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Honestly the worst thing that could happen

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Ancfib · 27/07/2021 06:54

I'm so stressed and sad. I've been planning my dds birthday for ages. She has had a tough year, and found covid hard. We are taking her friend out for a fun day and had lots planned. I have a baby who has just started nursery, and the she is now poorly. Which has made my DD have a runny nose. I am an anxious person, and my head is spinning. She is so excited, so excited. And I cant actually believe this is happening today. She is traumatised by covid tests. I would hate to do that to her today, me and her dad and been doing flow tests every day and they are negative. I'm just so paranoid. Its probably just a cold!! Like they happen!! But I cant help but worry. I think I might stay at home with the baby and she go out without me. I'm just so sad and deflated. I was so excited. I have family that are so paranoid about covid which rubs of on me. Everyone around us has been double jabbed, me and oh have our first with our second booked. I just dont know what to do today. I'm just sat in the bathroom writing this because I feel so guilty for feeling anxious. And its raining. Fml.

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PinkLilyPinkRose · 27/07/2021 06:56

I don’t think you need to do a covid test on your daughter for a runny nose. I think you can just continue with your plans for the day.

linerforlife · 27/07/2021 06:58

Your baby having a runny nose doesn't mean she needs a covid test, or that your day is ruined. Carry on with your plans.

Pissinthepottyplease · 27/07/2021 06:59

Does someone in your household have a high temperature, a new cough or list of taste or smell?

MichaelGovesBeard · 27/07/2021 07:01

Just do what you had planned and don’t worry about a runny nose.

Polkadots2021 · 27/07/2021 07:02

@Ancfib

Go out with your daughter and enjoy it all! Colds and other bugs all still exist and always will. She is likely to just have a little cold.

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Ancfib · 27/07/2021 07:04

My baby is slightly warm and she has a cough too :( just done another flow test, I'm clear. I'm breastfeeding my baby so surely if she had it I would have it?!

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SmileyClare · 27/07/2021 07:05

How will you staying at home with the baby ( and letting her go with her dad) helping anything?

Are you sure you're not using this as an excuse not to go because you're anxious generally (and its raining)?

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Ancfib · 27/07/2021 07:05

Only just about 37 her temp

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nc8765 · 27/07/2021 07:05

It's likely to be just a cold.

Go out and enjoy your DDs birthday.

Pissinthepottyplease · 27/07/2021 07:08

@Ancfib

My baby is slightly warm and she has a cough too :( just done another flow test, I'm clear. I'm breastfeeding my baby so surely if she had it I would have it?!

If your baby has a temp and cough then the whole family should already be isolating. But 37c is a normal temp and not considered a fever.

When did the baby start with testable symptoms? You should be isolating from that point and tests only take about 12 hours to get a result at the moment.

orangejuicer · 27/07/2021 07:08

I hope your DC feel better.

Presumably you know this isn't the worst thing that could happen, try to relax a bit so you actually enjoy your day. As PP have said, it may just be a cold.

SmileyClare · 27/07/2021 07:12

Just done another flow test and its negative Since starting the thread? Are you doing the flow tests properly as they take half an hour.

Perhaps take your baby's temperature if you think she's poorly. If she's feeding as usual and alert I would assume she's fine. What do you have planned?

It sounds as though your anxiety and paranoia over covid is what's stopping you going out and enjoying yourself.
Have you been out much at all since lockdown?

MyOtherProfile · 27/07/2021 07:12

This really isn't the worst thing that could happen.

I think, in the nicest possible way, you need to get a grip. You do sound pretty anxious and you don't want to pass this on to your dd do you? So if rain would stop play, or if the baby really is sick and you can't all go then you can use this to help build a bit of resilience in you and dd. You would have to assure her you will go another day, that today can still be a nice day etc.

Having said that, it sounds like you can all still go today but maybe don't build things up quite so much in the future.

TravellingSpoon · 27/07/2021 07:13

37 isn't a temp.

Go and have fun with your DD.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 27/07/2021 07:14

I would be testing with a runny nose as the Delta variant often presents itself like that especially if the baby has a cough and especially as they're at nursery.

It's isn't the end of the world,it really isn't. You can have other days out.

Shouldbedoing · 27/07/2021 07:17

Sorry to be blunt OP when you're anxious already but you don't take an LFT if you have symptoms - Delta has more cold-like symptoms. LFTs are a screening tool. You book a PCR.
The big 3 symptoms- cough, temp, smell, are out of date

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 27/07/2021 07:23

Absolutely correct advice from pp, LF aren't for when you have symptoms. You can do a swab when your daughter is asleep which makes it easier.

Michaelknightsleatherjacket · 27/07/2021 07:26

I wouldn’t take the friend without speaking to the other parent first and explaining the situation.
It’s shit but everything is very changeable right now. Yes colds still exist but I’m sorry to say I would be annoyed by you taking my kid out when your family was unwell. Colds aren’t just colds anymore, they mean days of isolation waiting for pcr tests, colds now stop us visiting elderly relatives/ vulnerable people etc.

Binnaggy · 27/07/2021 07:29

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daphnedoo12 · 27/07/2021 07:29

We're isolating due to being in close contact with my mum and sister who both tested positive for covid.

All negative here, DS1 had a green runny nose. Straight away I assumed oh here comes the symptoms. But it never developed further than that. 119 even agreed he didn't need a test as it wasn't a symptom.

If he was unwell in himself or generally not right I would've tested. Me and DH test regularly and remained negative. DS runny nose stopped after a day!

Michaelknightsleatherjacket · 27/07/2021 07:29

If it was me btw, I’d cancel without question and have the kids do pcr tests. Lateral flows are so so unreliable, and delta variant often presents just like a mild cold.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 27/07/2021 07:31

A runny nose is just a cold

Except it's not any more.

Bananapuppy · 27/07/2021 08:04

Honestly not the worst thing that could happen.

It will be ok either way.

SmileyClare · 27/07/2021 08:07

I suppose think carefully about whether you're having a panic attack and imagining your children have covid symptoms. Do you suffer with anxious thoughts and paranoia or are you being rational. What's changed since last night? Have they both woken up with a runny nose or are you catastrophising?

I wouldn't personally isolate at home if a child was a bit sniffly without a temperature.

If you haven't booked and paid tickets for somewhere, it's not that difficult to postpone a day out for say next week? You should decide fairly promptly because you'll have to let the other child's family know.

Fcuk38 · 27/07/2021 08:10

It’s really not the worst thing that could happen. But anyway you need to get some perspective it’s just a runny nose. Unless there’s any obvious symptoms don’t test.

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