Feeling really uneasy

[Wyattlove]

Hey guys!

hoping I wouldn’t have to turn here, at least not this soon, but here we are. I’m having trouble making sense of my situation and need to vent.

My five year old has been home with me for two weeks straight. Not going anywhere, and I mean anywhere except for a short walk around the block twice. He got over the flu well over a week ago and has been fine ever since. Today he woke up with a stuffy nose and coughing. Apprehensive but told myself we were ok. Well as of this evening he has more coughing and now the dreaded fever. I am trying not to brick it but honestly, I’m scared.

Here’s the thing. I haven’t been out of the house in 12 days except to pick up a grocery order in the parking lot and sanitized everything when I got home. My husband hasn’t been to work in five days. I just frankly don’t understand where my son picked something up with so much time inside, at home. We currently have 16 confirmed cases in our city. I’m worried.

 

[Izthewiz]

I hope your son feels better.
Cough could be he's still draining.
I'd try to get out of the house we as humans need to be around others as humans we are social.
You can get sick from anything.
Me and my wife clean houses and businesses for a living ask me how many times a day I use hand sanitizer or wash my hands? "Like twice a day!"
Best to get out and enjoy life the virus has been here before you ever knew.

 

[Wyattlove]

Thanks Iz. We are trying our best. Still a fair bit of snow here so going outside is doable just not a whole lot of fun! Hoping for warmer weather soon. Our little guy is definitely sick but we are all taking it one day at a time. Still boggles my mind how he got ill under quarantine.

 

[Cuchculan]

It is very easy to worry over such things. The way times have changed. I think anybody in your shoes would jump to the one conclusion. That is where we are at right. A cough. A sneeze. Our minds jump to the virus. See how you are feeling over the coming days. Now I say that, but if it gets any worse, you can ring a local number I am sure and ask their opinion of what to do. Each city would or should have a number to call. They will no doubt ask a few questions. I am in Ireland. So we might differ a bit. Serious cases over here only. Tell us to stay at home and monitor ourselves. Which is what I am saying. See how you feel over the next few days. But don't let it get too bad. You will know yourself how you are feeling.

 

[Wyattlove]

Thank you Cuchculan. I appreciate the advice. We are doing pretty much as you stated and trying to stay calm. The best way for me to do that is to continue to believe that it's just a cold until it's not. Naturally, given these uneasy times, it's fair to say that your mind naturally goes to one possible option when your child is ill. What's helping me at the moment is knowing I have been in this sick child scenario SO many times over the last three years (we have three kids under 7) and I'm doing everything I can, like always, to mitigate the risk as much as possible (which, as anyone with small children knows is nearly impossible!).