Good day, Community ❤️

Hello Dear Parents. I want to inform you that I have had little interaction and participation in the platform at the end of May, since I was super busy with the preparations for the first birthday of my firstborn and to start June, the dreaded COVID caught us. They say that the more we run away from it, the more it chases us and when it touches us, it knocks us down. And so it was.

It all started last Wednesday. My husband was still on vacation and my in-laws were visiting at home. It was 7pm and since it's Spring 🌸🌼✨ by that time it was still sunny. We decided to go down to the little park near our house and take the baby for a walk for a while. The little park was alone, which surprised me because of the hour, but we took the opportunity to put Maximiliano on the swing, we rode around the park in the new stroller he got for his birthday until a cold feeling came over me and I said: "It's time to go".

When I got home I started to feel really bad. It was all a matter of seconds: my head and bones started to ache. I took a bath, put on my pajamas, took a paracetamol, changed my baby's clothes and got ready to put him to sleep.

I had a terrible night. I had chills and was in a fever. I knew something was wrong but I never thought it was COVID.

The next morning I felt very tired and sore. Besides, it was time to take our baby to the pediatrician. With all the pain in my body, we took him because he was due for his measles shots and another one that I can't remember right now. Everything was fine at the doctor's office and we rushed home because of my discomfort.

I had a very bad day. From Thursday until today I have not stopped coughing and coughing up phlegm and mucus. There was also sore throat, ear pain, bone pain, joint pain, headache and nasal congestion in addition to the fever.

My husband was taking care of me until Friday afternoon when he also became infected, despite having taken the necessary precautions such as using a mask, putting aside plates and cutlery, disinfecting all the areas where I was and all the objects I touched. Because my husband got infected so quickly, my sister-in-law already assumed it was Covid and suggested we buy a pharmacy antigen test. Now who will be able to defend us?

In spite of my discomfort, I had to get up and start cleaning the house, preparing food for us and the baby, changing diapers, putting on the washing machines and so on. I know well that when you are sick you should rest but I had too much work to do at home and that made me sicker. I did everything little by little and as my illness allowed me to.

My mother-in-law came up on Saturday and did us the favor of dropping off some medicine and an antigen test that detects Covid and Influenza in a single device. I had asked her to buy it "to rule it out" and she took the opportunity to leave us a healthy chicken soup. This soup was the only thing that caused us to eat during Friday and Saturday.

Before performing the antigen test, I read the instructions carefully so as not to make a mistake and avoid the percentage of error due to manipulation. I did it as it was and the result I got according to this test was invalid. But as I was not going to stay like that, I took a picture of the test and consulted with my star doctor, my sister-in-law Klara. She confirmed that I had COVID and I couldn't believe it.

To be on the safe side, she agreed to consult other colleagues and a microbiologist at the clinic where she works, and they confirmed it. Since there was nothing more to do but to follow a specific treatment based on paracetamol, Ibuprofen and Amoxicillin; besides resting, I took it very calmly. We already had Covid, so we tried to take care of our son as carefully as possible, but he got sick too. He spent the early hours of Saturday and Sunday morning with a fever of 39°. I did not attribute this symptom to the COVID, but rather to his vaccinations, which was more likely. But who knows?

On the other hand, I am not in favor of bringing down children's fever abruptly by putting them in bathtubs with water, even if it is lukewarm, and wetting their heads at any time, as some people do. Thermodynamically, I think that this practice is not right because as the baby does not talk, we do not know if his head hurts and wetting it is counterproductive. So I opted to give him room temperature water wipes and Pediatric Paracetamol every 6 hours whenever my son had a fever, I did this under the supervision of my sister-in-law Klara and it was effective. By Sunday afternoon there was no trace of fever so far.

I finished my treatment this week, specifically on Tuesday and my husband on Wednesday. We still have the cough with phlegm and mucus. Although we have had one or two headaches, we feel a little better ❤️‍🩹 Certainly, it was super tedious this situation of being sick at the same time but we did our best to get through it to take care of our baby. Also, I thank God that I could count on the medical opinion of my sister-in-law Klara because she would have been in the emergency room of the health center in the area where we live. It wasn't easy, but it wasn't impossible either.

Although we are still dealing with this virus, I am aware that if I had not been tested, I might have done things completely differently. I mean, I still wear a mask when I have the flu to protect and care for my son. But if I had not known for sure that it was Covid, I would not have worried so much about disinfecting the common areas and objects that I touched. That is why she stressed that it is important to have it done to be sure.

Next Tuesday, my sister-in-law Klara told me to repeat the antigen test at home. So hopefully we can get out of this unfortunate situation and as always, I recommend to all parents not to get complacent thinking that every flu that hits you is just the flu. If you have the opportunity, get your antigen test to rule out any possibility of Covid.