The most dreaded and anticipated event since 2020 shut us up inside like the hobbits my dear husband has always wanted us to be, has finally happened. We got the Covid. I’m as shocked as you are that it has taken till now to hit us, but also not surprised it finally did as we’d all but forgotten the VID even was a thing, even as cases exponentially increased around us.
Of course darling DD husband was in his ELEMENT when we got the news, as he has been for the past few years. He has THRIVED during isolation, while those who enjoy seeing humans other than their own family, as I do – struggled, each time we are forced to stay indoors and watch copious amounts of TV. An excuse to not have to DO THINGS! An excuse (we didn’t need anyway) to purchase all things online and have them DELIVERED! An excuse to enjoy the delights of HOME and cancel all of our plans? Sign him up.
Now I should also note that we were definitely ill, and that part was not fun. And I definitely had a roller-coaster experience that included feeling crappy, then rallying, then feeling quite crappy again and giving up on life for 24 hours while children poked at me and petted me and darling DD tried to drag them away every time he noticed they’d broken into mum’s room again. Luckily, he had mostly recovered by the time of my surrender to death. We are also extremely grateful for the many doses of vaccines we have taken as we know it likely made a difference in our experience, and knowing that it could have been worse without them – well, I salute anyone willing to take that chance. You are braver than I.
Speaking of: we unfortunately conducted a side-by-side human experiment with our children, choosing our youngest as the control group in this virus-study. No, it was definitely not peer-reviewed and no we are not proud to report it is due mainly to laziness. Our dear littlest-control-group has been eligible for the vaccine for many weeks (months!? maybe), and we just hadn’t got around to finding a clinic to walk in to. Shame on us, especially when the vaccine is both FREE and readily available here in Canada. As such, littlest-control-group got a trip down the rabbit hole one night to see Jesus and the Angels, as he hallucinated with a wicked fever. Listening to him talk about bugs in his pocket, sticks on the walls and drenched in sweat, likely caused what I will call my “mummy rally” as I realized I was no longer allowed to be sick and might actually have to take my dear littlest one to the ER. I made myself wait till morning to see if he improved, and the gamble paid off, but not without a good dose of mummy-guilt. Knowing that getting his shot a few weeks earlier could have even SLIGHTLY decreased his reaction to the virus reminded us of the exact reason why our family will always choose the shot. That night of scares was very likely preventable. My other two fully vaccinated children: one night of manageable fever. That’s all the data I need folks. My tiny 5 human experiment has solidified all the reasons I believe in modern medicine.
But all of this was inevitable, we know. The VID comes for us all. We can only prepare the best we can for when it comes and do our best to not pass it to the masses. This has become increasingly difficult with this strain, as in most cases I know of lately, folks feel symptoms for a couple days until finally testing positive. Therefore in your most likely time to pass it on to your friends and family, in the early days of symptoms, you don’t even know what it is yet.
So take care friends! Maybe what “They” say is true and we are hitting our last big wave. And maybe it is also true that it’s becoming less virulent and harmful – but we aren’t quite out of this nightmare yet.
Sweet baby Jesus, and all of the Angels and pocket-bugs, I hope we are close.