I blogged about my stressful week last Saturday and this is the story. I was a wreck about 2 weeks ago when Ashley tested positive. She started feeling a little under the weather on 1oth March when I saw her switching on the aircond in her room around evening. Usually she would only switched on the aircond just before bed. She told that she was feeling hot and we all thought maybe it’s due to the hot spell we are experiencing now.
Then on the 12th March (Saturday), she told me she was feeling tired after we came back from the park nearby. Later that day, she said she felt warm and her temperature was around 37 to 37 degree C. Gave her an Actifast before bed and she was ok the next morning. She did wake up with some runny nose but it stopped afterwards. Gave her a nasal self test kit and it was negative. Then the next day which was a Monday, she’s fine until the evening when she said her head felt heavy. I quickly got her to do another nasal self test and it showed positive immediately. My heart sank but I was pretty calm. She did another saliva test just to confirm and it showed positive too.
The silly girl was crying and kept saying sorry. I told her it’s not her fault and she doesn’t have to be sorry. She knows how careful we have been all these while. We never go out to the mall or dine out since we came back from Ipoh on 4th February after the Chinese New Year celebration. That was when the cases started to escalate.
I quickly sent her to her to quarantine in her room and began sanitizing the house. Everything was a blur at that time and I couldn’t even think straight. Luckily I have my group of friends who calmed me down and offer all the support I need. Whenever I am not sure of anything, they were there to give me advice. My family was very concerned too and my sisters sent over a care package for Ashley and me.
This is a list of things that I got ready for Ashley during her 7 day quarantine:-
- Cough syrup for dry cough
- Expectorant for phlegmy cough (the phlegm came later)
- Betadine Throat Spray
- Flu meds
- Actifast
- Salt water with lemon juice for gargling throat daily ( 3x a day)
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Probiotics
She was still feeling fine on Day 1 of the quarantine which was on the 14th March. The symptoms started to show on Day 2. She had runny nose, cough, sore throat and low grade fever.
On Day 3 and Day 4, she started to feel lethargic and nauseous. All the other symptoms were reducing. Despite being in quarantine, she was still attending online classes and didn’t really rest. She said she dozed off during some lessons in between.
Day 5, she tested negative on using the nasal self test kit. Then all of a sudden, the runny nose, cough and sore throat went away. She still felt tired and nauseous. On Sunday, she tested again because the school needs to see the test kit before she can return. Her 7-day quarantine ended on Sunday.
She only came out of her room on Monday morning when it was time to school. She misses her dogs very much and kept talking to them.
During her quarantine, she has been asking me to take photos of them and sent to her. She even video called them.
Off to school she goes.
Today is already one week after she is out of quarantine and she still feels nauseous and gets tired easily. I got her the anti-nausea pill from the pharmacy and she feels better after taking it.
