About halfway through November I tested positive for Covid-19. I was shocked because we had been on a mandate from the governor down and most things for our family had been cancelled that week before. We had no sports, no friends over, and the only places I had gone were to the store and the gym for some use of the equipment for my physical therapy homework. By that Saturday I had been sitting on a pretty intense headache and started a dry cough. By that Monday I developed a bigger cough, fever, and congestion. I went to get tested. Tuesday afternoon I got my results back, and we pulled our kids immediately from school. We decided to just not quarantine and get it over with for whoever got it. we ended up being 7/7. By that Thursday, Zack and Dan both developed coughs and chills. They both tested positive after taking everyone in that day. Zack unfortunately developed it at the tail end of the 48 hour rule and some of his class had to quarantine. It was a mess. The worst part of all of this is the guilt of potentially exposing others and feeling for weeks after that you could even though they say you can't. Everyone else tested negative that Thursday. By Saturday/Sunday Makayla, Levi and Graham showed some symptoms. Graham had some nasty croup. By then Zack was completely better, Levi barely cleared his throat, and Makayla showed small colsd like symptoms for a day or two. At this point Dan was coming out of his flu like symptoms and I was pretty much out of that. I finished my quarantine by that Wednesday. The problem came with my lungs. I developed some residual chest pain that just was hanging out. Nathan decided to wait almost a full two weeks after me to develop symptoms and he woke up throwing up Thursday though. So after almost exactly a month we were all finally out of quarantine. Those of us who got it earlier were out sooner. It took 10 days from onset of symptoms. Levi was lucky enough to be on a soft closure (they had over 15 cases at his school and did online only for 2 weeks) for school the entire time he missed, so he didn't miss any in person classes. The other kids were lucky enough to be over Thanksgiving Break so it was only about 4-5 days of school at home. That was the worst part! Being sick and doing school at the same time!!! Nathan was home for almost a month and he diligently sat and did nearly 3 hour zoom calls each afternoon Mon-Thurs. He did so good for a Kindergartner!!! The kids were rock stars spitting in tubes, even Graham managed it twice, and Nate had to do it 3 times! We are now on the other end, my chest pain is getting better each day, the kids are back in school, and we feel super lucky. We had neighbors, work buddies, and ward members who ran to our aid. We received 6-7 different meals, a care basket, offers to pick up groceries, teachers hand delivering homework, and many text messages checking in. Dan's mom brought us dinner and a load of Costco products, including toilet paper and Clorox wipes. We were overwhelmed with how much people jumped in to serve us. Sometimes going through these tough situations, and man it was a tad scary at first with the unknown, but the good that you see along the way makes you know that you are loved and that Heavenly Father is aware of you and your struggles and he sends his angels to help us feel that. The night Graham was super croupe was the scariest. The reports of kids having some organ inflammation was frightening. We were up all night next to a window. My chest pain was another moment. There was a night at the beginning where I couldn't lay flat. I would start to get light headed and I had to sleep sitting up a bit. I am thankful most of the kids had it pretty mild and that we were able to move passed it. I never thought 9 months ago that this new virus would make its way to me. It is a crazy time and also one full of blessings and miracles. We have been witnesses to some of that in our house and the power or prayer and priesthood blessings were something that we had to rely on during that time and I am grateful for that power we have access to always.
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