Getting COVID 3 times.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 17:25 last edited by
Both your daughter and wife tested positive? Or your wife and you? OTC test or have you guys been to a clinic? I’d call your PCP and get their advice first and foremost, but a 102 degree fever isn’t as serious for a toddler as it is for an adult, but I wouldn’t want to see it over 103.
I tend not to trust the OTC tests and would get to a drive thru test site.
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Is there a public health line you can phone regarding your daughter? Personally, I would try to avoid a trip to the hospital emergency unless possible strep is the cause. Even then, your family doctor may be a better option than an emergency room. If not strep, not much the ER can do about a virus even if they do see her.
wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 17:31 last edited by@renauda said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Is there a public health line you can phone regarding your daughter? Personally, I would try to avoid a trip to the hospital emergency unless possible strep is the cause. Even then, your family doctor may be a better option than an emergency room. If not strep, not much the ER can do about a virus even if they do see her.
My thoughts as well, Renauda.
@LuFins-Dad OTC test, all of us took two tests. Results:
Me-neg-neg
Wife-pos-pos
Kiddo-pos-posHard to argue with those results.
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@renauda said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Is there a public health line you can phone regarding your daughter? Personally, I would try to avoid a trip to the hospital emergency unless possible strep is the cause. Even then, your family doctor may be a better option than an emergency room. If not strep, not much the ER can do about a virus even if they do see her.
My thoughts as well, Renauda.
@LuFins-Dad OTC test, all of us took two tests. Results:
Me-neg-neg
Wife-pos-pos
Kiddo-pos-posHard to argue with those results.
wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 17:39 last edited by@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
@renauda said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Is there a public health line you can phone regarding your daughter? Personally, I would try to avoid a trip to the hospital emergency unless possible strep is the cause. Even then, your family doctor may be a better option than an emergency room. If not strep, not much the ER can do about a virus even if they do see her.
My thoughts as well, Renauda.
@LuFins-Dad OTC test, all of us took two tests. Results:
Me-neg-neg
Wife-pos-pos
Kiddo-pos-posHard to argue with those results.
I suspect you'll be positive by tomorrow. If not, consider it a minor miracle.
Call your PCP. Go from there.
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@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
@renauda said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Is there a public health line you can phone regarding your daughter? Personally, I would try to avoid a trip to the hospital emergency unless possible strep is the cause. Even then, your family doctor may be a better option than an emergency room. If not strep, not much the ER can do about a virus even if they do see her.
My thoughts as well, Renauda.
@LuFins-Dad OTC test, all of us took two tests. Results:
Me-neg-neg
Wife-pos-pos
Kiddo-pos-posHard to argue with those results.
I suspect you'll be positive by tomorrow. If not, consider it a minor miracle.
Call your PCP. Go from there.
wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 17:43 last edited by@jolly said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Call your PCP. Go from there.
Yup. You probably won't be advised to go to a hospital/whatever. THey'll just advise you to ride it out and contact again if things get worse.
I assume your wife is vaccinated?
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 17:46 last edited by
Here’s the rough part, is your wife feeling up to taking care of the little one?
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@jolly said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Call your PCP. Go from there.
Yup. You probably won't be advised to go to a hospital/whatever. THey'll just advise you to ride it out and contact again if things get worse.
I assume your wife is vaccinated?
wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 17:59 last edited by@george-k said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
I assume your wife is vaccinated?
Yeah, Moderna.
Here’s the rough part, is your wife feeling up to taking care of the little one?
@LuFins-Dad That's all a little complicated, but I don't understand why it needs to be.
- kiddo has been sick like this for days, now. We thought it was RSV, the way she was acting.
- wife just started feeling like ass as of yesterday. So right now she's more or less okay, just headache, achey generally.
We're quarantining, but my thing is, freaking why? Why put both of them through the terrible bullshit of taking care of themselves in the stupidly off chance I can keep from getting it? I'm already sick anyway, I got my flu shot two days ago. Cost-benefit, I'm just not seeing it with quarantining. She wants me to stay away so for now I am, but I don't get it.
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@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
@renauda said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Is there a public health line you can phone regarding your daughter? Personally, I would try to avoid a trip to the hospital emergency unless possible strep is the cause. Even then, your family doctor may be a better option than an emergency room. If not strep, not much the ER can do about a virus even if they do see her.
My thoughts as well, Renauda.
@LuFins-Dad OTC test, all of us took two tests. Results:
Me-neg-neg
Wife-pos-pos
Kiddo-pos-posHard to argue with those results.
I suspect you'll be positive by tomorrow. If not, consider it a minor miracle.
Call your PCP. Go from there.
wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 19:02 last edited by@jolly said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
I suspect you'll be positive by tomorrow. If not, consider it a minor miracle.
Call your PCP. Go from thereI agree. If Aqua does test positive but remains asymptomatic I suppose then at least, he can help out with mom and the little one.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 21:12 last edited by
Update? How's everyone doing?
