21 year old son getting tested today for COVID [View all]

[crimycarny]

My son works part-time at FedEx loading and unloading semi’s. They don’t wear masks while working inside the trucks as it would be almost impossible in the conditions (over 100 degree heat, ridiculous pace expected. Try doing bench press and squats continuously for 5 hours in 100+ heat, only one 10 minute break, and you get the idea). FedEx requires they wear masks in the building break rooms, etc, and there is only one loader per semi truck—so I guess they assume it’s safe. They retrofitted all doors so that you can open with your feet.

Anyway, he started coughing 2 days ago and had a headache and very slight fever (99 degrees but he is usually 97). I started him on Cold Eeze zinc lozenges immediately. Today he feels pretty good. temp 98.3, but since there has been more than one person who tested positive at FedEx they want him to get tested.

I’m not really worried about him (knock on wood), but I just don’t want to get sick or my husband. We bought some HEPA air cleaners and have one running in his room and in ours. The good thing is he’s literally never out of his room when home, even before he started feeling sick. Sleeping or playing online games (he goes back to school in the fall). We’ve also been super careful about making sure everyone in our family wears masks when they go out. Now when he leaves his room for anywhere else in the house he wears a mask and uses hand sanitizer before touching anything.

I’ll keep everyone posted. If, God forbid, he tests positive but we (hopefully) remain negative it will tell me if our precautions worked.