DS has tested positive-now the FEAR!

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DS had a text on Monday due to a weird taste and smell issue. He’s otherwise fine. Just got his results and he’s tested positive! He’s in 6th form.
Since Monday, I’ve kept him and the other 2 DC at home with me. Everyone else is ok.
But now I’m shitting myself a bit... will me and DC and DH definitely get it?? How severe will it be?? Agh. So many questions that obviously no one can answer!
Talk me down please MNers

Down, down, down! Presume no one is vulnerable?

IF any others get symptoms, they'll probably be very mild! Don't worry.

Hope all goes well

He’s in 6th form? Shut him in his room!

You won’t all definitely get it and if you do it will likely be mild. Bearing in mind The most common incubation period is 5-7 days you may have escaped it!

🤚🏼

No, it's not inevitable any of you will get it, but it's a bit late to start thinking about that now!

You should have had him staying in his room, using a separate bathroom if possible if not cleaning it after he's used it

Meals delivered to his room, his own set of plate/cup/glass/utensils etc. Or well washed/dishwasher etc.

It's not too late to do all that now still though.

Obviously up all the hand washing too

Take care!

@DownWhichOfLate

He’s in 6th form? Shut him in his room!

This... He’s old enough to stay out of the way though it maybe too late. Just remember that many people have no symptoms at all, most will have very mild symptoms, you may already have it and not even know it.

Before you panic, think logically.

Over 99% of cases are not fatal. approx 30,000 cases were confirmed in the uk over the last week. Only 120 people were admitted to hospital in that time, so that means only 0.004% of people who caught it in the last week got it bad enough to be admitted. That figure is even lower again for ventilation.

Basically, if you are relatively young and have no underlying conditions, you have more chance of being killed in a car accident going to morrisons than you do dying of covid.

I suggest opening as many windows as you can to reduce the viral load so if you contract it then it is more likely to be mild.

I would also suggest that you increase your Vitamin D intake via tablets, going outside or by Vitamin D rich foods.

If you have more than 1 toilet then DS should use that one - and the rest of the family used another.

No one can answer your questions with any certainly unfortunately OP. But even if you do get it, then more than likely you will be ok. Obviously that isn't guaranteed but it's more than likely. Sorry, I'm not making you feel any better am I? Lol.

Try and relax!

No one vulnerable here. One dc used to get viral asthma but has t been an issue for a couple of years now.
He’s a recluse anyway, always on his computer in his room!

No need to panic, it's not inevitable you will all get it. He would have been infectious before he had symptoms anyway.

However, the one thing that stood out from your post is that you have kept the DC home with you, I'm assuming (hoping) DH stayed home too?

Why did it take 4 days for his results? I'm in northern Ireland and we're getting ours in 24hrs, sometimes just under!

Anyway he's already had it for a minimum of 4 days so he should have been quarantined to his bedroom alone as soon as he needed the test. You could try starting that now as they are most contagious from 3 days before symptoms start to 7-10 days after symptoms begin so there is still a small chance you all haven't caught it.

Oooh the fear ! I hope you all escape it!
Good luck and fingers crossed 🤞

My DS17 had it recently - slightly different situation as he's a student living on campus, but he did come home for the weekend just before he tested positive.

Because we were aware of the risks we were pretty careful - everyone masked in the car, kept our distances at home & kept the house well ventilated. He got over it quickly and DH and I weren't affected.

DH is self employed and works alone outdoors and doesn’t come into contact with anyone so has still been able to work. He’s on his way home soon though to help with the DC. I’m a woman in the edge of her sanity After so long stuck indoors! Pass the wine!

keep calm, for most it is mild.

Calm down. This is almost certainly a very mild illness for your family. Keep it in context. My eldest Was positive. I asked him to be sensible around us but didn’t isolate him. None of the rest of us got it or if we did we were asymptomatic. He was fine, a bit of a headache and one day loss of taste. Not ill enough to even take a paracetamol: most others we know who were positive were the same. It’s the tiniest minority who get really ill and even a tiny minority with long covid

Your DS had symptoms that required a test, yet DH has still been out working? Also, it took 5 days for his results?

What a mess.

You've probably already got it. If you don't have symptoms, I would just assume you're asymptomatic. Still isolate, take precautions etc. but don't worry too much. If none of you is vulnerable it's very unlikely to be a problem.

My husband works in a hospital and he works works with other doctors and nurses who have had it and managed to not infect their families. So it is possible.

He need a to be in his own room though, and if you're lucky to enough to have more than one bathroom then he needs his own bathroom too. Bring his meals to his room. Take everything that he needs into his room.

No one in your home is supposed to leave while you wait for results. Your dh should not have gone to work.

Not everyone in the household will necessarily get it.

DS should stay in his room. If his symptoms are mild hopefully he is not very infectious.

I would also up hygiene to very high levels wiping everything down and very frequent handwashing.

The people most at risk of getting ill (but definitely not necessarily seriously ill) are you and your DH. I would actually social distance from each other, if you can, for the 14 days. If one of you has already caught it by being careful and distancing it doesn't necessarily mean you both will get it.

Remember the vast majority of cases are mild.

I hope your DS is better soon and that the rest of you stay in good health.

@Lindy2

Not everyone in the household will necessarily get it.

DS should stay in his room. If his symptoms are mild hopefully he is not very infectious.

I would also up hygiene to very high levels wiping everything down and very frequent handwashing.

The people most at risk of getting ill (but definitely not necessarily seriously ill) are you and your DH. I would actually social distance from each other, if you can, for the 14 days. If one of you has already caught it by being careful and distancing it doesn't necessarily mean you both will get it.

Remember the vast majority of cases are mild.

I hope your DS is better soon and that the rest of you stay in good health.

It seems to have been easy enough for OP to SD with her DH, given he is out at work.

Your DH should not have been out of the house at all. He may not come into contact with anybody but what if he needs petrol, food, drink, the toilet etc? Presumably he is touching surfaces outside your house. Isolating means just that, unfortunately.

Your husband can’t go to work !
What if he was to have an accident at work and require emergency surgery?! Potentially spreading Covid all over the hospital?
Bloody hell

all posters need to calm down fgs