It was an unusual and not pleasant Thanksgiving for us this year.
Linda finally came home from spending two weeks at Tom’s house. Even though our plans were to have just her, Tom, and I here for Thanksgiving dinner (our kids were not going to be coming due to Covid-19 restrictions), Linda still wanted to fix a traditional meal. However, Wednesday afternoon, Linda was not feeling well, complaining of headache, fever, and body aches; typical Covid-19 symptoms. She told me that Tom had not been feeling well when she left him that morning. When she checked in on him, he had gotten even worse.
She did not want to ****** me further to her illness, so she said she was going back over to Tom’s place to look after him and distance herself from me. As the day went on, both got worse. By Thursday morning it was clear that Thanksgiving dinner was not going to happen, and she planned on staying there.
We did a face-time video chat with the kids that evening. Fortunately, Linda chose a place with a blank wall background so the kids couldn’t tell she wasn’t at home. I was surprised that during the nearly hour long chat they did not ask where Tom was and nothing was said about my baby life-style choice. It was just a nice casual conversation. When it was over Linda told me that she and Tom were feeling worse and had spent most of the day sleeping in bed.
I talked to her throughout the day Friday and Saturday morning to see how she was doing. She hadn’t gotten any worse, but Tom had. I told her that I was now showing mild symptoms as well. Saturday night Tom was really bad, and the decision was made to take him to the hospital. Linda decided, thankfully, to come back home since I wasn’t feeling well now, and we could rest and recuperate together.
Tom is still in the hospital and most likely will remain until he recovers. Linda and I haven’t gotten any worse, but also not any better yet.
Please, wear a mask and social distance. This stuff is nasty and not to be ignored!