Today is the one year anniversary of my first Pfizer vaccine… and I am finishing day 5 of my covid quarantine. I have lived the last 2 years in fear of getting sick or spreading this virus. I am in healthcare and I am mentally exhausted. Over the past 2 weeks I have had multiple exposures at my work and in my personal life. Last Monday my boyfriend got sick. He tried to isolate but we live in a 700 sqft apartment. By Wednesday night I had an intense headache that I knew was probably Omicron. I called out of work Thursday and scheduled a PCR covid test. It has since been 5 days and still no test results. I am supposed to return to work tomorrow so I spent hours today searching for a home rapid test. Results: positive. In the time it took me to find a test I have fully completed my quarantine period (per updated CDC guidance). My symptoms were as follows: Day 0- intensive headache, sore throat, cough, SOV, SpO2 93-98%, max fever 99.8 F Day 1- Sore throat, cough, short of breath, body aches, chills, fatigue, max fever 101.8 F, SpO2 89-95% Day 2- Sore throat, cough, stuffy nose, sneezing, max fever 99.5 Day 3- Sneezing,stuffy/runny nose, slight cough Day 4- sneezing, congestion, cough Day 5- residual cough I am grateful to be vaccinated x3. I am a young, active, healthy person with no comorbidities and this was a severe illness for me. Covid guidelines aside, I would have called out sick from work. Things I am worried about: I am returning to work too early because I still have slight symptoms, lack of sick leave, long covid, reinfection with future variants.
January 12, 2022
Si es que usted podría haber hecho algo diferente al principio de la pandemia, que hubiera sido, y por qué? ... Si hubiera podido ir a verla antes de la pandemia, hubiera podido despedirme. Ella era mi madrina, se llamaba C. y murió contagiada de covid, el virus le complicó su epoc y se la llevó este viernes. Hemos tenido días muy duros, 4 de mis 12 familiares han dado positivos para covid, y aun así, tuve que ir a trabajar. Me he sentido asustada cuando viajo en metro, está siempre lleno de gente a todas horas, pero es el medio que debo usar para moverme. Antes de la pandemia viajaba tranquila a mi pueblo ahora no puedo. Hubiera ido a ver a mis familiares, hace mucho no veo a las tías que viven en la finca. Y me siento muy mal porque no pude despedirme de mi madrina. En su misa solo dejaron la foto y las cenizas. Nada más... murió sola en una sala de cuidados paliativos. No tengo más palabras para añadir, me siento muy triste está semana.
April 24, 2021