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 21:20 last edited by
@george-k said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Update? How's everyone doing?
Kiddo is coughing a hell of a lot and very grossly, but she used to cry a lot afterward (that was two days ago and yesterday). Today she just coughs a lot but gives no shit, keeps playing. I take it as a good sign? Sometimes 102 fever, sometimes no fever. O2 completely normal.
Wife sounds a bit miserable but she's sounded worse. Some coughing, not a ton. But she started to show symptoms yesterday morning. It could be early yet. Low-grade fever. O2 completely normal.
I have no idea how I can't have this shit.
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@george-k said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Update? How's everyone doing?
Kiddo is coughing a hell of a lot and very grossly, but she used to cry a lot afterward (that was two days ago and yesterday). Today she just coughs a lot but gives no shit, keeps playing. I take it as a good sign? Sometimes 102 fever, sometimes no fever. O2 completely normal.
Wife sounds a bit miserable but she's sounded worse. Some coughing, not a ton. But she started to show symptoms yesterday morning. It could be early yet. Low-grade fever. O2 completely normal.
I have no idea how I can't have this shit.
wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 21:21 last edited by@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
I have no idea how I can't have this shit.
You will, in all likelihood.
You guys have a pulse oximeter, I trust?
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@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
I have no idea how I can't have this shit.
You will, in all likelihood.
You guys have a pulse oximeter, I trust?
wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 21:26 last edited by@george-k said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
I have no idea how I can't have this shit.
You will, in all likelihood.
You guys have a pulse oximeter, I trust?
Yep.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 21:28 last edited by
You’ve boosted, that’s helped. Plus, I wouldn’t discount your Vitamin D intake.
I felt the same when Luke had it and we didn’t catch it… No idea how…
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You’ve boosted, that’s helped. Plus, I wouldn’t discount your Vitamin D intake.
I felt the same when Luke had it and we didn’t catch it… No idea how…
wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 22:01 last edited by@lufins-dad said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
You’ve boosted, that’s helped. Plus, I wouldn’t discount your Vitamin D intake.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 22:11 last edited by
...by the way, if I get infected, I should be the winner for All-Time Most Unintentionally Ironic Thread Topic.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 22:16 last edited by
May I recommend Horse De-wormer?
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May I recommend Horse De-wormer?
wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 22:19 last edited by Aqua Letifer 12 Aug 2021, 22:32@lufins-dad said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
May I recommend Horse De-wormer?
I would gobble down some fucking horse paste right now if I could find a doc to give it to me. Or a vet. Likely my wife would too.
Our kid eats plastic, so, no reservations there.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 22:54 last edited by
Damn, Aqua - if you get it, there's no hope for any of us... Repent! The END is near.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 23:52 last edited by
Wow, Aqua. So sorry to hear this. I hope all of you get through this without any lasting effects.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2021, 23:56 last edited by
Shared with D4....
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@renauda said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Learned last night that the SIL in Russia came down with C19. She’s double vaxxed with Sputnik and is only experiencing mild symptoms - low grade fever, runny nose and loss of smell.
Hopefully, that'll be as far as it goes. D2's friend had similar symptoms and recovered pretty quickly. D2, OTOH, still suffers from SOB, weakness, and difficulty with taste.
On pins and needles though whether she gave it to her parents who are in their late 70’s and 80’ with a whole gamit of co-morbidities. May learn more tonight in a Zoom call.
Oh, man.
Please keep us posted.
This is such a SHITTY disease.
wrote on 9 Dec 2021, 00:15 last edited by Renauda 12 Sept 2021, 00:27@george-k said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
@renauda said in Getting COVID 3 times.:
Learned last night that the SIL in Russia came down with C19. She’s double vaxxed with Sputnik and is only experiencing mild symptoms - low grade fever, runny nose and loss of smell.
Hopefully, that'll be as far as it goes. D2's friend had similar symptoms and recovered pretty quickly. D2, OTOH, still suffers from SOB, weakness, and difficulty with taste.
On pins and needles though whether she gave it to her parents who are in their late 70’s and 80’ with a whole gamit of co-morbidities. May learn more tonight in a Zoom call.
Oh, man.
Please keep us posted.
This is such a SHITTY disease.
Latest word is that SIL continues to have mild symptoms, low grade fever and >95% O2 saturation. She figures she is over the worst since symptoms began last Wednesday. Unvaccinated 21 year old nephew has no symptoms, probably asymptomatic, and is staying with a friend who previously had C19. Good news is that SIL and nephew didn’t give it to grandparents and haven’t seen them since Saturday two weeks ago.
Nephew refuses to get the vaccine because he read on a “reliable Russian social network source” that the vaccine would adversely affect his fertility. Seems that his chronic asthma is not a factor in his decision making. No surprise the army rejected him; I was led to believe it was on account of his asthma, now I am not so certain it was because a weak respiratory tract. Rather, the rejection was because of his questionable cognitive acuity.