My Case of Covid: An Update

To my most amazing followers and everyone who has landed on my page in the last few days: Thank you for all of the well wishes, sweet messages, prayers and love. My post about contracting Covid received a rather unexpected yet enormous response, so naturally I felt an update was in order. 

FAQ

Disclaimer: Although it is seemingly ever-popular to spew fiction, falsehoods, and conspiracies, I still believe in good ol’ fashion honesty. The truth. That is what you will get below.

What vaccine did I get?

MODERNA

When did I get them? 

APRIL AND MAY

Was I paid to do my interview with Dr. Fauci?

NO

Was I paid for my most recent post about contracting Covid? 

NO

Am I really sick?

YES

ON DAY TWO OF NOT FEELING WELL I GOT A RAPID ANTIGEN TEST AT AN URGENT CARE, IT CAME BACK NEGATIVE. 

ON DAY FOUR OF NOT FEELING WELL I SAW A DOCTOR AND GOT A PCR TEST, IT CAME BACK POSITIVE. 

Did I sign a contract with the devil?

NO

How could I possibly know that I got Covid from an unvaccinated individual? 

EXACT EVENTS:

MY SON (20 YRS OLD, UNVACCINATED) GETS COUGH/COLD DURING 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND WHILE I’M AWAY IN VEGAS. HE COMPLAINS OF NOT FEELING WELL. I GET HOME MONDAY AND JUMP INTO ACTION TO CARE FOR HIM AS HE’S GOTTEN WORSE AND IS IN BED. I’M KEEPING MY DISTANCE BUT AM HIS SOLE CAREGIVER ENTERING HIS ROOM TO BRING HIM FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, ETC. I’M MASKING. WASHING HANDS. SPRAYING LYSOL BUT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT WE TAKE HIM TO GET RAPID ANTIGEN TEST, HE TESTS POSITIVE. 

FRIDAY, THIS IS FIVE DAYS AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO MY SON’S ILLNESS, I FEEL MY FIRST SYMPTOMS. SORE THROAT, FATIGUE. 

SATURDAY, WORSE FATIGUE AND CONGESTION. I GET RAPID ANTIGEN TEST, NEGATIVE. 

BY MONDAY I’M WEAK, ACHY, THERE’S PUSS COMING OUT OF ONE EYE, MY EYELID IS SWOLLEN, I’M EXTREMELY CONGESTED AND CAN BARELY WORK OR TAKE CARE OF HOUSEHOLD DEMANDS. START RUNNING A FEVER AND GO TO BED. MONDAY NIGHT GET PCR TEST.

TUESDAY MORNING, RESULTS SHOW POSITIVE. DOCTOR SAYS IT’S DELTA. 

How do I know I have the Delta variant?

MY DOCTOR SAYS THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS CONCLUDING THAT FULLY VACCINATED PATIENTS CONTRACTING COVID (“BREAKTHROUGH CASES”) HAVE DELTA BECAUSE THIS VARIANT IS AT LEAST FIFTY-PERCENT MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN THE PREVIOUS STRAIN “ALPHA” AND THEREFORE HAS GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF PENETRATING THE VACCINE. IT IS AN ASSUMPTION BUT A UNIVERSAL ONE BY PHYSICIANS AT THE MOMENT.

Why in God’s name would I be encouraging people to get vaccinated if I got vaccinated, wore a mask and still contracted the virus?

THE CDC NEVER PROMISED A FOOLPROOF VACCINE. THE PROMISE WAS THAT THE VACCINE WOULD LIKELY PROTECT US FROM HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH. ALTHOUGH I WAS CAREFUL AROUND MY SON, I WASN’T PARTICULARLY WORRIED BECAUSE I HAD GOTTEN VACCINATED. I PROBABLY GOT TOO CLOSE OR TOO RELAXED BECAUSE IN MY MIND I HAD “PROTECTION” AND THIS FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. LIKE, I’M GOOD – I’M WEARING MY IMAGINARY SUPERHERO CAPE – YOU CAN’T GET ME!

MY EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES ASIDE, LIKE SO MANY OF US, I WAS BADLY ACHING FOR A RETURN TO “NORMAL” AND OUTINGS WITH FRIENDS, AND CONCERTS, AND BALLGAMES, AND COMMUNITY. BECAUSE OF THIS, I WAS GETTING LAZY. I PUT MY GUARD DOWN. I WAS GETTING COMFORTABLE.

IF I HAD TO DO IT AGAIN, I WOULD. I’D TAKE CARE OF AUSTIN. ANY MOTHER WOULD. BUT I WOULD HAVE WORN A HAZMAT SUIT WHILE DOING SO. 

I WOULD ALSO GET VACCINATED AGAIN BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I’M SICK, MY OXYGEN LEVELS ARE FINE. I’M AT HOME IN BED. I’M NOT IN THE HOSPITAL. I’M NOT DYING.

THINK ABOUT THIS: YES, THERE ARE BREAKTHROUGH CASES AND THAT ABSOLUTELY SUCKS, BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO MEASURE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AROUND VACCINATED RIGHT NOW REPELLING THE VIRUS BECAUSE OF THEIR JAB! THERE’S NO WAY TO QUANTIFY THAT BECAUSE IT’S INVISIBLE AND WE CAN’T SEE IT. THERE ARE FAR MORE OF THOSE INSTANCES THAN BREAKTHROUGH CASES!

FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS LEAVING VITRIOLIC, DISGUSTING, HATEFUL MESSAGES ON MY IG ACCOUNT, YOU DON’T BOTHER ME. CLOWN AND SHEEP EMOJI’S DON’T BREAK MY BONES, YA KNOW? BUT YOUR COMMENTS DO SADDEN ME ON A DEEPER LEVEL. 

THE DIVISION IN OUR COUNTRY, THE KNEE-JERK REACTION TO SCREAM LOUDER, HIT HARDER, AND ATTACK AND TROLL AS IF IT’S OUR FIRST NATURE IS DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING. THE MISINFORMATION BEING SPEWED IS INCREDIBLY DISHEARTENING. THE THEORIES ON POPULATION CONTROL ARE ABSOLUTELY ASANINE.

BUT I GOTTA SAY, AND THIS MIGHT START A WHOLE OTHER FIRESTORM BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, I FIND IT PARTICULARLY UNNERVING TO CLICK ON THE IG PROFILES RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE MEANEST COMMENTS TO ME AND LEARN THAT THE ATTACKS ARE OFTEN COMING FROM A “CHRIST-LOVING MOM OF TWO” OR “MRS. JONES, I AM GOD’S CHILD” OR “MY NAME IS JENNY AND ALL THE GLORY TO GOD.” IS THIS AGGRESSIVE MOCKERY-LIKE ASSUALT ON ME WHAT YOUR CHURCH TEACHES YOU? WHAT YOUR GOD WOULD EXPECT FROM YOU?  DID MY CAPTION AND WARNING THAT THE PANDEMIC ISN’T OVER YET DESERVE THE VERBAL BEATING YOU SO BADLY WANTED TO GIVE ME? (TO MY KIND, COMPASSIONATE, REASONABLE CHRISTIAN FRIENDS I AM NOT TALKING TO YOU.)

AND, WHY IS THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR USUALLY SYNONYMOUS WITH A PICTURE OF THE AMERICAN FLAG TODAY? PRETTY SURE THE DEATH THREATS I’VE GOTTEN FOR SIMPLY STATING THE ACTUAL FACTS OF MY CONDITION, WHILE TRYING TO REMIND EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE SO THEY DON’T GET SICK, CAME FROM ACCOUNTS WITH AMERICAN FLAG EMOJIS IN THE PROFILE. IS THAT TO SAY THIS IS THE AMERICA WE HAVE BECOME? WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU TRYING TO SEND?  DO YOU ACTUALLY CONSIDER THIS ALL-OUT WAR? US VERSUS THEM UNTIL THE DEATH?

SEVERAL FOLKS WERE QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT I WAS “BLAMING THE UNVACCINATED” AND “POINTING FINGERS AT THE UNVACCINATED” IN MY CAPTION AND WORDS. LISTEN, THIS WAS RELEVANT TO THE STORY OF HOW I CONTRACTED MY CASE. 

DO I THINK I WOULD BE IN THIS SITUATION HAD MY SON GOTTEN VAXX’D? PROBABLY NOT, BUT WHO KNOWS? DO I WISH HE WOULD GET VACCINATED LIKE MY OTHER SON? YES. BUT EVEN IN MY HOME, UNDER THE SAME ROOF, WE HAVE DIFFERING BELIEFS AND STILL LOVE ONE ANOTHER DEEPLY. I’M NOT KICKING HIM OUT OR LASHING OUT OR MAD AT HIM FOR HIS CHOICE EVEN THOUGH IT HAD A DIRECT NEGATIVE AFFECT ON ME. AND HE DOESN’T MIND THAT I’M SHARING OUR STORY PUBLICLY. WE BOTH HAVE A RIGHT TO OUR INDIVIDUAL CHOICES AND ALTHOUGH HE DOESN’T SUPPORT MY CHOICE TO GET THE VACCINE, HE DOESN’T MOCK ME OR BRUTALIZE ME OR KICK ME WHEN I’M DOWN.

I GUESS WHAT I’M GETTING AT IS, HASN’T THIS GONE TOO FAR? THE CYBER BULLYING? THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN HUMANITY TODAY? ISN’T IT EXHAUSTING? DON’T YOU FEEL LIKE LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN LAY DOWN YOUR ARMOR AND GIVE IT A REST? IS IT NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE HEALTHY DEBATE RATHER THAN ANNIHILATING EACH OTHER TO THE CORE?

How am I feeling now?

Today, Friday morning, is the best I’ve felt all week. Still in bed, but no fever today. On day five I lost my taste and smell so that’s a downer, but my son is almost 100% better. Thank you to all of you asking about him!

But - we are two. measly. cases.  Just two.

I’ll leave you with this sobering reminder:

There have been 189 million cases of covid worldwide. 

There have been almost 4.1 million deaths from covid worldwide.

And this, sadly, is not The End. 

Stay safe out there, everyone. And try to be kind to one another. Show a little more compassion than you even think is necessary.

Love,

Catt