General COVID awareness post
Hey,
I got sick on 12/23/2020
I went to work after a groggy morning waking up. I lasted about 2 hours (aka i groomed 1 and a half dogs) and all of a sudden started feeling like utter and complete shit. I had felt slightly groggy all morning (8am to 10am) but around 10:20 or so I suddenly couldnt focus. I had a headache and literally was in the middle of shaving a dog, easy haircut, and in that moment I absolutely could not focus. Also, I felt H O T. Not the sexy hot, but like my skin was on fire.
I looked at my direct boss (not my shop’s owner, but the woman in charge of my side of the grooming room) and said “hey I absolutely do not feel great right now. Are you hot? I feel overheated.”
My boss said she was cold. She then told me to put my dog away for a few and to step outside into the cold to cool down. I went out for 10 minutes in a t-shirt and gym leggings. It was 40 degrees fahrenheit that day. I was STILL hot as hell outside in that cold. I decided I was going to push through - WEARING MY MASK - and try to finish my last 4 and a half dogs for the day and to go home after. After I tried to get the half shaved dog out, I realized how stupid I was being. I put the dog back in her kennel and went up front where we keep out forehead thermometer.
My temp was 99.8.
Not exactly a COVID fever but too high for my comfort.
I immediately started crying. I did not want to leave work. I had 4 and a half dogs to finish and I didnt want to pass those off on anyone, but I had a fever and needed to gtfo before I got anyone else sick.
I went up to the owner of the shop and told her my symptoms (the fever plus a neverending headache and a kind of weakness and my inability to focus) and she immediately told me to leave.
I went home to my moms, isolated myself in my room, scheduled a covid test the next day, took my covid test, and have not gone within 10 ft of my mom or my fiance since. My fiance dropped of my xmas gifts on the front porch of my mom and my mom has been (rightfully!) isolating me to my own bedroom.
I am utterly convinced that I only have a headcold. Does that mean I am going to be any less careful? NO. For all I know, I’m in early covid stages and I ABSOLUTELY do NOT want to get anyone else in my life sick. A N Y O N E.
So I am isolating.
I wont lie, its hard. I want nothing more than to hug my fiance or my mom. I’m still not going to do it because my need for physical contact is not at all more important than their health.
If you feel sick A T A L L, get a covid test ASAP and ISOLATE!!!!!
You CAN DO IT!!!















