Well, the nigh-inevitable happened
May. 4th, 2023 11:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneThe guy who's staying with us, Dave? Tested positive for Covid tonight.
I spent a good amount of time on the phone with my immunologist, and we have a plan ready if I catch it. I'm a very good patient and quite proactive, and he appreciates that and gave me his cell#, knowing I wouldn't abuse it. I decided this was the right thing to call him directly for. I mean, we've had a plan since medicines for it became available, just rehearsing things and making sure he knew what was up. Russet is also now immune-compromised as she's on interferon for her cancer/non-cancer. We both tested negative, though we had to use two test kits as the first one failed - didn't show the control line, or anything, for that matter.
Dave'll be contacting his doc in the morning and ask for the medication for it since he's living with immune-compromised people. It'll greatly cut down on the amount of virus he's shedding, which is good for us. Russet and I will be testing every other day for the next week or two. Fortunately the current dominant variant has weakened and doesn't cause as much hospitalization.
I spent a good amount of time on the phone with my immunologist, and we have a plan ready if I catch it. I'm a very good patient and quite proactive, and he appreciates that and gave me his cell#, knowing I wouldn't abuse it. I decided this was the right thing to call him directly for. I mean, we've had a plan since medicines for it became available, just rehearsing things and making sure he knew what was up. Russet is also now immune-compromised as she's on interferon for her cancer/non-cancer. We both tested negative, though we had to use two test kits as the first one failed - didn't show the control line, or anything, for that matter.
Dave'll be contacting his doc in the morning and ask for the medication for it since he's living with immune-compromised people. It'll greatly cut down on the amount of virus he's shedding, which is good for us. Russet and I will be testing every other day for the next week or two. Fortunately the current dominant variant has weakened and doesn't cause as much hospitalization.
no subject
Date: 2023-05-05 06:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-05 08:06 am (UTC)HUGS, Jon
no subject
Date: 2023-05-05 11:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-05 02:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-05 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-05 04:39 pm (UTC)Fingers crossed for you!
no subject
Date: 2023-05-05 04:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-07 10:08 pm (UTC)It's ridiculous because the pandemic will never end, we'll never be rid of Covid because we didn't take the proper steps at the beginning. It potentially could have been contained, now it's endemic. Fortunately the more it mutates, it gets a bit milder and there's fewer hospitalizations now - but it still kills!