September 29 – I’m ten days in to my two weeks at my remote location work site. The Nurse Practitioner flew out last night, today she informed work she tested positive for covid. Everyone on crew gave her a hug before she left. One of the fire fighters is sick, says he has sinus infection. The Advanced Care Paramedic is also sick.
October 01 – Slept terrible, back pain & frequent urination, waking about every hour. I think I may have another kidney stone
At work – developed a headache that lasted all night. Took rescue migraine med, didn’t really help.
October 02 – Last night shift. Slept okay. Woke up with a bit of a sore throat. It’s so dry here some of my co-workers have humidifiers in their rooms. Got a headache at work. Got 2 rapid tests from the nurse. Took first test at 20:00, it was negative. Feeling relieved I don’t have covid.
October 03 – Second test at 05:00 was negative. Thankful & relieved. Feel a bit congested in the head, dry throat. Wear my mask on the bus home. Get home at 10:00am. Feel like I am getting a cold, stuffy nose. Had the runs but that is normal when I get home from 2 weeks at camp. Sleep from 10:30-16:00. Had a coffee when I got up & it tasted weird. Is it because my nose is stuffed? I get a sinking feeling and it occurs to me that I may have covid.
Take a rapid test at 16:30, really surprised it is positive. Feel shocked. Called work & let them know. Put a mask on and wipe everything I’ve touched down. Still feel like I am getting a cold but not full-blown cold.
Hubby goes to the drug store to get me cold medication and to try to get me Paxlovid. Pharmacist says it could react with one of my meds so he won’t give it to me. Hubby brings home Fat Burger, tastes fine to me. Watch TV with Hubby on the sofa until 22:30 then go to bed. No fever. Dry, itchy throat. Couple of sneezes. Feeling hopeful this will be a mild case of covid.
Around 22:00 Hubby says he feels a tickle in his throat & feels weird. I explained to him there is no way he’d be showing symptoms yet, will take at least 3 days. Living with a hypochondriac is trying on me. He’ll will himself sick.
October 04 – Slept all night, wake up around 05:00. Blocked nose. My head doesn’t feel congested like a normal cold, just a very stuffy nose. Go back to sleep.
Wake up at 06:00. No fever but my nose is totally blocked. Took some cold meds. Made coffee. Hubby slept on sofa. Good thing he did, the way I feel the bedroom is full of germs.
The ACP tested positive last night. She’s pregnant, hopefully her & her baby are okay.
Slept this afternoon. Very congested all day. Ate microwave KD for lunch & supper. Can’t taste my food. I can smell though so I think the lack of taste is from the congestion.
The RN tested positive today. I think I gave it to her. Feel guilty about that.
October 05 – woke up in the night & took some cold meds; slept until almost 7am. Felt good when I first woke up but worse as the morning progressed. Very congested. Headache. No fever.
Slept for 2 hours this afternoon. Still congested. Barry ordered pizza for supper. I got a donair pizza thinking I’d be able to taste it but I couldn’t. It tasted like nothing. Feeling tired
Went to sleep from 20:00 to midnight. Woke up and feel like I’ve beat this! Only a little congested. No fever. Still can’t taste anything. Went to sleep at 04:00.
October 06 – woke up at 08:00 and I feel really good. Only a little congested. My throat is a little sore but I think it’s from sleeping with my mouth open. I walked into the kitchen and could smell the coffee from the grinder. Hubby is still sleeping so I’ll wait until he gets up to make some.
Fist sip of coffee – I can’t taste it at all. So weird. I thought with less congestion and full sense of smell that my taste would be back but it’s not.
Slept from 12pm to 2pm. Watched a few episodes of The Crown. Feeling really tired. Slept from 1600 to 04:00.
October 7 – Feeling good. Took a rapid test this morning sadly it is still positive. Stayed in the bedroom. Went to sleep from 5pm to midnight. Other than a bit off a stuffy nose I feel really good.
October 8 – Today my rapid test was negative! I am still slightly congested and have a small nagging headache but my taste has fully returned. I understand these symptoms could linger for a while. I found the strangest symptom was loss of taste. Everything tasted like nothing. Not sweet, not bitter, not even bland, no flavour at all.
During the time I was positive I stayed in my bedroom; thankfully we have an ensuite and a second bathroom. When I did venture out for food, I wore a mask as did my husband. My husband tested himself this morning and he remained covid free.
I have four covid vaccines, with my last one in August. My son-in-law & daughter-in-law had covid before the vaccines were available. Their symptoms were much worse than mine. Both went to the hospital; she was hospitalized for 5 days on oxygen. My other son-in-law’s wife’s mother died of covid. I am thankful for the vaccines. The vaccines did what they were meant to do – prevent severe symptoms and hospitalization.
Canadian Girl in a Crazy World 