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Aargh positive lft - how to manage it?

31 replies

GremlinDolphin4 · 26/12/2021 16:37

It’s me and 2dcs at home - dd1 had a positive lft on Xmas eve and as a result we have massively changed our Xmas to just being on our own.

She probably had had sniffles for about 2 days prior to the test and we have been in the house together. She has been wearing a mask when we are together and spent quite a bit of time on her own in her room but joining us for presents, food etc. Other dc and I are triple vaxxed and not CEV. We will keep lfts every day. Is this ok or should she now not be eating with us etc for the rest of the 7 days? Any thoughts?

OP posts:
Glugglejug · 26/12/2021 16:42

She’s got a sniffle. Just reduce your contact with the outside world and relax at home over Christmas. Ffs we are 2 years into this now, are people really wearing masks around the house and asking this question?

GabriellaMontez · 26/12/2021 16:43

How old is she ?

CeeceeBloomingdale · 26/12/2021 16:44

It depends on age. When DD14 had it she mainly stayed in her room through choice, including for meals but we didn’t ask her to, it’s her home, she can come and go as she pleases. DD11 has just had it and was quite poorly. There was no social distancing, she needed me and lots of cuddles. We didn’t wear masks either time. On both occasion no one else in the household caught it.

RoseRedRoseBlue · 26/12/2021 16:44

If you are triple vaxxed AND not CEV what’s the problem? I just don’t understand how people shut loved off for days on end. It’s cruel.

WeRTheOnesWeHaveBeenWaitingFor · 26/12/2021 16:45

Children shouldn’t isolate from their own family. Especially not at Christmas. The psychological impact is likely to be far worse than Covid.

Frazzled2207 · 26/12/2021 16:46

When ds got it we made no effort to separate ourselves. He’s only 6 though.

Sosigsandwich · 26/12/2021 16:46

Thats just being ridiculous, the symptoms match a common cold. Just stay home and crack on together.

SummerInSun · 26/12/2021 16:47

Well she was with you in the lead up to the LFT, so I think at this point either your vaccines will hold or they won't - making her wear a mask or stay separate seems like trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted.

theitgirll · 26/12/2021 16:49

We're all going to get it at some point. You can't shut your child away over Christmas FFS.

scandikate · 26/12/2021 16:50

I personally wouldn't do that. I don't know anyone that is actually isolating from their children.

Original poster
GremlinDolphin4 · 26/12/2021 16:57

Covid-child is 17!

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MissMaple82 · 26/12/2021 17:00

Baffles me how people are still resorting to treating their fanily like lepers!

MissMaple82 · 26/12/2021 17:02

And at bloody Christmas too. I'm actually dusguted, this behaviour is insane

MolkosTeenageAngst · 26/12/2021 17:07

I would just be carrying on as normal. No way I would be expecting anybody to wear a mask in their own home if all fully jabbed and healthy.

Abraxan · 26/12/2021 17:10

When I had covid it was pre vaccines. I didn't isolate within the home. Do and teen did dining want me too. I did spend a fair bit of time in my bedroom, simply as I was ill, but do still shared the same bed. And I watched tv and ate with dh and dd throughout. Neither caught it.

That was ore vaccines. Neither dh nor dd are CV. I am. We've always said we wouldn't isolate from one another.

Davros · 26/12/2021 17:11

DH had a positive LFT yesterday and he is unwell with cold-like symptoms. I am CEV which particularly involves low lung capacity so, yes he has to stay upstairs on his own, I wear a mask if I go up with food etc, I am keeping right out of his way

MoiraNotRuby · 26/12/2021 17:20

When my 16 year old had it, he chose to be in his room and keep his distance when coming down to go into the garden now and then. But we didn't say he had to.

NotSorry · 26/12/2021 17:22

My DD 23 y/o tested positive on Wednesday night. We have carried on as normal other than she is in a separate bedroom and a dedicated bathroom. I’m not segregating her from the rest of us. We have all behind doing LFTs daily as per the gov guidelines. Fingers crossed the rest of us stay negative. The whole family is triple vaccines and are not CV

Cherryblossoms85 · 26/12/2021 17:26

Can't get my head around people even considering doing this to their kids if not CEV. In fact even if you are, at this point you can get it from absolutely anywhere.

Landof · 26/12/2021 17:29

Why masks?! You're probably going to get it either way in my opinion.

Echobelly · 26/12/2021 17:31

I think with younger kids I'm not sure it's worth isolating and it's hard for them - mine are both old enough to stick happily in their rooms to maybe lower chance of others catching it, but not so much younger ones.

Queenoftheashes · 26/12/2021 17:43

Wtf are you doing? My partner isolated in his room purely to try to stop me getting it before Christmas as we’d have had to cancel our plans. But I got it anyway so we did. No idea why you’d bother at this point though there’s no way of saving the festive season and you’re probably already infected.

irritablehead1 · 26/12/2021 17:44

11 year old tested positive on Wed. I think it's barbaric to separate ourselves from him. He would hate it, so would we. He is completely symptomless and we're triple vax. If we get it, so be it - he's a kid! He needs to be with us, not stuck in a room with us passing wafer thin ham under the door

colourfulpuddles · 26/12/2021 17:45

This is ridiculous. Even at 17 she shouldn’t be staying away from you and wearing a mask in her own house.

2389Champ · 26/12/2021 17:46

It’s all about common sense. Do what you feel comfortable with.

I tested positive at the end of November. Doubled vaxxed. DH triple vaxxed with no underlying issues. I suggested moving into the spare room and eating separately etc but his view was we had shared a bed together and cuddled up on the sofa before I even knew I had it so what difference would it make by then? He tested regularly and ironically, didn’t himself become positive until 3 weeks after me.

Both very mild with slight cold symptoms, that’s all.