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COVID Dispatches: Day 8

Posted on January 12, 2021December 19, 2021 by clayyearsley

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

Posted on January 11, 2021December 19, 2021 by clayyearsley

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…

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COVID Dispatches: Day 6

Posted on January 10, 2021December 19, 2021 by clayyearsley

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….

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COVID Dispatches: Day 5

Posted on January 9, 2021December 19, 2021 by clayyearsley

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…

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COVID Dispatches: Day 4

Posted on January 8, 2021December 19, 2021 by clayyearsley

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….

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COVID Dispatches: Introduction

Posted on January 5, 2021December 19, 2021 by clayyearsley

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…

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