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very happy to be able to report that the twins are BOTH at home now
we got the update today....report we got is that the boys were kidding around and cutting up as usual
saw a couple of pics of them that were just taken...God is Good
thanks for all the prayers, Zoners

edit: one of my students today had actually talked to the one who was worse on the phone and said he was able to remember a lot of things about how to play his favorite games on XBox...maybe that means motor skills will come back....sure hope so
 
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GVG appears to have successfully navigated the Covid with just a fever. We are guessing the Omi variant with the vaccinations working as planned. I'm still waiting for the hammer to fall but it's been either 4 or 7 days since exposure. 4 if from her and 7 if from the MCB. Got my fingers crossed.

Thank you to all the VNers that tossed some prayers up for her. We appreciate it.
 
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So 4-year-old grandson suddenly lost all appetite, spiked a fever, had a sore throat, and slept all the time, the day after he stayed with us all day. So rapid test today (2 days after symptoms, so early), which was negative, BUT he’s + for influenza A. (Already feeling better.)

Hubs and I were high-fiving for dodging a bullet when it dawned on us that we hadn’t gotten our flu shots, despite having had annual checkups in November. (They didn’t ask us either; grr.)

So off we go for flu shots. Herp derp. 🤪
 
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VolNExile said:
So 4-year-old grandson suddenly lost all appetite, spiked a fever, had a sore throat, and slept all the time, the day after he stayed with us all day. So rapid test today (2 days after symptoms, so early), which was negative, BUT he’s + for influenza A. (Already feeling better.)

Hubs and I were high-fiving for dodging a bullet when it dawned on us that we hadn’t gotten our flu shots, despite having had annual checkups in November. (They didn’t ask us either; grr.)

So off we go for flu shots. Herp derp. 🤪
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so glad he's better -- those little guys beat the hell of us old-as-dirters making comebacks .... keep us posted
ers
 
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VolNExile said:
So 4-year-old grandson suddenly lost all appetite, spiked a fever, had a sore throat, and slept all the time, the day after he stayed with us all day. So rapid test today (2 days after symptoms, so early), which was negative, BUT he’s + for influenza A. (Already feeling better.)

Hubs and I were high-fiving for dodging a bullet when it dawned on us that we hadn’t gotten our flu shots, despite having had annual checkups in November. (They didn’t ask us either; grr.)

So off we go for flu shots. Herp derp. 🤪
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Praying for him
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Middle grandson is +. Exposed at daycare. Folks we are all going to get this one.
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I'm really surprised our youngest grandson hasn't picked it up at daycare (last couple of years) and pre-K (this year with Omicron).
I think you're right that we will all get it.
Edit: The boys basketball team at my school had some positives last week. Omicron is definitely "making its rounds."
 
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I know there’s a lot of “mature” regular posters in this forum and that may be my answer (vulnerable populations and all) but I am curious why vaccinated people are doing so much self testing lately. I understand if you have to have it to fly but just for general informational purposes, what does it really matter unless you’re headed to the ICU? I’m vaxed, boosted, masked, and roosted, and have never thought about home testing even when I have cold and allergy symptoms. What am I missing?
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I know there’s a lot of “mature” regular posters in this forum and that may be my answer (vulnerable populations and all) but I am curious why vaccinated people are doing so much self testing lately. I understand if you have to have it to fly but just for general informational purposes, what does it really matter unless you’re headed to the ICU? I’m vaxed, boosted, masked, and roosted, and have never thought about home testing even when I have cold and allergy symptoms. What am I missing?
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Well, first of all, I'm not doing any self-testing, because there are no home testing kits to be had at the moment in my area. A lot of people are getting tested due to known exposures (day care, etc.)

But if I do become symptomatic, I want to know if I am positive and therefore contagious, so that I don't spread it to my family, to my church, peeps in the grocery store, etc. It's to protect others.

Edit: here follows the tl;dr. My primary reason is ^^^^^.

Also, even though what I've read is that immunity acquired via infection is not as strong/ long-lasting as immunity via vaccination (begging that we don't all start arguing on this), if I knew that I had a proven case of Covid, I could use that date of infection as a "shouldn't need a booster until X months later", or whatever the guidance is at that point. So for instance, first vacc Jan 25 2021, second vacc Feb 15 2021, booster Oct 1 2021 (8 months later.) If (spitballing the number here) research shows that the booster effectiveness wears off 6 months later, and they recommend another booster (would be April 2022), but I had test-proven Covid in March 2022, I might postpone another booster for X months. If this happened, it would be entertaining to spring this on my poor doc to let him figure it out.

In the end, I'd go with the published guidance. Since we just don't have decent data and easy testing for cellular immunity (the kind that keeps you out of the hospital), I doubt that trying to fine-tune individual cases is very helpful.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I know there’s a lot of “mature” regular posters in this forum and that may be my answer (vulnerable populations and all) but I am curious why vaccinated people are doing so much self testing lately. I understand if you have to have it to fly but just for general informational purposes, what does it really matter unless you’re headed to the ICU? I’m vaxed, boosted, masked, and roosted, and have never thought about home testing even when I have cold and allergy symptoms. What am I missing?
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We didn't home test. GVG is immunocompromised so when she spiked a fever we went and got tested. A full 3rd of our plant is out right now so coming down with the crud, I'm going to make sure I'm not positive. I guess after having 4 employees die in a month last year, I'm going to err on the side of caution.

Now that I answered, why the **** do you care what others do?
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I know there’s a lot of “mature” regular posters in this forum and that may be my answer (vulnerable populations and all) but I am curious why vaccinated people are doing so much self testing lately. I understand if you have to have it to fly but just for general informational purposes, what does it really matter unless you’re headed to the ICU? I’m vaxed, boosted, masked, and roosted, and have never thought about home testing even when I have cold and allergy symptoms. What am I missing?
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I have so many allergy/sinus issues (have for many years), it is difficult to know.
I agree with what Exie said about knowing in order to protect others.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
We didn't home test. GVG is immunocompromised so when she spiked a fever we went and got tested. A full 3rd of our plant is out right now so coming down with the crud, I'm going to make sure I'm not positive. I guess after having 4 employees die in a month last year, I'm going to err on the side of caution.

Now that I answered, why the **** do you care what others do?
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Same. I really think that's what this comes down to: those who will and those who won't.
 
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