I Survived

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COVID, this is a harsh virus. My wife had a doctors appt Oct 15 at the U of U in SLC and afterwards we did some shopping at Costco in SLC. The Costco is where we feel we contracted COVID. We were being cautious wearing our masks and using hand sanitizers. By Oct 24 I was starting to feel bad. By Tuesday my wife was starting to get sick. I made contact with my doctors office Oct 27 as my condition worsened which I knew I would not be able to get in on a walk-in type appt but instead a virtual was set up for when the doctor became available. It only took maybe 2hrs for the doctor to get back with me from that point. After talking with the doctor he felt we had the virus but to confirm it he had to issue a doctors order for the test. We immediately went to the hospital and upon arrival we notified the Dr's office as instructed where they sent down the order by one of their assistants. The test took place at the hospital where we didn't have to leave our vehicle. 2days later Oct 26 the results of the test came in as positive. The CDC then contacted us quarantining us in place and issued dates to be released from quarantine. Both of us being above 65yrs old have pre-existing conditions. With the maintenance program I was on with medications and the way I was feeling I knew I was going to get thru this without hospitalization. My wife's symptoms were different since she has had a muscle disease all of her life. While I was going thru a period of sickness I was weak and had to divert attention to my wife to get her thru this. I took up all of the house chores of what I could so she could also recover at this point. One thing we all hear about is a fever that usually goes with this crud, we never got a fever at all. I think this was a key in our survival without hospitalization. We have a couple of neighbors that helped us thru this supplying some meals and did some grocery shopping for us. That was one thing that hit us hard was loss of appetite, loss of taste & smell, I lost 15lbs and my wife lost only about 5lbs, she doesn't have any fat to lose like I do. I feel I can't seem to thank my neighbors enough for their help. We are over this crud and doing good now. Oh ya, Nov 2 was our 46th anniversary we spent in quarantine peaking with COVID. Recovery will be on going for a while until we can get back to full strength.
My suggestion to all is be very diligent about your surroundings. One doesn't know if they will come in contact with a carrier. We are still susceptible to catching this again & hoping to be in the front lines for the vaccine.