For Thanksgiving, we're having Covid!

[thewayne]

Yesterday Russet came down for a blood draw as she has/had an endocrinologist appt early next week. And she was absolutely miserable. We went to Walgreens and bought a Covid test kit: the line went angry red in less than two minutes.

Off to urgent care, and while her vital numbers were good - she was running a fever, she clearly was not presenting well. They gave her some ibuprofen to try to bring the fever down and a respiratory treatment, and in two hours, she was much, much better. While we were there, I texted my immunologist who wired an order for paxlovid to the pharma for me. And I got the very last dose! The plan was that I'd take it as a preventative since clearly I'm doomed to test positive, but since both Albertsons and Walgreens were out, Russet is taking it unless I become symptomatic. Al's is supposed to get more on Friday, and I'll pick up her order for it then and start taking it.

For the next two weeks I'm supposed to keep the library open late for students to have a place to study for their finals. If I'm really clobbered by this, it's going to be a problem as we only have 2.5 people working there and I'm the half-timer.

Russet is doing much better today after a long nap when we got home yesterday evening then some good sleep last night, plus getting right on the drug. I hope it leads to a milder illness. And obviously I hope I have minimal problems with it!

We were going to do two long salmon fillets for dinner today (purchased Tuesday), but I decided to pick up a pork loin last night while at Albertsons as it's a 'fire and forget' bake that would be a lot easier to make and with much less fuss. We can do the salmon later, it'll keep in the freezer pretty much indefinitely.

Far too much fun! This will be our third round with Covid, we narrowly dodged it in August or September, but not this time.

Comments

[lovelyangel]

Awww! That sucks! I hope things don't get worse. Rest and stay protected!

[ndrosen]

Agreed! I hope that you remain healthy, and that your lady makes a swift recovery.

[bibliofile]

Argh! I hate this COVID timeline. Hoping that the paxlovid strategy works (that A's gets more in on Friday).

[graydon]

For you, anything that cuts the nasal population is worth a try.

So anything with carrageenan (Enovid), anti-viral barrier sprays like Viraleze, etc. (I have no idea what your local brand name landscape looks like!) Iodine or CPC > 0.07% mouthwash as a gargle may be helpful as well.

Best wishes for you both!

[devilc]

Sending you ~good vibes~ on not netting sick. And for Russet to have a swift recovery.

[elayna]

So irritating! I hope it’s quickly over.

[disneydream06]

{{{HUGS}}}

I am so sorry to hear your news. :(
I hope it will be super mild and quick for you.
HUGS, Jon

[motodraconis]

Shit! Hope you guys get through it with minimal impact.

Do you have an air purifier? I bought one recently for the smoke pollution but the one I got is supposed to be able to filter out viruses. Might be worth a shot if you don't already have one.

[moonhare]

Salmon? For Turkey Day?? I hope the pork loin turned out well! My wife made a chickpea dish alternative for my vegetarian son, but everything else was ‘animal free.’

And I wish you all a speedy recovery! I just threw out my outdated Paxlovid (it could have mixed badly with other meds I was on).

[arlie]

Yowch! I hope Russet's case is mild, and you manage to dodge it. Such delightful timing .... NOT!

[gingeriana]

oh man, what a timing!
i mean, it sucks to get covid any day, but on Thanksgiving especially

do you guys notice any difference in this variant of covid?

[thewayne]

Covid #1 for both of us, we both had paxlovid and almost no symptoms.  #2 for both of us, I had paxlovid and she did not.  Again, I had almost no symptoms, bit rougher for her.  When her #3 started, she was miserable ill, as I said we got her to urgent care and they did a good job on her.  She's now on my paxlovid and I'm hopefully picking up another box in a few hours.  She's doing much better as of when I went to bed last night, she's still in bed this morning.  I tested positive this morning, but feel fine.  I also receive 10,000 donor antibodies weekly with my infusion, which includes Covid antibodies, so I have a level of protection that most people never see.  Hopefully my illness will be mild.

[kathmandu]

So sorry to hear this. Best wishes to both of you.

[kaishin108]

Oh no! I am so relieved you got her in, yikes! And good you got some meds for you. I hope she feels much better very soon. And don't you go and get real sick.

Healing **Hugs**

[silveradept]

Ugh, such a terrible present for the beginning of winter holidays. Here's hoping it all stays mild and there are no permanent aftereffects.