I could cry....

[whydontkidscomewithauserguide]

So I’ve been anxious about the kids going back to school next week, but doing my best to get the kids excited about seeing their school friends etc. My youngest goes full time for the first time. So it was always going to be a big September!
We managed to book a last minute week away and currently on holiday in the UK. After a lovely first couple of days my youngest came down with sickness and a horrendous fever that seems worse at night and I can only keep down with nurofen and calpol (alternating.) My eldest was poorly as a little one so I have terrible health anxiety at the best of times, but during COVID this has been off the scale. Now with the littlest having a fever I feel sick.
We are now self isolating in our self contained area (in the middle of nowhere, no one else around) until we have the COVID test results and I can’t help thinking that it’s a just topped off a really shitty year!!! Even if all of our results come back negative we will all still have to self isolate which means the kids will miss the first week of school.
So, yes, I could cry.
Don’t know why I’m posting, just feeling really down and frustrated. Kids eh!!!!!

Why would you still all need to isolate with negative tests?

Yes that all sounds a bit rubbish!

Is it school policy to isolate anyway then? And it's 7 daysbfro the date of the test so they won't miss the whole week.

Our schools are all fine to go in if negative and feeling well.

According to the Governments advice, if we test negative then we still have to self isolate 14 days and our youngest (with symptoms) for 10 days. It says so here:-

How long to self-isolate

If you have symptoms or have tested positive for coronavirus, you'll usually need to self-isolate for at least 10 days.

You'll usually need to self-isolate for 14 days if:

someone you live with has symptoms or tested positive
someone in your support bubble has symptoms or tested positive
you've been told by NHS Test and Trace that you've been in contact with has coronavirus

But that to me reads that if you’ve had a negative test you no longer need to isolate

No, you only isolate if you tested positive. A negative test means you can go back to normal.

We just have to forward the email from the testing place to nursery and they can go back in straight away.

Negative test result

A negative result means the test did not find coronavirus.

You do not need to self-isolate if your test is negative, as long as:

• everyone you live with who has symptoms tests negative
• everyone in your support bubble who has symptoms tests negative
• you were not told to self-isolate for 14 days by NHS Test and Trace
• you feel well – if you feel unwell, stay at home until you’re feeling better

If you have diarrhoea or you’re being sick, stay at home until 48 hours after they've stopped.

@YoBeaches

Yes that all sounds a bit rubbish!

Is it school policy to isolate anyway then? And it's 7 daysbfro the date of the test so they won't miss the whole week.

Our schools are all fine to go in if negative and feeling well.

Am I reading the Government website wrong then? I read this as self isolate for 10 days if you have symptoms OR have tested positive, and 14 days for the rest of us... Her fever is off the scale bless her. Thanks for replying x

you are reading it wrong. I imagine they mean if you have symptoms but haven't yet been tested. The bit you posted doesn't mention a negative test.

@ThickFast

No, you only isolate if you tested positive. A negative test means you can go back to normal.

Thank goodness, fingers crossed then! Thanks for replying x

You're reading it wrong - you only have to isolate with symptoms as long as you have not had a positive test, if your test comes back negative then you're in the clear!

I think you're reading it wrong op. As long as they've had a negative test and they are well they can go into school. X

Negative test means you can go back to normal, work, school. Obviously if they're still I'll you can't but no need to isolate.

If you had to isolate regardless of result, no one would bother testing.

Isolate until you get a negative, or if you get a positive

School would probably want you to keep her off if she still has a temperature

It’s says if have symptoms or have tested positive because some people are asymptomatic. But as soon as you have the results you don’t have to isolate. Although most schools/nursery wouldn’t want them in with a temp. But you wouldn’t send them in with a a temp anyway so it makes no difference. Our results have always been back in around 24 hours so it’s great. You just keep the ill person at home as usual for any illness but everyone else in the house can get on with their lives. And temps don’t normally last too long.

Thanks for the replies everyone. Night two of a ridiculously high fever, fingers crossed it goes down soon x

They always get so hot at night don’t they.

Yes, she’s woken up fit as a fiddle today so fingers crossed! I hate it when they are poorly 🤒 x

Oh good. My daughter gets bad temps too. Some kids just get them. The nurse told me once that temps spike at night. Can’t remember why. But it’s helped me feel calmer at night when they’re so hot and you’re lying there awake worrying.

Sounds like it's something doing the rounds. My friend's children had the same thing last week and they've had negative tests.

Yes only if you have symptoms and don't get tested. Some children and adults might struggle with the test (ASD for example) and prefer to isolate instead.

If yours are negative you can all crack on! Hopefully only a couple of days holiday stuck inside.