So of course my wife and 8-month-old son also got COVID, and my son tested positive on multiple tests starting around May 30th until finally testing negative on June 8th.
…And then he had a fever start up last Sunday night that he still has, so we made a doctor’s appointment and brought him in today. They did a nasal swab and…he fucking has COVID again.
I’ve been back at work for about 5 weeks and have had to stay home for just under a third of the time because either I or my son was sick, and my wife alternated work days so she’s also missed around 8 of the last 25 workdays and is stressing out about what will happen next week if he stays sick. Her parents agreed to watch the kiddo for us while we’re at work but they’re in their early 70s so of course we weren’t like “Here’s this COVID positive baby, the CDC says he’s fine to be around” but so far they’ve only been able to watch him for 10 days because of this.
How do parents do this shit? Are we just all going to be varying levels of sick at all times for the next 17 years and 3 months?