About two weeks ago, Max's family got tested for Covid-19. They felt fine, but since they had plans to visit grandparents in New York, they got tested. Max's test came back positive for the virus. Since Evan and Preston had played with Max, we all got tested too. They called us the day after our test, to let us know that Evan tested positive for Covid-19. We were really surprised, especially since the rest of us tested negative.
After the call, we remembered that Evan had felt super tired about a week prior to the test. He had laid around all day and slept in the following day. He also complained of a little headache, but it wasn't bad and he felt better after some Tylenol. We just figured that he was exhausted because he had stayed up very late and gotten up super early. He never had symptoms that we typically associate with the virus, such as coughing, difficulty breathing, or a high fever. When we spoke to a nurse later on, she explained that those were likely his only symptoms, but that we should be extra diligent with hand washing and cleaning. She also suggested Evan try to isolate within the house as much as possible. He wasn't sad about the isolation, because he just spent his days playing Fortnite. He was actually pretty happy! The only thing that was a major bummer, was that we told not to leave our property. We were on super lock down, so we would not spread the virus.
After doing a lot of research, looking at guidelines, and speaking with more healthcare workers, we decided that we could test again last week. It had been well over 10 days since Evan's symptoms and we all felt great. I was excited the next day, when I learned that Evan no longer tested positive for Covid. Carl and Preston also tested negative and I figured my negative result would be posted soon too. Unfortunately, I received a call that I tested positive for Covid. I was SO sad, because I really thought we would all be well and that we could be out of our big lock down. I was really hoping we could spend the holiday weekend celebrating with our family.
Even though we had to make major changes to our plans, we did make the most of our weekend! Carl and I worked hard to build the new playhouse and the boys love it. Preston's favorite parts are the monkey bars and clubhouse. Evan loves to climb all over the top. Of course, that is not how it is supposed to be used, but he sure has a lot of fun!
We spent lots of time enjoying our backyard pool. Bonnie Mom and Grandpa dropped off a delicious dinner for us and we enjoyed eating together on our patio. Ron was also very kind to us and dropped off some fireworks for us. We did the fireworks at the end of our driveway and Max's family sat in their yard and enjoyed them too.
Overall, I am feeling good. I did end up with some fatigue, but I was able to take a big nap, as well as sleep in. I do have some allergy symptoms, such as a stuffy nose and some sinus pressure. Those are relieved with allergy medicine and are improving. I have had the same allergy issues on and off since March, so they may not be related to the virus anyway. I don't have a fever, headache, cough etc. I did feel a bit dizzy and out of breath while helping with the playhouse, but it was very hot outside and I was working really hard. I am uncertain if that was related to the virus either. I did also have loss of taste and smell. At the time, I attributed it to the allergy symptoms. I suppose it could be from the virus.
The really odd thing about all of this is that if it weren't for Max testing positive for Covid-19, we would have never known either of us had the virus. We would have just thought we were tired from the activities we had been doing. I am glad to know we have it though, because we can keep from spreading it to people we would normally see, like Bonnie Mom, Grandpa, Grammy and Granddaddy.
This virus is really odd. It kills many of the people that get infected. In the United States, we have had over 132,000 people die from Covid-19. There have been over 534,000 Covid-19 deaths worldwide. It also makes lots of people become VERY sick. Some of us are lucky and barely get sick. Other people get the virus and never have any symptoms at all.
Carl and Preston will be tested again later this week. I will be surprised if they don't test positive for the virus, since they were near me a great deal before I learned I had the virus. If they do, I am hopeful that they will have mild or no symptoms.
Although nothing else went as planned, I did start the holiday weekend off exactly as planned, by watching Hamilton! I have been so excited for the movie, since I learned it would be released on Disney+ on July 3rd. It was released at 3:00 a.m. EST. I did manage to sleep in until about 7:30, but then I made my way downstairs to enjoy the show! It was AMAZING! I loved seeing Hamilton in the theater last summer and I had hoped to see it again next spring. Of course, the pandemic has stopped all live theater, and no one knows when it will be safe to resume. This movie is amazing and it is the perfect way for me to enjoy the show until I can see it in the theater again.
The new playhouse is a hit! Preston loved supervising and testing things out as they were added.
I am incredibly grateful for this sweet little family of mine. It was so much fun to hang out and celebrate together. It wasn't like we ever planned, but we definitely had a good time!
