I feel like this is just taking the piss now. This will be my 3rd time off. There are 5 of us. I am an nhs key worker. My youngest child developed a cough on 17th March which necessitated 2 weeks off work.
Then on 3rd May I developed a cough (sti have the cough!). I was tested the next day and had a negative result. As I only work 3 days, it ended up me not being in for a week as the cough developed on my working days. I offered to work extra days later in the week but it wasn't required. Btw I was well enough physically to work during the cough. I never became unwell.
Tonight my eldest and youngest children have started coughing continuously. Again, both are well. It's just a cough.
So yet again, it involves me being off work.
I'm mortified. I've only been at the trust since last July.
Please tell me I'm just really unlucky? In my team of 10, one has been off once. One has been off twice, and now there is me with three absences. No one else has been off, including those who have families like mine.
I feel like the weakest link. I've asked can I work from home tomorrow (it's possible if others do swaps of work with me) and hopefully I can get both tested first thing tomorrow, and get the result first thing friday so I can work the rest of thtmat day. I luckily have a day off on thursday.