Big hugs & lots of love for you and your family.W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:11 pm Text from Dad:
Mom okay, but back in hospital. COVID back. Will know more in morning
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You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy.
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I told Dad to make sure he takes care of himself.
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to scirreeve, and to WKV.
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Update on Mom: she started having trouble breathing so went and had her lungs looked at right away this time. She has a bit of pneumonia, probably remnants from a few weeks ago that are starting to flare up, but they caught it early.
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Good news!
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I just found out my youngest sister tested positive for Covid. She is vaccinated but somewhat immune compromised. She called her doctor right away and will be getting the monoclonal antibodies. A friend from Uganda, also vaccinated, has been staying with her, waiting for a medical procedure here. The friend has also tested positive, but she’s asymptomatic. Unfortunately the medical procedure will have to be delayed.
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I came down with a bit of a cold on Thursday, sneezing and stuffed up head.
I was supposed to go do my one day a week 4 hour work shift on Friday morning, opening up a friends news agency shop. I wasn't going in with even a slight cold serving customers and I didn't know how long it would last, so I called him up Thursday morning so he could get somebody to cover (probably himself) in time and declared that I was going to get a Covid test, just to be sure. (I am 'double' vaxed).
Took a couple of symptom suppressing tablets and went to bed. The cold was gone on Friday morning and I could have gone to work with no problems.
Didn't bother getting the test, and I feel a little guilty about that, but I would have had to quarantine till the results came back (I think its down to 24-36 hours now?) and miss 2 dinners with friends we haven't seen in at least 6 months during lock down and the first day of Croquet since lock down ended. I'm a bad boy for that I guess.
I was supposed to go do my one day a week 4 hour work shift on Friday morning, opening up a friends news agency shop. I wasn't going in with even a slight cold serving customers and I didn't know how long it would last, so I called him up Thursday morning so he could get somebody to cover (probably himself) in time and declared that I was going to get a Covid test, just to be sure. (I am 'double' vaxed).
Took a couple of symptom suppressing tablets and went to bed. The cold was gone on Friday morning and I could have gone to work with no problems.
Didn't bother getting the test, and I feel a little guilty about that, but I would have had to quarantine till the results came back (I think its down to 24-36 hours now?) and miss 2 dinners with friends we haven't seen in at least 6 months during lock down and the first day of Croquet since lock down ended. I'm a bad boy for that I guess.
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Here's hoping it really was just a cold and you didn't expose your friends. We can get rapid results here in about 20 minutes.keith wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:09 am I came down with a bit of a cold on Thursday, sneezing and stuffed up head.
I was supposed to go do my one day a week 4 hour work shift on Friday morning, opening up a friends news agency shop. I wasn't going in with even a slight cold serving customers and I didn't know how long it would last, so I called him up Thursday morning so he could get somebody to cover (probably himself) in time and declared that I was going to get a Covid test, just to be sure. (I am 'double' vaxed).
Took a couple of symptom suppressing tablets and went to bed. The cold was gone on Friday morning and I could have gone to work with no problems.
Didn't bother getting the test, and I feel a little guilty about that, but I would have had to quarantine till the results came back (I think its down to 24-36 hours now?) and miss 2 dinners with friends we haven't seen in at least 6 months during lock down and the first day of Croquet since lock down ended. I'm a bad boy for that I guess.
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My eight-year-old grandson came down with a bad cough and was really sick last Monday. They kept him home from school. Did a home test, and he was negative, but he was not allowed back into school until he had a different test from the pediatrician. He missed two days of school, but they followed Pittsburgh Public School protocols. He will soon be getting his vaccine!
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Sorry about your sister and friend, MN-Skeptic!
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Yeah I know. But it didn't happen.sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:16 am Here's hoping it really was just a cold and you didn't expose your friends. We can get rapid results here in about 20 minutes.
It was barely a cold, a few sneezes was just about the extent of it. I wear a mask ALL THE TIME even outdoors. And I had no symptoms at all by the time I was meeting friends. Even so, I almost didn't attend the restaurant dinner which was a months delayed birthday dinner for ME.
Furthermore, you can't get into a restaurant in Melbourne unless you are fully vaxed and you must provide proof (Government supplied app on the mobile phone). And every restaurant I have visited does a proper check - so they are doing a good job (IMHO).
I am extremely confident that I didn't pass on the cold, let alone a dose of Covid.
But I really didn't "do the right thing" by skipping the test.
We don't have rapid test here. Results are usually provided within 36 hours. Instructions say allow 2 days, if you haven't heard after 3 days, call the testing station to find out what is going on. And you must isolate until you get your results.
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I'd trade the rapid test for mandatory proof of vax in a heartbeat. Australia is doing it so much better than the US.keith wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:25 pmYeah I know. But it didn't happen.sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:16 am Here's hoping it really was just a cold and you didn't expose your friends. We can get rapid results here in about 20 minutes.
It was barely a cold, a few sneezes was just about the extent of it. I wear a mask ALL THE TIME even outdoors. And I had no symptoms at all by the time I was meeting friends. Even so, I almost didn't attend the restaurant dinner which was a months delayed birthday dinner for ME.
Furthermore, you can't get into a restaurant in Melbourne unless you are fully vaxed and you must provide proof (Government supplied app on the mobile phone). And every restaurant I have visited does a proper check - so they are doing a good job (IMHO).
I am extremely confident that I didn't pass on the cold, let alone a dose of Covid.
But I really didn't "do the right thing" by skipping the test.
We don't have rapid test here. Results are usually provided within 36 hours. Instructions say allow 2 days, if you haven't heard after 3 days, call the testing station to find out what is going on. And you must isolate until you get your results.
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Update on Mom: They took her off supplemental oxygen Saturday. She was able to make 3 laps around the room before running out of breath, rather than the two laps during the week. She's in for at least another day, though I suspect longer.
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Yeah but your mom is improving, it seems.
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Mom is home! Doctors warned her that its going to take a long time to recover (with the implication that she had ended up back at the hospital because she pushed too hard). I reminded her that she has a grandbaby she needs to meet in a few months.
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Great news, Kevin!
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Hooray for Kevin's mom!!!!!!!!
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