Well I finally got covid. Managed to avoid it for 2 and a half years, but let’s just say I’m not shocked I got it after being back in school last week. There are no more precautions in place at school, and some parents apparently have learned absolutely nothing from the pandemic. There were multiple kids coughing all over the place.
Maybe their parents tested them and they were negative. Maybe I didn’t get it from the kids coughing, maybe I got it from someone who had no symptoms at all. Who knows. But if your kid is coughing a lot, and doesn’t know how to cough into their elbow (I’ve never met a young kid who is good at it), maybe put a mask on the kid? Wouldn’t that be the considerate thing to do?
I’m kind of pissed today. Partly because I feel like shit, I’m feverish, I’m achy, and I have a nasty cough. And I have to miss the second week of school. But mostly because I can’t help but think if I got covid in 2020 or even 2021, I don’t know if I would have survived it. This is not just a cold. I realize some people get mild symptoms, so maybe for some it feels that way. But I’m no longer immunocompromised, and it’s bad. Imagine if I got it when I was immunocompromised. Going through chemo, or even in the year after treatment when it took so long for me to feel halfway decent again. I don’t know how well I would have fought it off.
I think about the people who are immunocompromised now. Cancer, chronic illness, whatever the reason. People who can’t afford to get covid because they have upcoming surgeries or procedures. Or people who literally can’t afford to get covid because they can’t miss a week of work. I feel for all of you.
It feels like everyone has moved on from covid. And I get that. I was SO cautious for so long, and even I am done with masks, done with precautions. I want things to be back to normal too.
But there are plenty of people who can’t move on, for various reasons. They have to stay on high alert, and it’s exhausting.
So this is for all of you who don’t have the luxury of moving on. I see you.
If any of you or your kids have a nasty cough, even if you think it’s just a cold, please test for covid and/or put a mask on, as a favor to others around you. There are many people who would be grateful if you do. ❤️
Sally Kicks Cancer 