Hello and welcome to the home of Word of the Week. A nice and simple weekly linky, with everyone welcome to pop by and share. The idea of the linky is to reflect back on your past week and share it with us. It’s great if you can sum it up in a word or phrase, hence giving us your Word of the Week. My word this week is ‘Covid’ and you can read more about that below.
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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Covid
Oh my we are not having a good start to the year, things can only get better! So, now we have Covid in the house. Last Friday, Eldest Son and Boo tested positive on lateral flow tests and later on PCR tests. Then Eldest Daughter tested positive on a PCR despite having a negative one on Friday and several negative lateral flow tests. All of us except Star have Covid symptoms. All of us but the Little Man (too young) and Boo are vaccinated. Only Eldest son didn’t have his booster jab.
Boo is now feeling much better and testing negative again, so Star has moved back into her bedroom. Eldest son is still coughing all night long, but his fever has dropped. He never lost his sense of taste and smell. Boo, suffered mostly from fatigue and spent most of four days in bed. She did eat though. The Little Man has more cold/flu symptoms and lost his voice. My Eldest daughter had sickness and loss of taste along with feeling pretty crappy and that’s exactly how I’m feeling now. Last night I had trouble breathing and panicked a little. But, I can also have these symptoms with my chronic condition anyway. It’s so hard to tell what is Covid and what isn’t. My PCR test is negative but I’ve been told to self isolate anyway because of close contact with positive cases.
We’ve had a horrid week and being locked up has been the least of our worries. Freedom day is 24th January, the kid’s have to have negative PCR tests before they are allowed back to school. The school is struggling at the moment and have decided not to stop the mask wearing.
Since having Covid hitting our home we have come across so much confusion and I’m not sure it’s all entirely down to illness. We have been called several times by Track and Trace and had to fill in so much information online. We have been given conflicting advice from mail and on the phone. We have erred on the safe side by testing every day, and not going out. But found that negative lateral flow tests do not exactly mean negative PCR results. We have also discovered a few things about the vaccination. It doesn’t stop you from getting Covid, but it does seem that it’s a lot easier to contract without it. We know that it was brought home from school by Boo, it’s the only logical explanation. But trust me, with Covid, logic seems to go out of the window. I have been told to self isolate, and Graham has been told that he does not need to self isolate. And after all this we know we can still catch Covid again!
May you all stay happy and Covid free!
Now it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week.
Oh no! I hope everyone feels better soon. There has been a positive case in Madam’s class so she is having to do daily lateral flow tests, she doesn’t have any symptoms and thus far has tested negative.
I hope Madam stays ok, My Little Man has been poorly but he’s not had a positive test, I’m not letting him go to school though because he could still pass it on. The school have agreed with this. x
Oh bless you. I do wish out Government had explained everything clearly throughout, they confuse so many people, qnd it really isn’t helpful to anyone.
Test & Trace is a mess, and ringing everyone in a household because someone tested positive is usually not necessary- ringing everyoneultiple times because several people tested plaintive is a waste of everyone’s time and energy, and I’m so annoyed they haven’t rver sorted that out.
You are isolating because you are vulnerable – and it make sense medically because if you do have COVID, you really need to protect your energy and take it easy.
Lateral flow tests are simply not as sensitive as PCR, which is why they do PCR to check the rest of the household. There is no point testing positive people every day, you already know they have COVID! Wait until day 5 or 6 if they hope to get out early – but Omicron is lasting more like 8-10 days in most people I know of, so consider it a bonus if they get 2 x negatives before then.
I hope you are okay, are improving and will be yourself by next week xx
Thank you Jenny, I appreciate your advice, you are the most knowledgeable person I know on Covid. The phone calls have drove me crazy, especially with 7 of us in the house! Eldest son is still showing symptoms 7 days later and he’s refusing to test again until he feels better (I don’t blame him, and he doesn’t have anywhere to go out to.) I figured that I was told to isolate because of being vulnerable but they don’t actually make that clear. I’m still feeling rough and so is the Little Man but we haven’t had a positive test either lf or PCR. We are determined to keep this between us only, I don’t want to share. xx
Oh no! I am hoping the symptoms and side effects won’t be as bad as they are known to be. We are still keeping our fingers crossed. I did hear someone else talk about the confusion and also conflicting stories when Covid hits your home. All these guidelines and guidance from different sources! Stay safe. Hope next week will be better.
We are riding through and hoping that there won’t be longer side effects. We are keeping well away from anyone else, we don’t want to spread this around. x
I’m glad you guys are feeling better. We had it in November and it wasn’t fun times but at the same time, I feel relieved to have it over with, yay for natural immunity! Looks like a fun linky here.
Sending love and hugs. What a rotten week for you all. I do hope everyone feels better soon. The cases are running wild in my youngest girls school again. I am thinking it’s just a matter of time before we’re infected. Ugh x
So sorry that Covid has hit your house this week and you’ve all been unwell. Hope that everyone is feeling better soon. The advice all does seem quite confusing at the moment over whether or not to self-isolate. Hope that you are all Covid-free again very soon. Big hugs x #WotW
Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear it caught up with you. It seems to vary symptom wise. We got it over Christmas and one of my children was lucky enough not to have any symptoms.
Oh goodness! What an outbreak hitting you all. I hope you all feel better soon. We’ve been testing more as one of the teen’s best friend caught it last week. So far, so good. Our school has gone for no masks, but I do wonder how long that will last. What fun times!!
What a week for you all! Covid is such a strange thing. Ethan is still the only one who has had it in our house. I do feel I’m waiting for my turn. I think laterals only test positive when you are shedding the virus and others can catch it. I have known people who tested positive on the PCR but never on laterals. I have no idea what the rules are now about isolation. I hope you all feel better soon #WotW
What a confusing week for you, I don’t think anyone knows what the rules are now regarding everything!! I hope everyone feels better as soon as possible, and you enjoy your freedom day!
So sorry to hear that Covid has hit your house :o( I hope that nobody has suffered too much and everybody is feeling better now.
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Thanks for sharing the information about the word of the week three covid hits home, I think your post is very helpful for lot of people.
Vaccinations have been very effective in bringing the number of active cases down and reducing our concerns. Long term effects of covid is something at present doctors are grappling with.