DD is 7. She is asthmatic and on quite a high dosage of steroids, under the care of a consultant and received a shielding letter.
Shielding was quite hard - it's just me and dd at home so all that time just us two was intense to say the least. She was definitely lonely, and for that reason really wanted to go back to school. I feel like I had to make a really hard, balanced decision between her physical and mental health about whether she went back to school or not. I did send her back, and I was glad as I can tell just from the week she has been in how much she had missed it, shes got her sparkle back and is the happiest she has been in months.
Tonight though she was a bit breathless and told me it hurts in her chest when she breathes in so I am now terrified this is the start of covid... Logic is telling me that she is fine, she has no cough or temperature. We've been in this situation countless times with her asthma, usually she needs a few puffs on her inhaler and I wouldn't think more of it. Covid has me overthinking though.
I'm so worried she has caught it, and that I made the wrong decision to let her go back to school.