Pair of Colds

[canyonwalker]

Hawk and I are both sick right now. We've got a pair of colds. I'm not sure if one of us brought it home and infected the other (if so, I think she infected me as her symptoms seem to be peaking 1-2 days ahead of mine) or if we got it from the same place— possibly when we dined at a restaurant with a friend on Saturday. The incubation time doesn't seem right for a Saturday infection, though. Hawk had symptoms as early as Sunday evening.

This being the 2020s it's not possible to have cold-like symptoms without having to ask, "CoUlD iT bE cOviD?!?!" Welcome to The New Normal. Hawk took a test a few days ago; the result was negative. This morning we've both taken tests. Results in a few minutes....

Update: *DING* Results are in. Negative for both. Yay, it's just a pair of normal colds. 🤧🤒😵

Update 2: My cold turned out to be a head-fake. Yay, immune system!

Comments

[kjn]

Yeah, we got sick a couple weeks back here. First H (who probably got it at school), then thette, and last me. Covid symptoms, and both H and I tested positive, but not T, despite her even getting a PCR test.

But if you've both tested negative, you're probably in the clear.

[canyonwalker]

I'm glad you're over it now.

Here we didn't expect positive Covid tests. Our symptoms align with common cold symptoms— runny nose, sneezing, productive coughs— without any of the indicators that differentiate Covid. And fortunately my cold is mild so far while Hawk's is moderate. But we took the Covid tests in case our present symptoms are just the start of something worse.