12/22/2021
Last night I tested positive for COVID.
I have been testing twice a day for the last week as it’s been a busy social time with Christmas and the cases in London are sky high. At 2pm I had a crystal clear negative and had no symptoms and by 10.30pm I had a dark positive line that appeared immediately.
I woke up today feeling totally exhausted with a very sore throat, cough and cold, but so far nothing like how I felt last time.
I’ve had all my vaccines, the booster just a week ago.
It’s been a tough week, I had to cancel my very belated 40th party that was supposed to be last night due to the rising figures, thank goodness I did!! But that was my last attempt after trying 4 times over the last 2 years to rearrange it as my 40th was in March 2020 and we were in the first lockdown, and I had COVID.
Ripley was taken back into the vets on Thursday with her breathing declining again. She has fluid on her lungs and she is in end stage heart failure, she doesn’t have long left and it’s heartbreaking. I was supposed to collect her this morning to come home so my parents went to get her & it’s great to have her home.
So far Christina is negative, we are staying in separate rooms and just praying she stays that way.
Our planned IVF cycle was cancelled because the implantation dates were going to fall over Christmas. Clearly it was a sign as we couldn’t have done it now, but still, it sucked.
My isolation period ends on the 27th if it stays as 10 days, so my family Christmas that I was so looking forward to is ruined. I’m so sad about it as I couldn’t be with my family last year either because of COVID.
It all sucks, but I am choosing to be hopeful through it all, because that’s all we can do.
I hope my symptoms will stay mild.
I hope everyone I’ve seen unknowingly being contagious, stays negative & well.
I hope this relentless pandemic ends one day very soon.
I hope Ripley has as long as possible left with us & that she is comfortable & happy.
I hope one day Christmas won’t be clouded by COVID.
I hope our next IVF attempt works & we get our family we’ve been trying so hard for.
I hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas.
I hope, I hope, I hope 🙏🏼
