse.

Continue to do what you're doing, lots of rest, hydrate and take care of yourselves.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in Thought we'd managed to dodge it:

Do not relapse.

Continue to do what you're doing, lots of rest, hydrate and take care of yourselves.

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