Thread 25 - Covid Cohort - Christmas Trees, No Omicron Please!

In theory DD has a LFT slot in school at 11 am for a Wednesday start, in practice of course she won't go. She has a counselling session on Friday morning so she'll test at home before that, I guess.

DD2 (y12) is doing the LFT tomorrow and starting school proper on Thursday.

Just did DS's day 6 LFT - still a strong positive 😫 I was hoping he'd get away with only missing one day of school. Still no symptoms though.

Please don't ever apologise cariad or anyone else for posting of woes. We all have them. Just in different ways. Hope you get answers on Wednesday.

Belated birthday wishes to @Alsoplayspiccolo and @mummyinbeds DS and advance birthday wishes to mummyinbeds herself!

Sorry to hear of your worries with DS’s health @cariadambyth. I hope his appointment will bring clarity for you.

No mocks until late Feb here. DS doing nothing at all study wise 😬

Most of our decs came down yesterday. Still the real tree and one set of twinkly lights in the living room to go which will probably be done today or maybe tomorrow.

@cariadambyth I’m sorry to hear about your worries with DS. Thing thing about heart issues is (I) the key is to catch any problem before an acute episode and (ii) hearts are very fixable, so for both reasons it is great that anybpotential problem has been flagged. It may also, of course be nothing. Fingers crossed!

I have just sat down with DS and made pro-con lists for his three uk university choices. It is really difficult, not least because they have effectively the same offers. I need @Piggywaspushed to give me a slap because I am worrying that he has come out with the most prestigious and best uni (4th best in the world for his subject) (Southampton) at the bottom and the post-1992 (Plymouth) at the top, with the other RG (Cardiff) in second.

My main concern about ditching Southampton is that they interviewed him and really liked him, so if things go badly with eg TAGs they would take him anyway I think. The other two don’t know him at all. Hmmmm.

Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes yesterday, and a very happy New Year to you all.
I have been steadily improving since Jan 1st, so managed to enjoy a birthday dinner and cake, cooked by DH, with a glass of fizz and a film last night, and was very spoilt with presents.
Hoping to test negative today and tomorrow, so that I can come out of isolation, but the fatigue is proving harder to get over.

I hope your DS managed to enjoy his birthday too, mummyinbeds.

Sorry to hear of your worries, cariad. Nothing worse than worrying about your children, I know.
I was packed off to the cardiology department some years ago, after a concerning ECG. My heart rate would suddenly jump up to 130 bpm for hours at a time. I ended up in a&e on a drip, various scans and x rays and a referral to cardiology. There, I had a full heart scan and 24 hour monitor, which picked up my high heart rate but found no physical cause. It was suggested by one of the medics I saw that, anecdotally, it seemed to be something women of a certain age suffered from.
Obviously, that’s not relevant to your DS, but hopefully anything found on the ECG has a benign cause 🤞🏻 It’s good that it’s being looked at further and promptly.

Thank again everyone, this place really is a little sanctuary for me today.
Sorry others are stressed too - and sorry others are not! It’s funny how all dc are so different, even within families.
@Zebracat, I’ll look for that book, thanks. I know my Dh is worried too but he seems to have no trouble sleeping!
Dd is going to a friend’s to revise this afternoon but I hope they don’t bother working and just go for a walk or watch a film together.

DS's school goes back Thurs with timed LFT slots in the hall. DD's goes back Weds they have been told to do one on Tues night and one on Weds morning before coming in. Her GCSE mocks start Weds too so it's all a bit stressy.

Our school is doing timed lfts for yrs 11 and 13 tomorrow and rest of school on Wednesday. Everyone back in on Thursday if well.

@cariadambyth I hope all goes well with your DS’s appointment and that DD manages to get some control over her stresses, it certainly doesn’t help when they have friends who seem to take it all in their stride. You must be feeling awful with worry.

I’ve taken all the decks down except the tiny outside tree, mainly because I’m too tired to face going outside to do it. Currently having a coffee and stealing the last of the mini chocolates while wondering why DS is doing a jigsaw instead of revising for his History on Thursday…

@cariadambyth Take care of yourself too. Fingers crossed for you.

DD's school doing timed entry for LFT. She's 10:50 so pretty happy.

We're all stressed about mocks, Chemistry is proving a bit of a challenge and for her confidence she needs a solid mark. Even her school report said her confidence was a worry, which I didn't think was terribly helpful! She knows the content (her teacher says), but is suffering brain freeze in tests.

