I’m worried I’ve ruined Christmas

[SpongebobNoPants]

I’ve had a blocked nose for about 4/5 days and lost my voice, no other problems and none of the covid-19 symptoms stated on the NHS website.
I’m prone to allergies and sinusitis so it’s not unusual for me to have a blocked or runny nose.
My SD arrived here last weekend with an awful cold (of which we’d had no warning) which caused my youngest DC to get poorly, which in turn made me unwell but nothing dramatic, just cold symptoms.

Tonight (literally in the last 2 hours) I’ve developed a hacking cough and my lungs feel like they’re on fire. I’ve been able to book a covid test for the morning as there were lots available but I’m not sure how quickly the results come back and it’s our year to have my SCs for Christmas Eve.

I’m praying my results come back before lunchtime on 24th and obviously hoping it comes back negative.

Wtf am I meant to do? My DP is going to be so upset if it means he can’t see his kids and he has to isolate with me.

I know he’ll be furious too because I broke the rules to meet 2 friends this week after we suffered an awful tragedy regarding another friend of ours. We were distraught and I know it’s against the rules but we really needed each other.
We wore masks the majority of the time and were a distance apart so I’m worried he’ll blame me even though he’s a key worker and I work in an office 3 days a week so I (or we) could have picked it up from anywhere.

I’m so upset. I’ll be made out to be the evil stepmother who ruined Christmas.

It’ll be even worse if the results aren’t back in time so we’d have to miss out on seeing them and then get a negative result because I’ll have caused them to miss Christmas Eve together for nothing.

My DS was also supposed to be going to stay with his dad tomorrow night which will now have to be cancelled.

Also I went for a socially distant walk today with my mask on to visit a friend who’s child has just been diagnosed with leukaemia. We stayed more than 2m apart, fully masked up and outside but I’m still worried in case I am positive and the impact that could have on her seeing her child.

I don’t know what I’m asking for, I’m just really distressed and feeling very unwell
I don’t want to ruin Christmas for my DCs, DP or my SCs.

@SpongebobNoPants

I know you say a blocked nose isnt a symptom of covid , its definitely not a main symptom but my SD tested positive with covid and her first symptom was a blocked nose . It doesnt sound good if you now have a hacking cough .
My sd had her test 3.30 PM on a Monday and the results came back Tuesday at 1.15 pm . I hope its negative , but airing on the side of caution you should be isolating from today . Pre warn everyone , it's tough and will have to adjust accordingly
Trouble is this is how easy its spread especially if his kids and ex are just doing what they want .

Hope your test comes back negative op.. If your results comes back negative you don't have to continue to isolate so if it's negative you can see your sc.
We all got tested at 1.30 yesterday afternoon results all back by 830 this morning first results was back at 5am - all negative thankfully
Take care

You had cold symptoms and met up with a child who has leukaemia?? What were you thinking!!!!!
I hope you have informed the child's parents.

@Melonlover80 the difference is SD had all of the main coronavirus symptoms and carried on as normal and still expected to come to our house.
I had (until 11pm last night) no coronavirus symptoms and plan to isolate regardless of the test result. I also haven’t flouted any rules.

The situations are not comparable.

@lyinginthegutterstaringatstars no I didn’t. Please read the posts.

You had a blocked nose and lost your voice for 4/5 days

Your SD had a cold and you were scathing

Some people are shockingly hard of reading on here OP.
My dad had to have a test due to coughing in school (no cough at all at home that morning) and we got the results the next day so fingers crossed for you!
I’m a bit concerned at how your DP will react - both sides of our blended family have had to isolate or have tests over the last 6 months and plans have been changed. No blame is apportioned. The DCs are all at school, we have seen people socially distanced outside and have done some shopping, if we did get it it could be from any of those places!

And @Melonlover80 looking back through posters other posts to try and trip them up or fuel your agenda is shockingly poor form.

-What’s worse is we’ve just found out she’s sent SD into school today and when DP said she should be isolating she said “it’s only a bloody cold”... but it was serious enough for her to get SD tested?

@MsAnnFrope

And *@Melonlover80* looking back through posters other posts to try and trip them up or fuel your agenda is shockingly poor form.

Huh?

I invariably do
And the amount of times an OP has lied or completely different circumstances in another thread

Why waste time if it’s lies (not saying this one is OP btw - I do feel for you)

@Smurf123

Hope your test comes back negative op.. If your results comes back negative you don't have to continue to isolate so if it's negative you can see your sc. We all got tested at 1.30 yesterday afternoon results all back by 830 this morning first results was back at 5am - all negative thankfully Take care

Even though OP has new symptoms (the cough)?

@middleager it’s the cough which is being tested. If it were negative and then in a few days she lost her sense of taste, that would be a new symptom to trigger a new test.

@Melonlover80 I fail to see your point? She had coronavirus symptoms and decided it was only a cold and decided to potentially expose 100s of people at her school.
I had no symptoms and as soon as I did I booked a test and began isolating.
Of course I was scathing that they didn’t isolate and didn’t care that she literally had all the textbook symptoms. They were also socialising with so many people.
It was really irresponsible

Unfortunately of all the people I know at present , all thought it was a cold and that’s what is making it a deceiving virus.For most people it will feel like a cold, for others it puts them in hospital.
Hopefully you will still get to enjoy your Christmas , I gather you will update us on your result - wishing you fingers crossed it’s negative

You said you had a blocked nose and lost your voice and didn’t book a test.

Your SD’s mother said her daughter had a cold.

I can’t see much of a difference between a cold versus a blocked nose and lost voice.

I thought outside transmission was almost non-existent provided you have some distance between you, so I wouldn't worry about your friend's DC OP.

I'm sorry things are so complicated. The reality is, even if it is covid, there is no way of saying where you caught it from. You could have caught it from your sc.

@SpongebobNoPants your choice, and I can understand why even if negative you don’t want to risk passing a nasty cough on (I’m hopeful that more mindfulness regarding passing on illness could be a positive outcome of this whole situation!) but if your result is negative then there’s no need for anyone to self isolate from one another.

So neither had symptoms
But you were scathing of SD mother for sending in to school

@Melonlover80 you can’t see the difference between someone following all the NHS advice and local lockdown rules and someone who doesn’t?

My illness is very likely to be a common cold too, but once I had one potential coronavirus symptom I haven’t declared that’s it’s definitely a cold and gone about doing want I wish. No. I’ve had booked a test and isolated.

You say you haven't flouted any rules but I still think you've been irresponsible meeting the child's mother after the leukaemia diagnosis.

@Melonlover80 SD did have symptoms and just carried on as normal, seeing friends and going to school.
She had loss of taste, a cough and a headache. Thank goodness it was just a cold but she couldn’t possibly have known that before the results came back and she carried on.
The also don’t socially distance and are seeing whichever friends and family members they choose.

There’s a huge difference.

@Neolara that was my understanding too

If I were you I'll start taking vitamin D and C. You'll be able to fight the infection faster. Works very well with covid too.

Thanks for the advice @BlueJag. I’ve been taking multivitamins for a few days now

@lyinginthegutterstaringatstars

You had cold symptoms and met up with a child who has leukaemia?? What were you thinking!!!!! I hope you have informed the child's parents.

If you would've read the thread or at least OP's replies you would've known that yes she did inform them and that it was the mother's child who asked her to come over anyways.