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I got the ‘Rona! | Disinfectant Sprays and Wipes | Kids’ face masks coming soon

Happy Monday!

When I signed off Friday before last I said I had been dragging that day. Little did I know, I had come down with the ‘rona. I write my emails the night before so Friday’s email was written Thursday night. When I got home I wasn’t feeling that great and by the time I went to bed I discovered I had a fever of 100.0. Some people would say that is not a “fever” but if I am 98.7 it’s a fever to me. I hoped and prayed for the best but when I woke up Friday morning I was worse, and my temp was 101.5. I decided to go ahead to the urgent care for Covid testing. I called ahead and they had a drive-through setup and said they would test me for flu and strep at the same time.

I headed to the place around 12:30 and waited in line about 3 hours. That sucked. The longer I was there the worse I felt. I had a conference call scheduled for 3pm that I didn’t cancel as part of my time off, and I was on and off video while having swabs shoved in various places. The timing was fantastic – ha! Speaking of swabs – O. M. G. … they shoved the swab so far up into my sinuses that I thought they were going to bruise my brain. It was absolutely uncomfortable. When she was done I said “Don’t I get a lollipop or something?”. They said I would get my results in 2-5 days (it took 5). I said hey wait a minute what about the flu and strep test we talked about on the phone? They weren’t even going to do them. She said oh yea we can do that if you want. I’m like “no, I drove all the way here and sat in line 3 hours and I am willing to drive away not knowing if I have two of the most common illnesses. What sort of sense does that make?” (I am pretty sure I said all that). She said we will swab you again and you’ll know in 5 minutes. Both were negative.

So it was obvious that I needed to quarantine (can you believe that they gave me no instructions whatsoever when they tested me) and fortunately we have a guest room with its own bath and a second living room with TV so I was able to stay away from the family. I spent Fri-Sun on the couch watching Star Trek TNG, and the rest of the week watching more Star Trek and several movies I had never seen including Pulp Fiction (Crazy) and the three Godfather movies (Hard to follow). I drank more water and ate more ice than I think I ever have in my life and somehow lost 8lbs I’d been wanting to lose so I guess there is a silver lining. Like Emily said in The Devil Wear Prada – “I am just one stomach flu away from my goal weight”

I was pretty rough Fri-Sun with 102.5 fever, chills, headaches, my eyes hurt to move, and some minor to moderate sinus issues. Monday I was 50% better and Tue I was 85% better with no fever. I was just tired/weak. I stayed that way, only slightly improving each day through Sat when I felt 90%. Sunday I felt 95% and even got outside and did a couple things that I needed to do before I got sick. As I write this email Sunday night I feel mostly myself – maybe 97% and hope tonight my sleep will bring me back to normal.

I feel cheated out of a “vacation” of course. The CDC recommends that you stay quarantined 10 days from your first symptom and 3 days from last fever. The 10 days puts me back in service today, just in time to start back to work. So now I need a vacation hahaha.