The Hannah Family

I'm finally starting to feel better, mainly tired

Guessing I had a strain of the flu despite the shot because I'm fortunately the only one in the house who is sick (despite being cooped up for a couple weeks) and the Coronavirus is so contagious. I hope these shelter in place measures and the advent of summer buy time to get a vaccine in place!

Chloe is so happy

Warm weather and everyone home with her 24/7.

Day #8

We don't know what I have exactly, but I did better yesterday and today during the day. Last night was the worst yet. Low-grade fever (99.7), persistent lower abdominal pain and GI complaints of the southern variety. Staying put at home no matter what it is, and my family is doing fine.

My county issued a stay at home order

So effective tomorrow, Mark is going to stop going to the office and work from home.

I’ve been sick all week

Sore throat, chills, low-grade temp of 99.7 mostly. The headache and fatigue have been the worst of it, but I think “mild” is a fair way to describe it considering reports of what others have experienced. We really don’t know if it’s a garden-variety virus or covid-19 because I’m not in the NBA and I absolutely want to save the available tests for healthcare workers, but my cooperating teacher has encouraged me to rest after my doctor’s office said to stay home unless things escalate. One of our freshman kiddos spent March 6 to March 9 (teacher workday) in New York City which is a hot spot for infection. Another kid just spent a week of early March skiing in Colorado, another Petri dish. I rewatched the movie Contagion ( took me 3 days to finish because I’m sick); it nailed so many salient points regarding transmission. Stay home. I feel like if we’d had one more week of lead time before school was canceled I wouldn’t be ill. 

Mom is doing fine(ish)

I hate that I can’t check on her in person, but I’m very grateful for all the opportunities we had beforehand. 

Okay, can't find the source to give credit but:

What kind of humor is currently recommended by the CDC?

 

 

 

Inside jokes!

Curbside service at the vet now

They come to the car, take your pet in after getting the history, and bring them back out to the car and collect your payment. No extra people in the building. (They may never return to the old way after this kind of streamlining.)

Healthy-ish here

Claire misses our routine and school... Dave not at all. I’m trying to manage this stress (unsuccessfully based on the fourth straight day of a nearly constant left eye twitch and intermittent headache). NC State has been in contact and, while the campus is closed, promises to be here for us. I miss the kids I was teaching this semester. My cap and gown arrived, but Duke has already canceled their graduation ceremonies. I can’t imagine we’ll do anything differently in the middle of this uncertainty. My primary concern is keeping everyone well. I’m going to limit my screen time of the coverage moving forward while we attempt to figure this out. 

Complete opposites

My gray roots are on display as the advice is avoid close contact such as getting hair or nails done. I’m staying in the house with the kids. Meanwhile Mark continues to go to the office and just got his hair cut. He actually said he hopes he gets the virus. What in the world?!