And so it begins.
For 2 years we have avoided COVID, with the exception of my youngest nephew who caught it in Oct of 20 a few weeks after his freshman year at university started. He was fine, was asymptomatic though he tested positive.
Today my Sr. staff member left at mid day not feeling well. On his way home he stopped and picked up a COVID self test. He and I share an office. Well ventilated about 20ft by 20ft and our desks are 6+ft apart.
He is at the VA for a PCR test now.
Though not otherwise symptomatic, I started feeling slight chills late this AM. He started with chills mid day on Monday.
I may end up quarantined for a couple of weeks.
I will test tonight with a self test.
Wish us luck.
The good news? My bride is home officing and she and I can home office and quarantine together.
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This damn ole covid
Take care of yourself, Rags, and let us know how it goes. Sending you good vibes.
Hopefully, it's a mild case
Hopefully, it's a mild case and your wife doesn't get sick.
Get well soon
Whatever it is. Yes this omicron thing may mean alot more get it but hopefully fare well and get past it.
Take Care of yourself and the Mrs.
DAH, DS44, GS20, GS18 and I all got Covid about a month ago. We were very lucky and only had a fever, aches and pains for about 3 days. I work from home and DAH is retired, so we are already self quarantined. Our doctor is willing to think outside of the mainstream and prescribed, Zinc, Hydroxy chloroquine, and Ivermectin for 5 days. DS44's doctor doesn't think outside the box and would not prescribe anything. DS44 still has a lingering cough and shortness of breath once in a while. The two grandsons are doing fine with no linger symptoms.
Take Care!
Hoping you all just have mild cases. Like you, we've avoided CoVid so far but I'm starting to think we'll all catch it the way things are going. Frustrating, as we've done everything to stay safe.
Take care of yourself, and
Take care of yourself, and your bride. Hope it's mild.
Sending healing thoughts
and vibes your way
And merry christmas too
Update -Self test this AM is Negative. Thanks for the + wishes.
My office mate's PCR test came back positive last evening.
I self tested this AM, which is 3 days post initial exposure, and so far I am testing negative. I will re-test via self test on Saturday and have a PCR lab test schedule for Monday mid AM. I will have met the 5 day post exposure quarantine stipulation for fully vaccinated people and, if the PCR is negative, I will go back to work on Tuesday. My company is very magnanimous. They pay for all exposure and positive test periods and all for return to work following the quantine periods upon receipt of a negative lab test.
Update - again. I am about 13hrs away
Update - again. I am about 13hrs away from 72 hours post last exposure to my COVID+ office mate and my second self test.
Frighteningly, I am starting to get the chills, a slight sore throat, a headache, stuffy nose, and a slight tightness in my chest.
Ugh.
Update- just self tested positive.
A bit of a headache, slight, slight cough, and the sniffles.
Just under 48 hours to my PCR lab test.
Sorry to hear that. I hope
Sorry to hear that. I hope you have a mild case. Take care and keep us posted.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Be safe.
Updates
Please keep us updated, we are wondering.
Mild symptoms so far. Roughly those of a moderate cold.
So, work is like a plague ship. I have been working from home since leaving the office mid day on 22-Nov after I got the call that my office mate threw a self test positive. He popped a PCR lab test positive on the night of 22-Dec. My whole team is hosting a duplicate team from a new facility that is launching right next door. So my team is popping positives periodically and so is the team we are hosting. ughhhhhh
I had my PCR lab test yesterday. Originally the apointment was for 10:30AM but their system was down so I had to go back at 14:00. results are expected in 24-48 hours. If the lab test agrees with the self test from 25-Dec I have another ~10 days of work from home quarantine.
So far my symptoms are a slight headache, mild cough, the sniffles, mild ache in my joints, and the periodic sneeze gasm of between ~6 and ~15 violent sneezes in a row. My temp is running around 97.2 to 97.7. My wife so enjoys calling me a mutant for that. My whole life when most people would run a fever, my temp drops when I get sick.
I had to call my parents to wave them off of joining us for Christmas. They are in Phx with my brother and will stay there through new years then they will hook up their RV and head back to Texas. I am so glad I self tested when I did. I would have been beside myself if my parents had come and I infected them. They are vaccinated and very healthy but at 77 and 79 I would not want them exposed regardless of how long it had been or it would be for me to see them.
Hope you feel better soon.
Hope you feel better soon. Covid seems to be spreading like wildfire here.
Thank you.
My work is pretty much a plague ship. My team of 80 has 10% positive test results or are waiting for lab test results while suffering symptoms.