COVID Diary Part 2

 Last post I began keeping a daily account of this little COVID journey. The set time for isolation/quarantine is 10 days and we are now halfway there!

Day 6 - This is a Monday and while major symptoms are subsiding, a few minor ones are revealing themselves. We had to go into town for a prescription today, through the drive through and were told it would be a few minutes. We decided to go through a drive through for one of those delicious frappes! I was handed this beautiful drink and upon the first sip, realized my sense of taste was gone! There had not been much of an appetite and I knew food did not taste good, but this really brought it out. A frappe is a special treat, but this one was a waste!

Day 7 - Every day, I'm beginning to feel a little better and working on getting stronger. Was able to do laundry and housework today. You don't realize how much strength you've lost until the daily tasks you are used to doing become much harder! It took much longer, but we now have a clean house!

Day 8 - Sweet hubby and I have been taking a short walk each morning. Shortness of breath and a cough are my remaining symptoms and walking helps build up strength. Each walk, I feel a little stronger. This cough is still pretty strong and I'm realizing on that magical Day 10, I'm not going to be 100%. 

Day 9 - Today was a good day, feeling like myself more and more but just a little weaker.  At the beginning of this journey, I was fully intending to breeze through this illness.  Looking back over the week, I am so thankful to have been home and had sweet hubby with me along with great support from family and friends. 

Day 10 - On Day 1 when my symptoms began, I visualized today - Day 10 being the magic day when everything would be right again. In my mind, I would be symptom free, full of energy and headed back to work and the regular routine. Today I was free from quarantine and able to leave the house, but spent the day at home...again! There is such a blessing that peace and rest brings to the body and soul and I still need a little more of that. 

We survived the 10 days but our workplaces required a 14 day quarantine. At least we were free to get around the remaining days.  On day 13, the night before we could return to work, I pondered the last two weeks. It was a wild journey of sickness, weakness, loneliness, depression.  It revealed misplaced confidence - health, fitness or healthy eating were useless. My normal energy levels and ability to get things done vanished. It is pretty miserable for a 'get it done' girl to have unlimited time and no desire to get things done! 

But a look back also brought out some amazing blessings. Time - time to to home, comfortable and able to rest. Relationships, a patient hubby who never complained about being stuck at home with me! Thankful for the protection of his health.  Family and friends who checked in on us and were ready to meet our needs. Realignment - sometimes we just need to realign our priorities, slow down and refocus. This isn't an adjustment I like to make, but God knows just how to still and restore our heart.  

So the evening before our workday, I felt a little bit sad to have to leave our little haven and return to the real world. But as we enter back into life with such valuable lessons tucked away, we are able to keep moving in the right direction with confidence that God is with us and will meet our need.