Re: happy 7/4! (fwd)

[Noelle <noelle>]

from Lizzie

 > From: Lizzie <http://www.sbcglobal.net/~l>
 > Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 12:06:23 -0700
 > 
 > Hey Noelle!
 > 
 > Ugh! So sorry to hear about you and Robert. Roger and I contracted Covid in 
 > late April. He went to a comedy show and actually didn’t test positive 
 > until he was a full 24 hours with symptoms. It took me another two days to 
 > test positive, and my symptoms had just started. For both of us it was like 
 > a mild flu with a fever that lasted 2-3 days, lots of mucus that lasted for 
 > weeks, and Roger had a wicked sore throat. R took Paxlovid but when I 
 > checked in with the doctor on call (our primary care physician went on 
 > vacation shortly after she prescribed it for R), he told me that they were 
 > really only prescribing it for people over 65. If I insisted, I could still 
 > get it if I wanted it, but I decided not to, partly because in about 30% of 
 > the cases for those who take it, the symptoms will reappear and they’ll 
 > test positive again, thus initiating another quarantine. We have recovered 
 > and were actually glad to have gotten it over with because we were due to 
 > travel mid-May to New York for Nuala’s graduation from NYU. It was a great 
 > trip. We saw the NY relatives and I’ve been doing some consulting work for 
 > my former boss, the President and CEO of the Getty (President Emeritus now). 
 > He taught a 3-week seminar at NYU on cultural heritage and mass atrocities. 
 > I was basically his t.a.
 > 
 > Do you guys have travel plans this summer once you’re better? I imagine 
 > you are or will be seeing your dad? How is he doing?
 > 
 > Roger hasn’t worked in over six months due to the writer’s strike. We 
 > expected it so prepared for it and have been making the most of our time 
 > off. We got a dog! He’s a rescue, an American Staffordshire Terrier, Pit 
 > Bull, Australian Cattledog and Alaskan Husky mix! He’s about three, was 
 > found tied to a column in an indoor parking garage, underfed, flearidden and 
 > with a skin condition. He’s also blind. He’s super loving to dogs and 
 > people, though tentative at first until he gets to know people, especially 
 > men. Women with dogs he has no problem with. 
 > 
 > I hope you feel better soon! From what I understand having Covid is like 
 > getting a good booster shot so you should be good for a few months!
 > 
 > Lizzie
 > 
 > > On Jul 4, 2023, at 10:21 AM, Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>  wrote:
 > > 
 > > I hope you're enjoying the holiday. We were all set to attend the local 
 > > vegan 7/4 BBQ(apparently it started 23 years ago)BUT
 > > Last week we upgraded to internet fiber added to phone. And phone wasn't 
 > > working right. They sent out a technician. Robert was in the basement with 
 > > the guy figuring out what was going on. Maybe around 30 minutes?
 > > Anyway, Robert started feeling like he had a cold. But then he had a 
 > > fever. I said this is not cold season. I got him to take rapid test Friday 
 > > which was negative. In the wee hours of Saturday morning I felt sort of 
 > > like when I got COVID vaccines. Meanwhile Robert was coughing a lot and 
 > > fatigued. so on Sunday I took rapid test and it was definitely positive, 
 > > then it was Robert's turn and it was definitely positive.
 > > So we've been hunkered down at home. Heather was nice enough to order 
 > > grocery delivery for us. I'm mostly tired but had some bad sneezing, a 
 > > little coughing. But also especially when trying to sleep not quite body 
 > > aches just this strange muscle/nerve sensation it's hard to describe(one 
 > > of my college roommates who lives in Rochester NY and came down with COVID 
 > > multiple times endorsed this sensation that happened to her as well). I 
 > > didn't sleep well for 3 nights, last night was better. I was hoping this 
 > > would help me feel better but not really. The People's CDC website has a 
 > > good guide What to do When you Have COVID and the best thing is pacing 
 > > yourself and take a lot of rest, especially so this could prevent long 
 > > COVID. I took Monday off work and then I'm supposed to have a phone 
 > > meeting on Wed....but my goal is to take the rest of the week off, even if 
 > > I run out of sick days. There is no way I am going to risk long COVID.
 > > Anyway, in the family Signal group we were talking about all of 
 > > this. Robert's sister in VT, Flora, was mentioning feeling sick and I 
 > > urged her to take a rapid test. If I hadn't done this she would not 
 > > have...and she tested positive! She's having a lot of symptoms. Her MD 
 > > prescribed Paxlovid but it wont arrive until tomorrow. She thinks she 
 > > caught it at work at the VA center where they were required to stand 
 > > together in honor of a deceased veteran. Oh well. Tylenol PM has been the 
 > > most helpful drug for me(during day and night)
 > > OK well I should rest.
 > > Noelle
 > > PS I went to a one day yoga retreat at Green Gulch Zen Ctr. in Muir Beach. 
 > > So beautiful there. Anyway, I decided to stay in a hotel the night before. 
 > > I was watching a show on PBS about Loyola Marymount students who were 
 > > doing a famous Bill T. Jones dance
 > > 
 > > https://www.d-mandocumentary.com/about-this-film-project
 > > 
 > > and it was also about the history of this dance...anyway it was really 
 > > good, made me think about Mary.