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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVibes, please? ElderGreenKid may have Covid. Cold w headache, no sense of taste, and Bell's Palsey.
Hes still on campus and due to come home Wed. Heres hoping if he does have it, this is the worst of it for him.
Demovictory9
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(72,377 posts)Demsrule86
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(72,377 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,302 posts)Hope it's just a regular, old cold. May he recover quickly.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)hlthe2b
(102,120 posts)My sister (ER nurse) has six-month out "long-hauler syndrome," and is trying to work again but has no stamina at all and chronic headaches.
I hope the course and recovery will be far easier for your son.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)niyad
(113,055 posts)hlthe2b
(102,120 posts)Both mentally and physically--having never had a serious illness prior.
Trueblue Texan
(2,419 posts)And isolate immediately.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)supposed to come home. We may give him the house and find somewhere else for us to go.
Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)Rather than transport it to a new location.
We have quarantine dorms - and reporting to the school is mandatory when students get sick. Make sure he's following all the school rules!
Best of luck - were halfway into a 14 day quarantine.
malaise
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(72,377 posts)jpak
(41,756 posts)I don't know what else to say
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)I dont feel as safe here as I did earlier on in this thing.
jpak
(41,756 posts)They are scared
Hope your kiddo pulls through
2020
Ugh
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)applegrove
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(72,377 posts)mercuryblues
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(72,377 posts)LiberalLoner
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(72,377 posts)MerryBlooms
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(72,377 posts)MissB
(15,803 posts)My youngest (21) had it recently. He lives off campus with two roommates in a house. He isolated in his room for 10 days while his roommates brought him food and drink. He used a bathroom that no one else used.
He had mild symptoms including loss of smell, some mild congestion, headache and dizziness. I sent him a thermometer and an oximeter. His symptoms cycled through quickly, He had strep throat at the same time.
Sorry that he wont be able to be home during thanksgiving. I know how hard it is to deal with this from afar. Id text him each morning and evening to see how he was, and it was still hard to sleep during those ten days.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)kiddo got through it, but what a double whammy to have strep too. Unfair!
yardwork
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(72,377 posts)niyad
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(72,377 posts)milestogo
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(72,377 posts)Greybnk48
(10,162 posts)I hope all goes well.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)mvd
(65,161 posts)That sounds like one of the many regular colds Ive had. I almost always lose my smell/taste with colds. Sending out my thoughts and good vibes. In these days, you can never be too careful.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)rainin
(3,010 posts)is strong and bounces back quickly (and completely)! I worry that our schools are in more trouble than we realize. West Point doctors aren't even testing anymore because all their quarantine space is full so there's no place to put cadets who test positive. Cadets have been given "guidelines" that leadership doesn't follow themselves and WP is still playing football, even though all other intercollegiate sports have been sidelined! That's the only school I'm intimately knowledgable about, but I suspect it's not an exception. Tens of thousands of college kids are heading home to their families. It's impossible to imagine some of these won't be bringing it with them. So scary.
All the best to you. Take care and stay safe. I hope your son has a quick recovery!
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)gademocrat7
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(72,377 posts)barbtries
(28,769 posts)in my opinion, the loss of senses is diagnostic. What will you do when he gets home?
I certainly hope his course is mild, and that somehow the rest of you don't get it.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)barbtries
(28,769 posts)All the best to you all.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)electric_blue68
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(72,377 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,167 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)he can get home if he has to.
denbot
(9,898 posts)LeftInTX
(25,126 posts)I did not know Bell's Palsy was part of this, especially if just having cold symptoms.
My friend's SO had it loss of sense of taste. That was about the worst symptom that he had....
She never got it, despite revealing TMI about their love life...
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Its hard when our kids are sick, no matter their age.
Please keep us posted.