Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Unless something changes, I won’t be including an update on Linda. She appears to be done with this. Today was a crap day. I felt rotten almost all day. The fatigue was gone, but I was nauseous. I started having a dry cough. My yoga breathing was more labored, like the…
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COVID Dispatches: Day 7
Monday, January 11, 2021 Linda is recovering quickly. She did some coughing this morning, but that was all. We both got a good night’s sleep. I had a stomach ache again this morning. It took a bit longer to get rid of it today. I also had a fever (still 100.2 at the highest) on…
COVID Dispatches: Day 6
Sunday, January 10, 2021 Not so much to report today. We both slept better. I had a slight fever at bedtime, but it was gone by the time I got up for my first potty break of many. I had a 99.2 temperature a little while ago – this seems to be the daily pattern….
COVID Dispatches: Day 5
Saturday, January 9, 2021 We’re feeling fine, well loved and cared for. The girls ordered a couple of deliveries for us: flowers and ice cream. Raychel went grocery shopping and dropped the bags off at our door. Kurt & Meghan brought over chicken noodle soup, a humidifier, and a birthday cake for Linda – very…
COVID Dispatches: Day 4
Friday, January 8, 2021 If you’re thinking, “Hey, this is the first dispatch I’ve received, but it’s day 4”, this is the first dispatch. You haven’t missed anything. I started the count with the first day I had a fever, which was Tuesday. The bad news: Linda just received her results and she’s positive, too….
COVID Dispatches: Introduction
Introduction On the evening of Tuesday, January 5th, 2021, I felt my first undeniable symptom of the Coronavirus. There were some that I successfully denied in the 2 days prior. I felt chills on my drive home from work. When I got home, I did, indeed, have a low-grade fever, 99.8 degrees. That fever broke…