whiny Wednesday

[ironymaiden]

C has covid. it's the first time either of us has tested positive. his symptoms aren't too bad and he got on Paxlovid right away. he started feeling poorly on Sunday and tested positive on Monday. i'm not really able to isolate from him (nor do i want to); i'm testing every 48 hours per CDC guidelines and remain negative.

anyway, we had gamers over on Friday night and mimerki on Saturday; while i am worried about C i've been more upset that we might have made someone else sick after literal years of effort. i've been a wreck the past few days - every bit of pandemic-related trauma is back in the front of my mind. first time in a long while that i've thought about my father being locked into a nursing home, for example. and then there's C flinching every time i touch him.

today i mapped out dates for my next test and when C will be cleared for human interaction. using the conservative number of days and assuming i don't get sick, we can still see people on Thanksgiving. colonialism aside, it is my favorite holiday and something i look forward to every year. my birthday is earlier in the week and i only understood today ...it's going to be the third one isolated in our apartment.

C is doing well enough to handle one short dog walk a day. i'm doing everything else; I realized that this is the second day in a row that i did the morning walk and got to work on time because I didn't take a shower.

Comments

[varina8]

I'm so sorry you've been hit with this! Please give C my love and healing thoughts to you both. If there is anything I can do for either of you, let me know.

[asakiyume]

I'm really sorry; that's rough, and especially that it sets you back to another year isolated on your birthday :(

I think this periodically: this has been, and continues to be, HARD. It's really HARD that the whole world has suffered a worldwide pandemic and all the knock-on effects. We're all reeling, one way or another, but society is demanding that we (and sometimes we ourselves want to) act like everything's fine; we're fine, look at us coping! But in fact, it's hard.

I hope C will continue to feel better, and I hope you don't get sick (... though I suspect you will, but if you do, I hope it's mild and you recover smoothly and quickly--but you know? I could be wrong and you might not get it!)

[yourlibrarian]

Hopefully everyone else stays well and the Covid infection clears completely soon. Unfortunately it's a time of year when more people are going to be affected due to all the gatherings indoors.

Hope your birthday is special even if celebrated in a small way.

[umadoshi]

I hope C's case clears up quickly and completely, and that you manage to avoid it altogether. :(

[motodraconis]

Hope you can dodge it and that symptoms stay mild and clear soon. One of the things I found weirdly stressful when I had covid was worrying if it would get worse or linger. It just adds to the distress.

[phosfate]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Covid! Up yours, Covid, you stupid useless illness! Go away, you annoy everyone and no one likes you!

[jazzfish]

Oh jeez. All my sympathies to you two. (And happy early birthday.)

[ivy]

I'm so sorry. I hope his recovery is swift and uneventful, and that you don't get covid, and that you have a superb make-up birthday at a more propitious time.

[sleepybadger]

Oh no, I hope C is feeling better quickly and you don't get sick. How frustrating after all this time. And so sorry you're going to have to be isolated for your birthday too :(

[helvetica]

:( I had a very similar reaction when I finally got covid. I was so disappointed I had been so vigilant for so long and I got it so late in the game. I am really feeling the covid fatique lately, I hope that you manage to remain negative <3 sending you both love