Since COVID-19 started spreading across the world, my husband and I have been doing our best to keep our family healthy and happy. We were pretty good at dodging getting sick this year, but a couple of days before Christmas, I woke up with a headache and a little bit of congestion. I just assumed that it was either allergies or a cold since I have asthma, and it’s very normal for me to feel like that. My symptoms continued all day and never got worse or better, so I didn’t think much of it. We did decide to stay home that day though, just to err on the side of caution.
The next morning I felt about the same as I had the day before. I went about my morning as usual and made my iced coffee that I make every day, but when I sipped my iced coffee, I realized it tasted like water. I kept thinking how it was weird but wondered if it was just watered down. But then I remembered that loss of taste and smell was a classic COVID-199 symptom, so I grabbed an essential oil and tried to smell it, but I couldn’t smell a thing.
I was convinced I had COVID-19
It was complete survival mode
We just had to keep reminding ourselevs that we just had to do whatever we could to get through those few weeks.
Our daughter enjoyed lots of screen time, lots of junk food, and every day was pajama day. She was having a difficult time not seeing any friends or going to school, but we were just glad she was already on winter break so she only technically missed one week. Our son was on a good schedule at the time and is a pretty happy baby, so thankfully he wasn’t affected by our self-quarantine.
It definitely wasn’t the holidays we had expected, but despite being a little bitter about how it all went, we’re grateful that we were able to manage our symptoms from home and our children were happy and healthy. Others aren’t so lucky, and that’s not something we’ll ever take for granted.
