My whole household has covid

[Grannypants55]

We lost my dad a couple of weeks ago due to covid. Now my whole household has it, me included. Feel like we need to air the house & give it a good spring clean, but we've hardly got the energy to get dressed or make a cup of tea.
There's nothing anybody can do or say, I probably just need to off load, as I already have done to friends & family. I know the answer is to just push myself to do the basics, but its just so hard

So sorry for your loss OP. I'm sure your friends and family would be willing to hear what you need to offload, if not you can speak to us.

As others have said, try to open a window when you pass it. If you have cleaning wipes you may be able to do little bits of cleaning as you go e.g. wipe one small kitchen surface before/after you use it, hold a wipe as you go upstairs to wipe the banister, while you sit on the loo wipe around the taps and basin etc. Try not to worry about the house being a mess, when you're feeling better you can have a big clean and look forward to tidyness.

Listen to your body and rest as much as you can, don't push or rush anything. Do you have spare bedding you can swap over bit by bit? As in swap a pillow case, rest, take off duvet cover, rest. It may help if you can freshen up small amounts, even if you can't muster the energy to wash it all.

thanks @daybath

I'm so sorry to hear what you're going through. Open the windows a bit a sleep a lot. I have young (well much younger than me not that that's hard!) friends who have been laid low since way before Christmas.

We all need to be kind to ourselves and other people x

So sorry. Covid is horrendous especially when the whole family gets it.

Forget about cleaning and airing the house, just rest and muddle through the best you can.

We have all just had it - don’t worry about the state of the house; nobody is going to visit are they? Concentrate on resting and getting better.

Fresh air seems to help; can you open the windows a bit? Go out in the garden for a few minutes if you have one and feel up to it? I found standing outside in the fresh air made me feel a bit better for some reason.

Sorry about your dad too. That would be a sad loss at the best of times.

Sorry to hear about losing your father.

Don't worry about cleaning anything right now. See if you can get some ready made meals dropped off and open a window when you can.

My DSis and her family all have it right now too.

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Sorry to hear about your dad ..... rest up and leave the house you need to be better physically and mentally xxx

@ScienceSensibility

Don’t even think about cleaning the house beyond the necessary for bathroom hygiene.

Just rest and recover.

This.

Sorry about your dad.

So, so sorry about your dad OP. I had Covid the other week, and remember thinking 'God, I need to get a washing on!' (single parent here). Honestly though, overdoing things can end up making you feel far worse.
Rest up and take care x

Sorry about your dad

All you need to do is open windows for ventilation because you can't go outside (put heating on too if needed and you can afford it).

Snuggle down with duvet, drink plenty and watch tv.

You all have it so no amount of cleaning can prevent anything and it's not necessary when ill and you need to be resting

Please just rest.. dust is good protection for furniture, it’s so important for your body to recover, hope youre better soon

Just do what you can and ignore the rest. When we both had it we didn't even feel bothered/able to do food. I can't remember how many days we didn't eat for, we were just taking bottles of water to bed and drinking and nothing else.
Sorry about your Dad.

I’m so sorry for your loss.

Our whole household had Covid too. We didn’t lose anybody. But I did the bare minimum for three weeks as I could barely move. Dd still really unwell.

Preserve your strength you will need it.

Sorry to hear about your Dad.

Definitely try to let in some fresh air at least a couple of times a day. We've done that in the last couple of years if one of us is ill and it seems to help.

Also, maybe try Lucozade if you don't feel up to eating much. It's a bit yuck, but my DM used to swear by it for any kind of illness.

OP I'm so sorry about your dad

As the others say rest, don't be afraid to ask local volunteers for help, open the windows for a bit every day and eat very easy things. Forget the cleaning unless of course its something utterly unhygienic that can't wait.

I am fairly sure I had it in April and I tried to push myself through it to look after everyone... It did not work, DP took over and sent me to bed where I stayed for at least 3 days except for venturing to the toilet which then seemed to take an hour to recover from. I should have given in and gone to bed and stayed there at the start.

Hope you all feel better soon.