Looking The Bully In The Eye
For Mother’s Day, I got Covid. I was sad that it took me till the afternoon to realize that I was sick. I spent the morning with my ASU student daughter. I exposed her to Covid without realizing I was truly sick. Luckily, she didn’t catch it!
I ended up getting a fever of 103.0 later in the day! Even with Acetaminophen, my fever was about 103.0 for 2 days. The cough I got sounded like a barking seal. I was wondering if I had whooping cough it was so bad. I didn’t get tested until the day after Mother’s Day. On Tuesday evening, I finally got my results. I was scared when I got my positive result. I felt like I was in unknown territory and I wasn’t sure what I could expect! I was pretty sick so I’m not going to lie, I was really concerned…
Because I was really pretty sick and miserable I made a teladoc appointment with a CVS minute clinic clinician. I was grateful for a couple of prescriptions to take. This is the first time that I’ve needed an inhaler! I was pretty concerned that I was having issues like that! The cough was incredibly obnoxious!
I’m still not completely back to my normal energy level but I am however getting there! I started walking again a few days ago. I’m up to 2.50 miles. It’s been a push to do it but, I can. I’m through the quarantine phase now. My whole household caught it and all are mending. My 11 year old was allowed to return to school. Just in time! Amelia’s last day of elementary school is tomorrow! She will start middle school in late July.
Having faced this terrible virus, I feel humbled. I guess I thought or had hoped that I was in good general health. I also had been vaccinated so I figured maybe I wouldn’t get very sick? Well I got pretty darn sick! Covid is no joke! I hear that we can expect to keep catching Covid every few months because the variants change just enough quickly to elude the vaccines and our own antibodies… ugh…
