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DH has COVID, 2yo in the house and panicking!

20 replies

DiscoDinoBooBoo · 07/09/2021 10:31

DH has been feeling rough, mostly felt like a cold. Runny nose, sneezing,
Sore throat etc.... started to feel really bad yesterday and test positive on LFT.

Feel really anxious about it as we have a 2yo son, I'm currently testing negative but guessing that I'll contact it too?

DH is upstairs, all windows are open and he has taken supplies to stop him from coming downstairs. We have ordered PCR tests as he is too ill to leave the house.

Has anyone been in this situation? I feel so worried we are all going to get it.

OP posts:
girlmom21 · 07/09/2021 10:37

You'll probably be fine even if you do get it. All he's got are cough and cold symptoms from what you've said - it's not like he's on deaths door.

Unless you or your son are CEV try not to panic too much.

Original poster
DiscoDinoBooBoo · 07/09/2021 10:41

He's feeling really bad today, can barely stand up. It started with cold symptoms but has progressed to being really ill....

It's frightening to see as he is never ill.

OP posts:
Ughmaybenot · 07/09/2021 10:46

At risk of sounding just like my mother, as this was a go to line for her, what’s the point in worrying? If it happens, you can worry about it then, and if it doesn’t, worrying about it beforehand was completely pointless. Easy to say of course.
I’m sorry your husband is so unwell but you’re taking all sensible steps to ensure there is little to no contact between you while he is unwell, and the chances of it making you terribly unwell aren’t high. Just continue to be careful, and I hope your husband feels better soon.

Katya213 · 07/09/2021 12:32

If he has any problems breathing, then seek medical advice but apart from that, I'm sure he will recover fine. Don't panic, a lot of us have been there!

Mum32021 · 07/09/2021 13:28

I had covid my 9 year old had it my 2 year old never got it neither did my dh so there is chance u won't even get it, we didn't isolate away from each other either x

bakingdemon · 07/09/2021 13:30

Are you both double vaxxed? My neighbour had had one jab and got it - she said it was like the worst flu she had ever had, and she felt awful. Her DH had had both jabs and he didn't get it.

Heruka · 07/09/2021 13:33

Being anxious about this is natural, it’s ok to feel this way. Are you double vaxxed? It’s not a given that you will get it but possible. But even so doesn’t mean you’ll experience it the same way as your DH. You and little one could go and stay elsewhere if makes you feel better, since you’ve tested neg? But the risk of your wee one being seriously ill is very low. Hope your DH feels better soon.

WhyOhWhyOhWhyyyy · 07/09/2021 13:34

Are you vaccinated?

What are you most concerned about? Is it that you’ll both be ill and unable to look after DS?

Sounds like you’re doing the right thing keeping your husband away. You may well not even catch it, and if you do you aren’t necessarily going to feel as bad as your husband. Most vaccinated people get a mild illness if anything, sounds like your husband has been unlucky to feel so unwell.

StillCounting123 · 07/09/2021 13:37

I got it first. Spread to pre-teen, then to DH. Thankfully DH got it the day before my isolation ended - a sort of handing the baton over, if you will. We had 4 younger DC and they were all fine.

No need to panic, OP. Being sick and looking after young children is the pits, irrespective of whether the illness is Covid or not.

Pinkspecs · 07/09/2021 13:37

Most people I know who have had it their families didn't catch it, I don't believe it's as contagious as they say.

HungryHippo11 · 07/09/2021 16:30

If you have been vaccinated you are unlikely to be very ill, especially if you are young and female which I assume you are from the fact you have a 2 year old.

In any case, it too late to worry now - if you were going to catch it you already will have and panicking won't make a difference either way.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 07/09/2021 16:43

2 yo is really unlikely to get it badly so that’s something.

Try to keep away from DH if you can. If you do catch it, hopefully he’ll be better by then and you can leave him to the child care.

Northernsoullover · 07/09/2021 16:45

@Pinkspecs

Most people I know who have had it their families didn't catch it, I don't believe it's as contagious as they say.
Well aren't you the expert? We know it's extremely contagious but some people indeed avoid it.
Stuffin · 07/09/2021 16:48

Never caught it from my symptomatic DH despite no social distancing e.g. shared bedroom etc.

It isn't guaranteed anyone else will get it and even if they did have you considered that you may not get any symptoms as a lot of people are asymptomatic.

AdoraBell · 07/09/2021 16:52

Fingers crossed he gets over it quickly.

HopeYourHighHorseBucks · 07/09/2021 16:55

Try not to panic. I tested positive for covid and so did my 16month old. If it werent for me testing positive (and then testing the household) I wouldn't have known DC had it. They had one night over the weekend where they woke with a bit of a temp but calpol sorted it and i haven't had to give any more medication since.

RainbowTurd · 07/09/2021 16:59

Currently me and DD 3 years old have it. I've been double jabbed and feel rough she was a little poorly but fine now. Other 2 DC and DH haven't got it yet. But no point worrying. If they get it we will deal with it then. I'm still carrying on like normal (in the house and in isolation) washing to be done house to be cleaned... good luck op

mistermagpie · 07/09/2021 17:00

I had Covid last week as did my 6 year old son. We didn't isolate from the rest of the family, I still did the cooking/nappy changes and all that and to be honest made no more effort with cleaning and had washing etc than I would normally do.

My DH, 4 year old and 1 year old all didn't catch it (confirmed by lateral flows which we had to do so the two little ones could go back to nursery). The 6 year old who was positive shares a room with the 4 year old too, and the baby was welded to my side like she usually is.

It's not a definite that any other members of the family will catch it so don't panic.

Ssmiler · 07/09/2021 17:00

One of our household had it and no one else got it. As we have a CEV family member the positive person stayed in their room and we are lucky enough to have two shower rooms so they had sole use of one.
I left food and drinks outside their door and when I took the used plates etc away from the door I used gloves, masks and disposable apron.
I washed the items in v hot soapy water then ran them in hot dishwasher and bleached sink after

Maybe sounds like an over reaction but it wasn’t very difficult to do and it was worth it to ensure that our very vulnerable family member escaped it. That said if you are vaccinated there is no reason at all to assume you’d get particularly ill and much less likely for your child. A lot of people don’t go to the trouble we did but we chose to do that because of the one person we were protecting.

nancybotwinbloom · 07/09/2021 17:12

I recently stayed in a room with six other people for an event. All tested negative that day and a
Few days previous.

One of the group now has Covid. The rest of us haven't contracted it. Been tested daily for ten days now.

All of us double jabbed.

She's not too ill just exhausted.

You may not catch it.

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