Could I have Covid?

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neAGle96
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8:56p, 1/25/22
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Friday evening, we received an email from my kindergartner daughters school stating there were multiple individuals in her classroom that had Covid on Wednesday and Thursday of that week.

My daughter was fine when we put her to bed Friday evening. At midnight she came into my bedroom and fell asleep in the bed (wife sleeps in the nursery with our newborn). I thought she had a nightmare, so i didnt assume she was feeling bad, since she didnt complain. Saturday morning around 7:30 am i realize she is burning up, and I check her temperature, which was 104.

I administer an at home Covid test and it instantly shows she has covid. We schedule a PCR test at an urgent care for children Sunday afternoon and I administer Motrin to bring her fever down in the interim. I quarantine my wife and newborn to one side of the house and my daughter and i seclude ourselves on the other (while i take precautions when im around her).

Sunday morning, i awake with a sore throat and post nasal drip. By early afternoon i have a slight fever. I take at home Covid test and it shows I'm negative. We get the PCR test for my daughter and i get one as well Sunday afternoon. The results came in this morning, showing my daughter was positive and i was negative.

I took another at home Covid test this morning and it showed me being negative. Since Sunday evening my thighs and calves have been extremely sore, and I have had a slight fever that didnt go away until this afternoon. My wife thinks i have covid. Is it possible i have a small viral load that is not detected, even in the PCR test?

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9:02p, 1/25/22
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While it seems unlikely that so many of your tests could be negative and you have COVID-19, the fact that you are symptomatic around a known positive case suggests that you probably had/have it.
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9:07p, 1/25/22
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I had a friend go through 3 rapid tests and 2 PCR's before finally testing positive. She was having some bad symptoms and everyone else in her household was positive on rapid tests. It took roughly 9 days from when the first kid tested positive, and 6 days from her showing symptoms. She tested again on a rapid just out of curiosity once she had confirmation and it was positive after the second PCR.
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In reply to [removed post] • 9:24p, 1/25/22
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I don't think she would have cared as much but she got pretty symptomatic, then got frustrated she couldn't figure out what it was since everything (flu, strep, covid) was coming up negative.
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In reply to jopatura • 6:48a, 1/26/22
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jopatura said:
I had a friend go through 3 rapid tests and 2 PCR's before finally testing positive. She was having some bad symptoms and everyone else in her household was positive on rapid tests. It took roughly 9 days from when the first kid tested positive, and 6 days from her showing symptoms. She tested again on a rapid just out of curiosity once she had confirmation and it was positive after the second PCR.


5 tests…. Get in bed and ride it out.
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8:09a, 1/26/22
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You have it for sure.

Why did you get a PCR on your kid with a positive home test? I keep having patients do the same thing and I don't get it. A positive test is positive you don't need to confirm it.

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In reply to KidDoc • 8:15a, 1/26/22
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Could be for documentation. If I can prove with paperwork that my kid had COVID within 90 days, I don't have to deal with nearly as many as precautions. It's annoying because they were sick when I was sick, but since I could never get a positive test on them, I and their daycare/school has to assume they didn't have it. Which means repeated quarantines for exposure, blah blah blah.
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8:27a, 1/26/22
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Or you could just not tell them. Keep them home if they don't feel well, testing for any 'sick' symptom these days is crazy, much less multiples.
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8:54a, 1/26/22
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Operate as if you have covid because you almost assuredly have covid.
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In reply to KidDoc • 10:08a, 1/26/22
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KidDoc said:
You have it for sure.

Why did you get a PCR on your kid with a positive home test? I keep having patients do the same thing and I don't get it. A positive test is positive you don't need to confirm it.



