It was the first day
of my straight night shift. I had an afternoon nap and felt a little
warm on my waking up. The condition had worsen through my shift and I had a
feeling that I had caught it. It sucks as I had a streak of shifts pending to
be done. I did not take any medication and waited until the passover. I told my colleague
that I needed a PCR as I am not feeling well. The next 40 mins of waiting was a
pain in the axx. I called up Ving that I might be positive and might need to go to the
shelter to protect them. She was worried but nothing much could be done.
The result came
out as expected and I had called up our infectious controller; she told me that
I could only be placed in a shelter when the authority started to process my
data; it could take 1 day or more. So I given up the idea and told Ving that I
would be quarantine in Xian’s room on the 3rd floor for the rest of the period.
I had started myself on Paxlovid and taken the medicaiton before I driven home.
When I finally hit the
house, I had sprayed a load of alcohol on my body before I headed to the bathroom
for shower.
After sanitizing
the bathroom, I retreated to Xian’s room. My whole body sore despite of taking
paracetamol. I dipped into dreamland after taking some NSAID. The sleep was poor and I had awaken from time to time.
I was not febrile
however the body ache and headache was irritating. I did not get better despite
of taking the antiviral regimen; instead the mouth bitterness was very
disturbing.
I spent most of
the time helplessly on the bed, unable to do anything during the first 2 days. I
sealed my balcony by using plastic trash bag; I transformed it into a temporary
toilet/bathing place. As Xian’s room did not have a bathroom attached to it, I had
intended to leave the room as least as possible. The urinal, bucket, water
dipper , balcony had become part of my bathroom the next few days.
I had suffered
from most of the symptom described and the medication had only partially work.
Soreness was the
most annoying symptom that affected me. I was disturbed by nasal congestion,
bloating leading to poor sleep in the night. Sorethroat was noted but
tolerable. However the mouth bitterness from Paxlovid was like thorn in the
back.
My symptom had
markedly improved on D3 though and I had referred to my infectious controller about
early return to job. I followed the protocol and two antigen rapid test swab
was done on D4 and D5. The back to back negative test had allowed me to return
to work on D6. I was 5 shifts short due to the quarantine order.
Catching up the
shortage was problem but yet the sequelae from covid19 was the most horrifying part.
I had problem
climbing to 3rd floor; persistent bloating was noted from time to time. Insomnia
was noted and I constantly waking up at 3am in the middle of the night.
Long way to
recovery….
But I still praise
the great one, Ving and Xian were not infected. I had a high CT value when I
was tested; I was not infectious when I left for my night shift. I had
refrained from using the bathroom and only countable time that I left the room.
All those factors are vitals leading to a successful isolation.
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