guidance for isolating children - help please

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uuurgh, its still out there!

DSD has been sent home from school due to her best friend /classmate testing positive for Covid today, am due to collect her Friday along with her brother for half term but she is now isolating.

Am I being unreasonable to say on this occasion she has to continue to isolate at her mums only as I've got a day case hospital procedure next week and then an actual op the following week .... I've waited months for these dates and also havn't had covid so don't want to a) put myself at risk b) cancel the op c) not so important but DH has also booked AL to look after me d) also have another vulnerable adult that lives with us/I care for although has had both vaccines

What are the current guidelines re isolating? Or am I being too cautious because I don't want to cancel my proedure / ops?

No, I think you are being very wise.

It's just common sense not to potentially spread it to a second household if she has a chance of testing positive. I would certainly say she should stay at her mum's for the period of isolation.

I don’t think you’re being too cautious at all but I can certainly envisage why it might cause issues for your dsd’s mum. She doesn’t have to isolate and might be up shit creek re:work.

That said I think medical procedures trump work at the moment. You could be waiting god knows how long if you can’t keep that date so I think you’re right to do everything possible to protect it. What does your DH think?

we do have 50/50 care & DSD is old enough to be left home alone (15) but will also offer to swap a week to make it up.

DH is supporting my need to get these ops out the way (first one was in March) and keep to the schedule as it's been a long wait, although not life-threatening, it is to help manage life-long condition and would be nice to think by the summer I am fully recovered and as well as I can be, especially as I have continued to wfh since last March to continue helping protect me while I am undergoing treatment, but we both know his ex may not think the same and will have a strop (although we extra days when she had covid so she could recover and isolate/minimise passing it on between the houses)