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stevenpiziks) wrote2022-12-23 10:21 am
stevenpiziks) wrote2022-12-23 10:21 am
The Covid Diaries 1: The Onset
After three years of masking and avoiding and vaccinating and boosting, we finally got covid. Here's how it went down.
On Friday, I was on the treadmill and ... just not feeling it. I had to force myself to run faster than 4.5, and usually I'm at a 6 or 6.5. I cut the workout short, showered, and had supper. By late evening, it was clear Something Was Wrong. I felt tired and draggy and lethargic.
On Saturday morning, I felt worse. Achy, exhausted. No congestion, no fever. I took a home covid test. Negative. Okay, then. Must be a garden-variety thingie. By afternoon I felt worse still, and I took ANOTHER home covid test. Still negative. So I settled in for a weekend cold.
By Sunday afternoon, I was pretty miserable, and Darwin was also getting sick. He was, in fact, getting sick faster than I did. I remembered that I'd had all the booster shots and Darwin had only had one. Darwin felt so awful, he didn't even want to sit up.
I gave him a covid test. Positive.
Well, shit.
I gave myself a third test. Positive.
Uh oh...
On Friday, I was on the treadmill and ... just not feeling it. I had to force myself to run faster than 4.5, and usually I'm at a 6 or 6.5. I cut the workout short, showered, and had supper. By late evening, it was clear Something Was Wrong. I felt tired and draggy and lethargic.
On Saturday morning, I felt worse. Achy, exhausted. No congestion, no fever. I took a home covid test. Negative. Okay, then. Must be a garden-variety thingie. By afternoon I felt worse still, and I took ANOTHER home covid test. Still negative. So I settled in for a weekend cold.
By Sunday afternoon, I was pretty miserable, and Darwin was also getting sick. He was, in fact, getting sick faster than I did. I remembered that I'd had all the booster shots and Darwin had only had one. Darwin felt so awful, he didn't even want to sit up.
I gave him a covid test. Positive.
Well, shit.
I gave myself a third test. Positive.
Uh oh...