COVID ISO DAY 4

 

ABOVE:  All together now  ...

"You look dreadful!"

And I feel dreadful.

I really hope today I take a turn for the better cos I'm kinda over this now.

My chest feels tight and heavy now.  Not too bad, but worth noting I suppose.  Just shit changing and evolving.

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you will know that when I get a cough, I end up vomiting as well.

YEAH.  That's started as well.  Kill me now.

I got a phone call from our Medical Centre yesterday afternoon.  I forgot to mention it then.

They had been notified by MOH that I was a positive case. So they rang to check up on me.  They asked how I was feeling, if I needed any help with anything, did I need any medications and so on,  and gave me a direct line to a Doctor 24/7.

That impressed me.  

Griffin rang me last night, he's now been classed as a 'close contact' of someone (not us), so he's off this morning to get a RAT too.

Gosh is sure seems to be going around rapidly.

I hope he tests negative of course.

Right, I'm gunna roll over and try to get some more rest.  I have not slept well and feel like shit.

10.30 am:  I'm finally out of bed.  It was a rough night.  My throat was on fire, razor blades when I coughed.  Just generally horrible.

But 'JULIE', I'm sure I deserve it right?

Bex called in and is getting us (and Lacy) some supplies.  I threw cash out the window... covered in Sanitiser!  Lucky our notes are made of plastic 😂😅😆.

ABOVE:  This came in the mail yesterday.  I can clearly remember the man taking photos of our letterbox, we were outside talking to people under our tree at the time.  

Now I know why he was taking the photos.

I wasn't going to buy one of the books, but Stew wants to.  So looks like we are getting one.

3.30 pm:  And our Covid numbers keep rising alarmingly.  And the number of people in hospital and ICU is climbing rapidly too.

Such a worry.  I hope we reach the peak and start to drop numbers soon.

As for me?  Much the same as previous days, maybe slightly worse.  But I'm not alarmed at all.  The nurse who rang me yesterday said I had about 3 days more of escalating symptoms before they started to ease up, I just didn't want to believe her!

ABOVE:  The girls were very excited to see Bex this morning... lucky they don't have the nerve to jump out the window.  Shih Tzus don't jump too well!

ABOVE:  Something 'new' in the rockery.  It's Lacy's junk.  Looks nice there though.

ABOVE:  And there's the tart herself, stuck in her Studio.  She can only walk through the garage and use the family bathroom now... we have closed off the rest of the house for just Stew and I.  No mixing and mingling going on here.

I can't go into the garage unless I spay the whole room with OUST, which is a 99.9% anti viral/bacterial spray.  Anything I touch I wipe down with sanitiser too.

We are being super careful we don't give it to Lacy or anyone else.

So far so good.  Stew is still symptom free.  If he gets it after a week or so, that means we are locked down for even longer.  Such a pain.

I remember 30+ years ago, one of our kids got Chicken Pox.  Because it was highly infectious, we couldn't go near Stew's Mum as she was going through Chemotherapy.

We had 5 kids at that time ... and they got Chicken Pox one after the other... so we had Chicken Pox for around 4 months.  It was a nightmare!

I hope we don't end up with a similar scenario with Covid and the rest of our family!

DANG!  I was just reading some info on Covid and Isolation rules.

Seems the day I tested positive was DAY 0.  So I am now technically on Day 3, not 4.  Bloody hell.

A whole day more to add to the isolation.

edit: And, as Marlene said, I had symptoms before I took the test.... so I'm gunna say I'm on Day 4 today.  so there.

Tonight we had a beef stew that Stew put in the crock pot this morning.  I was very nice, but hurt my throat something rotten.

I might switch to ice cream, custard and mousse!

That will be 'difficult'.... 😂😅😋.

Right, that's about it for today.

Fingers crossed for a better day tomorrow.