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It has been the third day of infection with the new crown, and it is too early to say that he has recovered. However, there is no obvious discomfort in the body, and the physical strength is slowly recovering. Early this morning, I was very interested in sweeping the fallen leaves in the yard. When I posted a message on my circle of friends that my wife was infected with the new crown, family members and friends sent condolences and kind reminders, and they also expressed concern. My parents, in particular, should be quite worried. Therefore, during my break from “Yang Guo” to “Yang Kang” (Yang Guo/Yang Kang), I felt that it was necessary and responsible for me to make some records of contracting the new crown in the United States, so that everyone would not be swayed about “adhering to the dynamic clearing” “Besides the new crown policy, I have a little understanding. I do not intend to make any comments on different new crown policies here (friends who are familiar with me probably know my position), I just want to truly record the general infection experience, physical reaction, and the reactions of people around you, in a familiar and trustworthy ( ??) Identity of family, friends, former colleagues. Infection Experience On September 25, our family flew from Los Angeles to Orlando (flight 5 hours) for a week-long closed-door meeting. Unfortunately, it just happened to be in time for the catastrophic hurricane that Orlando has suffered in many years. Therefore, our family, like the four or five hundred Americans who came from various states and cities in the United States to participate in the conference, basically can only stay in the hotel for a week. . Whether at the airport, in the cabin, or in a hotel, almost no one in America wears a mask. As a Chinese who first arrived in the United States, our family still retains a sense of caution. At the airport and in the cabin, our whole family wears masks. But during the meeting, in an environment where almost no one wears masks (including many Chinese), it really feels weird if we still wear masks. It’s not that I’m worried about people’s eyes, but I think it’s really disrespectful to others. So we let go. On September 28, my wife felt a little uncomfortable and started to have cough symptoms, especially at night. However, she just felt that her throat was itchy and she needed to cough, and there was no pain. At the same time, several friends who accompanied him were confirmed to be infected. During the whole period, our family of four lived in a double bed room of more than ten square meters. I eat meals, watch the news in the same room, and share a bathroom for bathing and washing, but my wife wears a mask herself. If you are infected with the new crown, you don’t need to report to any institution or anyone, and of course you don’t need to report to the hotel. Just wear a mask consciously. On the morning of October 1st, we returned to Los Angeles. On the flight back, we still wore masks throughout. After landing, on the way home in a taxi, I felt uncomfortable, and it must have been a trick. Sure enough, when I got home I started to have a fever. Because of the fatigue of the journey, the wife, whose symptoms have been significantly relieved before, can only stay in bed. Our husband and wife self-isolated on the second floor, and the two children stayed on the first floor with Lego and reading. In a daze, thinking that the two children are not taken care of, and that I may have to cook dinner by myself (but the refrigerator is basically empty), I feel quite lonely and helpless (if in Shanghai, there are a lot of friends). This may be the only time I feel bad about being infected with Covid-19. However, soon a sister from the church, Lily, helped us buy and deliver food to our door. In the evening, Mrs. can get up and make some simple dinner. And I, still go back and forth between fever and fever. Even so, I was still very awake. If you have to get up and move around, you can. It is rare to have such an opportunity to lie down presumptuously, so I am hypocritical. The night of October 1st was the worst night for me. Because I slept for too long during the day, there may also be some inflammation, back pain, and I need to constantly change my sleeping position, but no matter how I lie down, it is uncomfortable, so the quality of sleep is extremely poor. In addition, it may be that the fever caused some confusion. During the process of sleeping, I have been classifying and managing my sleeping positions, trying to find a sleeping position that allows me to fall asleep. In a trance, it seems to be solving a product design problem. This is extremely draining my energy and stamina. Throughout the night, there was basically no “sleep over” moment, and I didn’t fall asleep for a while until more than eight o’clock in the morning. On the evening of October 2, my sleep improved a lot, and my wife basically stopped coughing at night. By three in the morning, after getting up and drinking water, it was difficult to fall asleep for a while. Based on previous experience, I just play hymn music. Turn the volume down to the point where you need to listen carefully to hear it clearly. In this way, in order to capture the music and the lyrics, I have to listen quietly and intently. In the process, you can fall asleep unintentionally. By October 3, I still had one or two short-term fevers, but they had not recurred, and my body was slowly recovering. So far, I feel like I should be fine. Although some friends in the United States have made us feel relieved, only our body can perceive the moment of true reassurance. People with different symptom responses have different symptom responses. Judging from the five or six infected people around me in the past week, they probably have a cough and fever (there is no runny nose). In my own case, I had a fever at the beginning, and gradually my body became sore (partly because I slept for too long), weakness, a little sore throat in the back, and occasional cough (phlegm). Response measures to isolate at home. As mentioned earlier, our husband and wife are isolated in the master bedroom on the second floor (with separate toilets and bathrooms) and wear masks throughout the day. Children are active on the first floor during the day and sleep in their respective rooms on the second floor at night. Keep windows open in every room for ventilation throughout the day. Obviously, we do not have the ability to effectively isolate, and the wife who is infected with the new crown has to cook for the whole family by herself. Slightly unexpectedly, the virus at this stage does not make people lose their sense of taste, which is very important. If you lose your sense of taste, it will definitely affect the input of food. For us as a couple, especially for me, getting Covid-19 doesn’t affect the appetite at all. Therefore, we should eat what we should eat, mainly eggs, meat, vegetables, fruits, milk, bread. One day, I ate grapes in the morning, blackberry at noon, and bananas at night. In addition to diet, it is important to drink plenty of water (put in vitamin C). In terms of medicines, before the 3rd, I took Tylenol antipyretics four or five times, one each time. No other medicines. Email the child’s teacher on Sunday afternoon to explain our situation (parents infected, child in the same room, child negative). Because it is a weekend, we may not be able to get a reply from the teacher. We promise not to send our children to school on Monday until we get a reply from the school. Get in touch with your teacher on Monday morning. After confirmation, as long as the child is negative and does not feel unwell, it can be sent to school. There is no need to provide any certificate or test report, if the parent says it is negative, it will be negative. So, tomorrow morning, we will test the children again (don’t betray the trust of others), and if the result is negative, we can send the two children to school. Finally, I forgot to mention that before our family came to the United States, we had 2 injections of Kexing. According to friends in the United States, different vaccines have different severity of symptoms. Pfizer’s will recover in two or three days, while Sinopharm’s may take more than a week.
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