It has now been a week since Jon was diagnosed with Covid, my test came back positive as well but I'm over most of the symptoms. Just a lingering cough that I'm used to having after a bad cold. That test was last Tuesday so that means we were infected at least a week before that. I feel guilty that I likely brought it home from some stupid customer at work or we got it from one of our trips to the store. The ER doctor told him he needed to isolate from me. We are in a tiny 1 bedroom, we are both infected. The only other surface to sleep on is the loveseat in the front room. He may be able to sleep there sitting up but I would need to lie down. Then there's Rocky who hates being closed up in a room so last night I was in the bedroom and Rocky slept on the couch with Jon. We're trying to keep washing our hands, especially me if I have to go out. But self isolating, not a chance.
Jon is not doing as well. A friend sent us a pulse oxymeter (reads blood O2 saturation and pulse on your finger). So far his readings have been in the low 90's for oxygen and pulse has been mid to high 90's. I try and take his readings after he's been sitting quietly for at least fifteen minutes. Temp has swung between 99 and 100.4 and again I make sure he hasn't eaten or had cold drinks before taking that. I'm a good mom/nurse after raising three kids. The doctor sent him home with prescriptions for Vitamin D3, Zinc and C. Pharmacy was out of Zinc because every doctor is prescribing it. Also drink lots of Powerade to replace electrolytes and minerals. That's all they can do. No antibiotics unless you have an infection like pneumonia. Bedrest, plenty of fluids, food when he can and weather it through unless symptoms get worse.
Last night his O2 reading was swinging between 89 and 90 which is the threshold point according to my nurse friends. I've been watching his lip color as well and it was a little blue yesterday but merely dark red now. I've been journaling all his readings on my phone which may be difficult to pass on to a doctor since I don't have a working printer. Since the readings are averaging that will have to do. He rallied a little yesterday and had some food which seemed to help. He's fatigued and tired most of the time, coughing has started now which is scary with his susceptibility for asthma and pneumonia. One good note difference from the previous ER visit and this one, they saw some dark clouds on his lungs before but nothing showed on this round. This is a good sign, no permanent damage or pneumonia.
I was really getting worried last night about having to run him to the ER because I thought if I do that I'll never see him again. We both need to get prepared for that possibility and a power of attorney or whatever is needed. I keep telling him he has to pull through because we have a standing date to go to Disneyland when it opens again.
Stupid Trump finally signed the aid bill but won't see that extra money until January. The day he is out of office will be the best day ever. He's trying to pull a Nero though and burning the country down because he is no longer in the limelight (insert many nasty invictives on my opinion of him and his whole family and administration).
It rained hard last night as predicted by the weather person. Rocky still wants to go out on his morning walk that I've gotten him used to. Not today, wet, cold and windy. So it's driving him up the wall, luckily there is a soft blanket on the bed he loves to knead and it distracts and calms him down so he settles.
Other than that.... once I called work I was given mandatory two weeks off and they put the word out on the floor. We have had at least two or three other cases reported but due to privacy they couldn't say who. If we had direct contact with the person we would be called into the office to get a test done. I never was, so that means it may have been someone overnight or in another department. Me on the other hand, spent a lot of time almost one on one with most of the people in the garden department. That's at least five people in one department with a possibility of contamination. We all wear masks and the only thing I realized was sharing a work phone with one of the other girls. Which reminds me I need to call work and tell them I was positive as of last Tuesday but jon is still sick. We get paid this week so am hoping that my time off will be on there. They give us paid vacation off set aside just for a situation like this. Oh and they gave everyone a pay boost effective this month 'to stay competitive' in other words, minimum wage is going up in San Diego so at least I'm getting 15.50/hr. now from 13.40. Downside is the 401k contributions are scheduled to increase another 1% as well so it offsets the pay raise oddly enough. Going to change that to a static percentage because they seem to think that a person can afford to have that much and eventually 15% taken out of the pay and survive. They do match the amount up to a certain number but still... I need money now and in the future but now is better at this point. We are still behind on rent but all three of my brothers have all sent me money to catch up on that (love you all and will never be able to repay everything you've done).We'll get through this bump in the road.
In my down time, I've decided to try and learn using Blender a free 3D rendering program. A lot of commercials and animated short films use it for animation as well as 3D pictures used in advertising. Definitely a learning curve and my primary reason would be to upload objects into Second Life to use there. If I ever get a 3D printer, it will come in handy for that as well.
Ups and downs as usual. My entire life has been that way, and it may well be how life is supposed to be but it just seems like whenever I get in a bad situation it doesn't clear up until I voice it to as many people as possible. My brothers and friends have bailed me out and I just feel guilty about it. I don't waste money on things I don't need, don't live beyond my means as much as possible. Given rent and income issues that's sort of the way things run. But it's not like I gamble my money away, it's bills and cost of living in general. We have to shop at places like Target and Walmart for groceries because it's cheaper we're living in a senior complex thirty minutes from work now so car insurance went up. Car is in need of a tune up and oil change so it's eating up more gas than usual so that combined with cost of gas is another escalation. Jon is on MediCal so hospital stays and most medicine is covered so we don't have to worry about that cost.
Two years ago I decided to try and get my credit score back on track, got a secured credit card, was very good about paying it down when I used it and then I lost my full time job. Subsequently that and the other two cards I had opened went delinquent and there goes my credit again. I had to use those for food and gas because of being on unemployment. I broke down what my expenses were in a previous entry and that's basically it. On paper I can afford everything but the way the bills roll in the month and when I get paid don't sync.
Sorry, that's the biggest worry on my mind other than Jon right now. I have had some good times and we'll get there again it's just awfully dark and scary being in the tunnel right now.
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