The background is as follows:
I have a mentally and physically disabled adult DS, work full time. DS is usually at a residential care home for much of his time.
We have all been ill this week and have had to keep DS at home with us because of it. DS & I are a little better now & I am back at work.
Work has been very intense lately, I have been working from home, recovering, and managing what is euphemistically termed DS 'personal care' - I had a thread which detailed what that involved and Mumsnet saw fit to put a trigger warning on it, so I won't go into what 'personal care' entails now. Let's just say that managing this, my recovery & my stressful job has been a 'juggle' - DH has been too ill to help out much with this.
I have been longing for the weekend to come when hopefully we would be better, use the respite care for DS to do something fun & we could maybe even have a family treat to make up for the hard week we have all had?
Today though DH has tested Covid positive. I haven't tested myself or DS yet but of course will have to before we go anywhere or meet anyone. As DH is positive we can't put the respite carers at risk so they can't come - DS probably won't be able to go to the care home as planned but will be stuck at home another week. Treats out of the question, I am not sure if I can even get to the supermarket.
I have to face next week being like this one. Added to that, next week is likely to be even more challenging with a lot of extremely sensitive issues & meetings planned. How am I going to manage that with DS at home and DH too ill to help? No family, just an elderly relative I have been neglecting because obviously, I can't go near them right now.
Any insights as to how to keep myself calm & sane?