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Thank you for all your well-wishes in our Covid-filled household
Russet is doing much, much better. Tired and getting lots of sleep, her SpO2 numbers are good and she's functioning at a pretty high level. She had a persistent nose bleed last night which was slightly concerning as (a) cancer and (b) blood thinners, but eventually it stopped. And we live at very high altitude, there's no snow, which typically means fairly low humidity. We might do some humidifying later.
I didn't bother testing until today, and it was, of course, positive. There was never any question as to whether or not I would get it again. No where nearly as angry a red line as Russet's test. I feel absolutely fine! I'm a little tired, but I've been averaging less than 7 hours of sleep for most of the month. My temperature is ever so slightly elevated, not remotely to what you'd consider a fever. I'm considering it an artifact of having recently gotten up and eating breakfast and will keep an eye on it throughout the day.
One thing is for sure: all of the Covid antibodies from 10,000 donors that I infuse every week definitely do me a lot of good! The funny thing is that right now I feel better than I did a week ago when I was sick/recovering from (probably) pertussis. Yesterday was the last of my antibiotics from that, today is my last steroid from that treatment. And my cough is feeling much better, definite improvement in that area, which gives me some optimism that I'll be able to keep the library open late - the new CDC guidelines is that if you're not running a fever with Covid and you mask, you're pretty safe to work. Assuming you're not over-exerting yourself. It's easy not to over-exert yourself working in a library, though there are days. :-)
I just got off the phone with Albertsons and they don't receive their shipment until 2ish, so it's going to be another 4 hours before I find out whether or not I can get the second box of paxlovid. She has another order of meds waiting for her, so I'll be making a dash down the mountain regardless. Probably swing by our favorite Mexican food place and pick up some more green chili stew - our local cure-all. Does an awesome job of opening up the sinuses.
I didn't bother testing until today, and it was, of course, positive. There was never any question as to whether or not I would get it again. No where nearly as angry a red line as Russet's test. I feel absolutely fine! I'm a little tired, but I've been averaging less than 7 hours of sleep for most of the month. My temperature is ever so slightly elevated, not remotely to what you'd consider a fever. I'm considering it an artifact of having recently gotten up and eating breakfast and will keep an eye on it throughout the day.
One thing is for sure: all of the Covid antibodies from 10,000 donors that I infuse every week definitely do me a lot of good! The funny thing is that right now I feel better than I did a week ago when I was sick/recovering from (probably) pertussis. Yesterday was the last of my antibiotics from that, today is my last steroid from that treatment. And my cough is feeling much better, definite improvement in that area, which gives me some optimism that I'll be able to keep the library open late - the new CDC guidelines is that if you're not running a fever with Covid and you mask, you're pretty safe to work. Assuming you're not over-exerting yourself. It's easy not to over-exert yourself working in a library, though there are days. :-)
I just got off the phone with Albertsons and they don't receive their shipment until 2ish, so it's going to be another 4 hours before I find out whether or not I can get the second box of paxlovid. She has another order of meds waiting for her, so I'll be making a dash down the mountain regardless. Probably swing by our favorite Mexican food place and pick up some more green chili stew - our local cure-all. Does an awesome job of opening up the sinuses.
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Go ye forth to your nearest pharmacy and get a Neil Med squeeze bottle! And a gallon jug of distilled water. I do this twice a day, and in 12 years I've had ONE cold. Now, sinus infections are another matter, but I don't get colds anymore. I don't like doing it, but I can't argue with the results. After dumping a salt packet into the bottle and adding water, I throw it into the microwave and warm it for 30 seconds or so till it's warm to touch, you'll have to adjust time to your locale. ALWAYS use distilled or filtered water. ALWAYS!!!
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It takes getting used to, I purge my nose over a sink (bathroom or kitchen) and have a paper towel handy to blow my nose into and wipe up. But it is effective! Like I said, I've had one cold since I started doing this in 2012.
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It's the same as a neti pot, but my neck doesn't bend, so for me the squeeze bottle is ideal.
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