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9/20/2022

My granddaughter has been coughing off and on for the last couple of days so my daughter took her to the doctor and she tested positive for Covid which was a huge shock for everyone. But she's okay, coughing every once in a while is the only symptom she has, and she feels fine, no fever, no breathing problems, or anything like that. And my daughter, son-in-law, and grandson have all tested negative for Covid.

Needless to say, I'm around my granddaughter every day, but I've had my bat flu shot, a couple of boosters, and every day I bolt down a bowl of Bat broth to immunize myself against any and all Bats, so I should be all right, but I'm staying out of the house and away from the kids for a few days just in case, and its probably not a good time for me to go running off into the mountains until I find out if I'm going to have any ill effects.

The doctor sent my granddaughter home and she's supposed to stay out of school for a few days but other than that she's running around the house just like normal. The doctor said that since she doesn't have the expected symptoms she might not be contagious, which may explain why no one else in the family has tested positive. But since I'm the oldest person in the family, nobody wants me taking any chances so I'm staying out of the house for a while until this blows over and we can all go back to living normal again.

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6 Comments

Judith

9/20/2022 07:33:39 pm

Very glad she is not feeling puny. She looks pretty sweet all snuggled up. And yes, that's a good reason not to take off on a mini-vacation just now. Hope you don't get it....

Tom

9/20/2022 07:51:33 pm

Thank you Judith. Nope, she's not feeling puny, my daughter says mostly she's feeling bored.

I thought about heading for the mountains when I found out this Covid thing was going on, it would've been a good way for me to isolate from everyone, and there's nothing I can do for my granddaughter by staying here anyway. Then I started thinking about how un-fun it would be to be on the road while sick and decided the smart move would be no move at all.

I also hope I don't get it, but what can you do? If you're around school age kids every day there going to bring home every illness known to man, but I'd rather take that chance than miss my grandkids growing up.

Tom

Linda

9/21/2022 01:53:13 pm

Yeah, being sick on the road is not fun. Glad you decided to wait and see. And glad granddaughter is only feeling bored not sick. I'm scheduled to have my first covid test this Saturday and it better read negative so I can have my surgery next week. I even asked Dave to skip an operating session last night to reduce my chances of exposure.

9/21/2022 02:45:45 pm

I've been fortunate, I don't remember being really sick on the road, and the only time I've worried about it was during the worst part of the bat flu scare when I got stuck in Arizona and didn't know if I could make it back to Denver because of some road closures. But as I get older I realize having a medical problem is more of a possibility now.

Yeah my granddaughters doing just fine. I don't think she realizes she's sick.

Good luck with your Covid test and your surgery.

Tom

9/22/2022 12:07:00 pm

Thanks. I'm not really worried about either of them.

9/22/2022 12:17:18 pm

And that's the best way to be Linda, worrying doesn't help anything, but it can make everything worse.

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