Can't Dodge Omicron

We started 2022 off on the wrong foot.  I began to feel pretty sick on New Year's Day with body aches and a sore throat.  I brushed it off as being tired from the night before but by the next day, I really didn't feel well and could barely get out of bed.  I continued to test negative for Covid so I assumed I had the flu and each day got better but still had this fatigue that dragged on for the better part of the week.  I scheduled a PCR test for Saturday to be on the safe side and, sure enough, my results were positive.  I was no match for Omicron!  However, I am glad to have recovered at the beginning of winter and hopefully I can ride out the next ninety days with the antibodies I built up.

Nolan never got it and was able to go to school since he is masked.  Eric never got a positive test result but tested positive for antibodies so our best guess is that he had it the week after Christmas and passed it to me.  Mairin stayed healthy but had to stay home from school for a week since she doesn't wear a mask and Quinn was our one that tested positive from home with minimal symptoms.  She came down with a very brief fever on a Sunday morning and was fine after the fever broke but tested positive and was then quarantined at home until that Friday.

I'm thankful this didn't happen in previous years when the isolation rules were super strict.  Other than preschool and Quinn's extended stay at home, the rest of us were able to go about our lives.  I'm hopeful that these restrictions will continue to lighten as this virus evolves.  Seems silly to put life on hold for so long when you have minimal symptoms (if any at all).

 

                      

Mairin was a good sport and was patient with Quinn and I as we recovered and spent many days at home.