Crochet and covid...

But not necessarily in that order.

Woke during the night and for a second couldn't think what was wrong.  Then it hit me.  My throat was on fire!  Think intense burning and feeling like swallowing broken glass with a throat shredded by a thousand paper cuts.  Absolutely agony!  My left eye was streaming, my nose was running and I coughed till I gave myself a headache.  I began to wonder if this might be more than a cold.

I decided to do a covid test just after 8am as I had my pelvic physio appointment at the Woman's Health Unit at PRI at midday.  Apart from not feeling well enough to attend, I wanted to avoid the risk of passing it on to the physio, plus the WHU is within the maternity unit at PRI and there can be mums with newborns , so again I didn't want to risk it.  Took the test and within seconds the line appeared.   Great.

Messaged Ele, Gail and Nikki to let them know and because I had a  coughing fit every time I tried to speak, D phoned to cancel my physio appointment.  They gave him a new date in two weeks time which is great.  I thought it would take longer.

Finally got out of bed at 11.30am and got showered.  The steam helped my cough a little bit.  D made lunch and I've basically spent the whole day sitting with my feet up and in-between sleeping, constantly blowing my nose.  It's weird as only the left side of me is affected.  My left eye is watering constantly, left nostril running like a burn and left side or my throat sorer than the right.  Also feeling hot one minute and cold the next.   Hoping when I wake up tomorrow I will be over the worst of it.  Certainly don't want to have another night with that throat!

Thought I might manage some crochet at one point but with only one working eye it defeated me.

On the plus side, D has tested negative and I still have my sense of taste :-))

Esme and Orla