Covid Invades Our Household

 

I suppose it was inevitable, despite our careful sanitation routines, for Covid to infect our family.  The virus has been considered “endemic” here, and most of the restrictions are in the past.  We have still been wary because Tuk’s parents are old and frail. 

Tuk came down with symptoms and tested positive first.  So, she self-quarantined to our third-floor room, and we didn’t see her for days.  She ordered food delivered to our gate, and I took some to her parents and left hers at her door.  We communicated via text. 

Some days later, I felt cold-like symptoms coming on.  Tuk gave me a Covid home test which came up positive.  Now we both are barricaded in our portion of the house, isolated from her parents who are so far ok.  Since I am no longer going out shopping, the deliveries are all-important.  I really miss going outside, to the courtyard in front and the second-floor veranda in back, but we stay away to let the parents use those areas. 

My symptoms so far have been like the tail-end of a very weak head cold, and they have diminished daily since Day 1 – I’m now at Day 6.  The reason, I think, is because of my vaccinations:  Two Astra-Zeneca (in July and October 2021) and a Moderna booster (in February this year).  Tuk had two Sinovac, then a Pfizer booster, then a Moderna.  She has cold-like symptoms that are a bit more pronounced than mine and which persist longer, yet they are still relatively mild.  Her parents have had a vax history similar to mine, but because of their age we try to keep them safe at a distance. 

I feel like I’m under house arrest.  I will be glad when the self-quarantine ends. 

-Zenwind. 

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