Our luck ran out

Over the weekend, Jim told me he had a scratchy throat.  But he felt good, wasn’t running a fever, and seemed like he was ok.  By Sunday, he had no voice.  Still no fever, but a definite cough and   congestion.  My friend is a nurse and she offered to test him.  He tested negative for Covid, and for A and B flu.   We figured he had a cold.  He slept most of the day, and we went ahead with Sunday dinner, although he didn’t really hang out with us much.   He had Monday off, and thought he was feeling better, although his voice was worse.  Yesterday, he seemed worse to me. Today, He said he was going to stay home one more day, because his head was killing him.   I suggested that maybe he get tested again before going back to work, just to make sure. And also because Saige and Harper both woke up with symptoms.  Jim once again got tested by my friend.  Except today, it was positive for flu A, and positive for Covid.   Not what we wanted to happen, but at least we know what we are dealing with.  The way the Covid guidelines are  at this  point, is a little odd. Because Preston, Quincy and I are vaccinated, and we do not have symptoms, we do not have to quarantine.  We only have to monitor for symptoms, and wear a mask in public.  We have quarantined Jim, Saige and Harper to the back of the house, although we have definitely all been exposed, since we thought Jim was negative for 3 days.  The good news is that he is feeling ok.  Definitely not good, but considering what he has wrong, he is ok.   The girls seem to have mild cold-like symptoms at this point.  We have set up a tv in Saige’s room, and with food and drink delivery, they aren’t really suffering that much.   I hope the rest of us will be spared, but I don’t have much confidence at this point.  The mayor has closed city hall until Monday, so hopefully Jim will be able to rest and not have that worry.   Andrew was able to get a couple days off, so we don’t expose Evelyn any more than we already have.   With her not being vaccinated, we are worried about her.   

For now, we are ok, hoping it runs through here quickly and leaves us behind.   

We made it almost 2 years without catching this junk.  Omicron seems to be running out of control.  We will do our best not to spread it more.