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Update Day 184: The Six Monthiversary of my onset of symptoms.
I'm happy to report that three of us are asymptomatic and Kid 3's cough is so sporadic that she's nearly asymptomatic.
#COVID19 #Longhaulers #LongCovid #ApresJ180 #CovidandKids
I'm happy to report that three of us are asymptomatic and Kid 3's cough is so sporadic that she's nearly asymptomatic.
#COVID19 #Longhaulers #LongCovid #ApresJ180 #CovidandKids
I will probably use asymptomatic for a long while rather than recovered, because as we've seen before, being symptom-free now doesn't mean they won't come back. I also remain paranoid about things like rashes & hugely swollen bug bites, although there's no reason to believe...
they're related to Covid. It will just take a while for the anxiety reflex to go away.
As for me, I'm having a really good week, including lengthy periods of the day where I have no symptoms at all and others where my only symptom is tinnitus.
As for me, I'm having a really good week, including lengthy periods of the day where I have no symptoms at all and others where my only symptom is tinnitus.
My kids know that they had COVID and they understand that they were sick for an unusually long time because of it. Yet 2 of my kids have recently protested that they "don't care if they get COVID again!" when reminded that they need to keep their distance from their friends.
Now imagine a classroom full of 30 kids who "don't care if they get COVID" because they just want to play with their friends like normal. How is one teacher supposed to stay on top of every interaction all day long to keep kids safe?
Small class sizes aren't just about the physical space needed to distance; they're also necessary if one adult is going to effectively monitor and enforce distancing, mask wearing, and proper hygiene. #SafeSeptember #CovidandKids
Update Day 150 (!!!!): This one's a bit of a mixed bag. Let me start with the good news. My husband and Kid 2 are asymptomatic and have been for a couple of weeks. Kid 2's energy is back and then some.
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#COVID19 #CovidLonghaul #LongHauler #ApresJ120 #CovidandKids
Kid 1's only symptom is a swollen lymph node in her chest that has been stubbornly hanging on for weeks now. We took her to the osteo yesterday and by working on her neck and shoulder, the osteo managed to bring it down in size, but the bump still bothering Kid 1.
Kid 3 got a steroid inhaler four weeks ago. After a week of using it, she had 8 blissful cough-free days. Then the cough came back. We now seem to be in a holding pattern, with 2-3 days of coughing, followed by 2-3 days without. Still waiting on the respirologist.
It's important that the conversation about re-opening schools and the plan to do so be based on actual facts, not magical thinking. The reality is that kids CAN get sick; kids DO get sick; and some kids get SERIOUSLY sick or remain sick for a LONG TIME. ctvnews.ca/health/parents…
In that respect, the comments of Dr. Anna Banerji in this article are deeply disappointing, verging on irresponsible. She says cases of kids with chronic symptoms are extremely rare. How does she know? What data is she pointing to? What surveys or tests have been done?
I remember back at the beginning of July when I did a radio interview & the doc who followed me on air also said that the vast majority of ppl who got COVID-19 recover in two weeks or less and that this issue of chronic symptoms was not really an issue.