@Piggywaspushed . The school are asking that they do an LFT in the 12 hours before they return. But thePCR is on its way now, so we will wait for that. I think by the time it comes back, she would be free of it anyway, but I do see that we need to do it now we have asked for it. @cariadambyth sorry for your bad night. It seems like it’s our job to worry about everyone. I’m just reading Deborah Levy - The Cost of Living. Thought provoking on Women’s role in the family.

@cariadambyth Being a fit and healthy young man will mean he's in the best starting place if any medical intervention is needed, hopefully they are just being extra cautious.

DS is of the laid back variety. He's just asked me "what day do I go back to school?".

Sorry to hear about your worries @cariadambyth. One of the reasons dd moved for sixth form was that the environment at her highly selective girls school made her feel so stressed. Like your dd she had super clever friends (her 3 best friends all got straight 9s) plus they all worked so hard and the stressy atmosphere was contagious. I hope your dd can find some peace. It’s so difficult for them, especially with all the exam uncertainty.

Hope all goes well with DS cariad and that you get some answers.

Sorry for everyone who's poorly, undergoing tests etc.

Our decorations will be down today. DH birthday is on 12th night so always have them down for that. He's back at work tomorrow. DD isn't back to school until next Monday, but has to go in for LFT on Thursday. She's back from her break with boyfriend's family tonight, so back to studying for her tomorrow.

DS is off to spend a few days with his girlfriend tomorrow before returning to uni next Sunday, so it's all change here.

All seems to be in limbo here - uni offers received, mocks not til after half term, parents evening in March. One offer holder day booked, but can't see them happening in person. Had a letter from school giving all the dates for study leave, last day at school, graduation evening and ball. Can't help wondering whether any of it will happen.....

I know I’m anxious, your kindness has made me well up! Thank you x

Hope that the appointment on weds goes well, @cariadambyth: this is always a safe space to share worries so please don’t apologise and keep us updated. Ds is one of those boys who puts himself under a lot of pressure: we’ve found having a really clear timetable so he can feel he’s achieved and ticked things off that really helps.

Decs coming down today here: too much hassle to dismantle everything on a work day!

Thanks lovely ladies, it’s all a bit unexpected with DS to be honest. He had a neurology appointment a couple of weeks ago and the dr asked for an ECG which showed up some irregularities so we’ve been referred to cardiology. I have no real idea of what might happen on Wednesday or how long before we hear any news. The irony is he’s really fit and healthy and is currently in David Lloyd swimming and playing badminton, thanks to his friend’s guest pass.
Dd struggles with having incredibly high achieving (but lovely) friends so always feels inferior. I don’t think the uncertainty of life is helping her either.
@Monkey2001all year round twinkly lights might be there way to go here, I think that’s a fab’ plan.

Belated birthday wishes to Piccolo and Mummyinbed’s DS

Sorry to hear that cariadambyth, fingers crossed for the appointment on Wednesday. It’s horrible when your Dc are unwell 💐

I have a Eufy, she hasn’t been coping well with Christmas and is not a fan of lametta which I had this year as a nod to my childhood.Full house here and DD’s partner coming today as her birthday tomorrow. DS was due back for 4pm tomorrow but wondering if he will now have to go back earlier for LFT seeing today’s news about the on-site testing.

Our indoor fairy lights stayed up all year for 2021 because DH kept asking me not to take them down! DS1 not back at university until 15th Jan, DS2 has the extra day off for platinum jubilee tomorrow, so 2 more days until we move out of Christmas mode here.

@cariadambyth sorry to hear you are having a hard time, so many girls seem to get very stressed by striving for perfection! Lots of us wish our boys would pull their finger out and take their work more seriously, but I think it is more worrying when you have DC, usually girls, who push themselves until they are ill. Hope you get good news on Wednesday if it is the sort of thing where you get news quickly.

Don’t be sorry cariadambyth, sounds like tough times for your two. I hope the appt on weds results in positive options for him.

Everyone is still asleep here so I’ve just been pottering about taking the decorations down but will leave the little nativity until 12th night. I’m now having a quiet cuppa whilst watching ‘The Railway Children’. Annoyingly I couldn’t sleep last night so was awake until 3, why does everything seem so much worse at night?? Dd is so stressed about mocks etc, she’s given herself a rash and is on steroid cream to try to calm it and DS still has ongoing health rumbles and we’re off to a cardiology appointment with him on Wednesday. Eugh 😩. Sorry for such a self indulgent post, hope all is well in your houses 💐