Covid Diagnosis 😢

I thought in this blog that I would start making blogs relating more to mom life then to tell stories from my past. My hopes are that I can still help people with my stories of mom life which are typical things us moms go through daily. This is one of the roughest things I have gone through my whole almost 11 years being a mom. On April 22nd I was diagnosed with Covid-19. This virus let me tell you is no joke. As soon as I knew I was infected my mother in law took my youngest so that I could not risk exposure to him. He doesn't have Covid-19 and I am trying to do everything in my power to keep it that way. While celebrating my dad's birthday, My sister, my fiancé and myself were exposed at one point to someone who had this virus. Only my fiancé and I besides the person who infected us got the virus. My sister thank god was negative for the virus. In this blog I chose to write about each day and my symptoms maybe this can open everyone's eyes to how serious this virus is so that we can all beat Covid-19 and be together again.

Thursday April 22nd

First sign of symptoms started to show up. I am having body ache's, headaches that seem to come and go, sore throat and a stuffy nose. I feel like I am sick with a cold but not as bad as I thought. I took my covid test today and get the results tomorrow but I am about 90% sure that I have Covid-19.

Friday April 23rd

Got my test result's today and it was positive. I was told to quarantine for 2 weeks and I immediately called my work to notify them of my results. My symptoms today are sore throat, body ache's, occasional headache, my nose is now more runny then stuffy and I am starting to cough more. I tried to do something around the house like dishes and got half way done and my energy was all gone so I relaxed the rest of the day.

Saturday April 24th

My throat is still very sore, I am weaker then I have ever been since I was diagnosed. My nose is constantly running I am also sneezing a lot as well as coughing. I have been taking my temperature all day because I have felt like I am having a fever. My temperature has been boarder line fever all day but has not reached a fever. I am still very weak and have not been able to do much today.

Sunday April 25th

Today my symptoms are a little sore throat but I think it is getting better, runny nose and still sneezing, coughing a lot, weak still but I was able to finish the dishes I have been wanting to do for the past couple days. I am able to move around a little more but still get exhausted if I try to do too much. I tried to paint which is a hobby I have loved to do before I even had kids but then I started to get really weak and wanted to just relax. I started to get bad body aches at night but eventually was able to get to sleep.

Monday April 26th

So far today I have no sore throat but my coughing is still really bad. My nose is running still. It seems that during the day I feel ok still weak but then at night I start to feel the body ache's. I have had a lot of sinus pressure in my head today. Towards the end of the night I thought maybe I was losing my taste and smell. We shall see tomorrow.

Tuesday April 27th

I defiantly lost my sense of smell but my taste is still a little bit there. I have had bad sinus pressure all day today. Took a nap because the pressure was so bad in my head. I tried to open the window to let some fresh air in but the sun was so bright and I had a terrible migraine that I had to close the window. So far the only symptoms I had today was bad sinus pressure in my head and loss of smell.. My coughing has been a little bit better today but it is still there.

Wednesday April 28th

I was feeling a lot better today then I have since this whole thing started. I am still really congested in my nose but I am not feeling a lot of pressure. I still can't smell and my taste isn't all the way there. I did have a lot more energy then I have had since I was diagnosed. I was able to do dishes and even cook dinner which is something I haven't done in a while. I am still trying to take it easy and relax so I don't rush getting better and feel worse because of it.

Thursday April 30th

I am still very congested and still not able to fully smell, but later on in the night I was able to smell a little bit. I feel like this has more felt like a bad cold than anything. I know that the symptoms are different for each person and I am thankful and grateful that so far it has just felt like a bad cold. I am still coughing here and there but not nearly as bad as it once was. It is very weird to not be able to smell anything especially when I am cooking something.

Friday April 31st

I am still having the same symptoms as yesterday still congested and not able to fully smell. I can smell a tiny bit but it's not fully there yet. But today Andrew and I were able to cut our grass outside which was extremely needed, but after we were done it felt like we have just got done running a marathon. We were both very out of breath and I felt very tired just using the weedwhacker. I am hoping to soon be able to see my baby and for him to come home because I am getting very depressed and I just want to hug and kiss him and play with him. I know that he has to stay away so that he doesn't get sick but it is still so hard everyday.

Saturday May 1st

I have been feeling about the same but I am more tired then anything. I have been having the urge to clean our house but I am so tired that I can't even think about cleaning even though I want to. More than anything I just feel really tired. I am coughing here and there. I can smell a little but not much.

Sunday May 2nd

I am still feeling really tired. I have been doing nothing but laying around I did take a hour nap today which didn't really make me feel better but I felt like I needed to sleep because of how tired I was and I kept wanting to close my eyes. I feel like my smell is getting better each day but I was coughing a lot at night I think it is because I am trying to get mucus out at this point. 

Monday May 3rd

I was able to clean my bathroom today, but I think I need to work up to getting back 100% and cleaning fully like I am used to. Tomorrow I am going to try to do more so that Giovanni can come back home. I have a lot of things to disinfect before Giovanni comes home but I am trying really hard to get it all done. My symptoms are still the same but I am actually coughing up more mucus today then the day before so I think that I am getting everything out of me which is good. Other than that I feel good. I feel normal I don't really feel sick anymore which is really good.

Tuesday May 4th

I was able to clean and disinfect the whole house, I kept thinking that I want Giovanni home and I was trying to keep that in my head so that I can finish disinfecting the house and I also disinfected all of Giovanni's toys. While I was doing that it made me aware of how much I really should disinfect these toys lol. His toys were absolutely disgusting and they had all kinds of dried liquids. But this whole experience has made me aware how much I should disinfect his toys. I wiped all the toys down that could not be submerged in water with disinfecting wipes, the toys that can be submerged in water I filled the bath tub up with hot water and bleach and I let them sit in the tub for about 10 minutes, I then rinsed them and let them air dry over night. Tomorrow I am going to try and do dishes and maybe some laundry. Just try to get some things done that I wasn't able to do because I was sick.

Wednesday May 5th 

Today I was able to do dishes and most of our laundry. Also I went and picked up Giovanni from my mother in laws house and boy let me tell you it was so nice to be able to finally hug and kiss my baby. I can not wait to get back into a routine since it has been so long since I have had a decent routine. I go back to work on Sunday and I am a little nervous for that but I am ready to be back at work. I am not having any symptoms and I am so happy for that.

Going through Covid was probably one of the hardest things I have ever done. I had to live without my baby for almost 2 weeks, I was stuck in my house with nothing to do but lay around because of how sick I was. As the days followed after my quarantine I felt exhausted and had lots of fatigue.. After talking with one of my coworkers I learned that the road to recovery from covid is a long one. Although I may not be contagious anymore I am still having certain symptoms that cause me to feel like I still have covid. One piece of advice that I would tell you is to be careful what you are doing and who you are around. It is still smart to keep your distance from people and of course wearing a mask. I only hope that soon we won't have to worry about all this and can go back to our normal. I know that is a long road ahead but all we can do is hope and pray.