I wanted to also test her SpO2 levels and other vitals and see if the physician recommended any treatment protocols, other than rest, consuming plenty of liquids, and motrin or Tylenol to treat fever if it went beyond a certain range
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In reply to jopatura • 10:23a, 1/26/22
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jopatura said:
Could be for documentation. If I can prove with paperwork that my kid had COVID within 90 days, I don't have to deal with nearly as many as precautions. It's annoying because they were sick when I was sick, but since I could never get a positive test on them, I and their daycare/school has to assume they didn't have it. Which means repeated quarantines for exposure, blah blah blah.
Yeah that makes some sense but you could easily get tested at a free testing center instead of paying the extra cost of a physician assessing them for a diagnosis that is already established.
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In reply to neAGle96 • 10:25a, 1/26/22
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neAGle96 said:
KidDoc said:
You have it for sure.

Why did you get a PCR on your kid with a positive home test? I keep having patients do the same thing and I don't get it. A positive test is positive you don't need to confirm it.



I wanted to also test her SpO2 levels and other vitals and see if the physician recommended any treatment protocols, other than rest, consuming plenty of liquids, and motrin or Tylenol to treat fever if it went beyond a certain range
That is reasonable but I would still prefer just a phone call for advice instead of exposing office staff to a known positive child who is not likely to use a mask properly. And I don't get paid for phone calls just free labor as opposed to office visits where I get paid. SaO2 monitors are cheap now (cheaper than a typical office visit) and most smart phones can do it as well.
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In reply to KidDoc • 10:44a, 1/26/22
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I completely understand that. The emergency clinic in the Woodlands we took her to was for kids, and specializes in the treatment of children w Covid. Since most of their patients are adolescents who have Covid, I would hope they would take precautions to keep their staff safe, which I believe they did having their staff in masks, visors, gloves and behind plexiglass.

We called ahead and informed them beforehand she tested positive on the rapid test and they recommended we schedule an appointment and bring her in to evaluate her case and see if she needed any special treatment options.

This wasn't a case where we walked in uncovered to see a physician and then announced after the fact, " by the way she tested positive on a Covid Rapid test yesterday".
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In reply to neAGle96 • 12:02p, 1/26/22
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neAGle96 said:
I completely understand that. The emergency clinic in the Woodlands we took her to was for kids, and specializes in the treatment of children w Covid. Since most of their patients are adolescents who have Covid, I would hope they would take precautions to keep their staff safe, which I believe they did having their staff in masks, visors, gloves and behind plexiglass.

We called ahead and informed them beforehand she tested positive on the rapid test and they recommended we schedule an appointment and bring her in to evaluate her case and see if she needed any special treatment options.

This wasn't a case where we walked in uncovered to see a physician and then announced after the fact, " by the way she tested positive on a Covid Rapid test yesterday".
Let me guess, "hydrate and rest, they will take your copay at checkout."

About how it went?
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In reply to KidDoc • 12:11p, 1/26/22
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I mean, if I call up the pediatrician and ask to be tested (which we did when we tested my girls), and they agree with all details up front is that an awful thing? We long meet our deductible in Feb/Mar every year since one of my kids has a physical deformity and we budget for that. Cost isn't an issue since the doctor is getting insurance money either way. Tests were running a week+ out at the free centers or waiting 6+ hours in a line back when I had it and we could bypass that going to their doctor.
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12:19p, 1/26/22
We have to quit overreacting to Omicron in particular. The treatment does not change for positive or not positive compared to common cold or flu. Get an at home oxygen monitor as this is the only small adjustment and monitor if sick.
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12:31p, 1/26/22
School policies that require these official tests really need to change. Forced waste of resources and parents time.

My daughter recovered from (presumed) omicron 3 weeks ago. She stayed at home with us for the 5 days from her symptoms beginning, was positive on a home test. Her school was fine with her returning as long as she is fever free for 24 hours and she had symptoms for less than one day. Probably easier just not to say what it is if they let you do that. Volunteering too much information generally causes problems.
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In reply to Bassmaster • 11:00a, 1/27/22
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Bassmaster said:
neAGle96 said:
I completely understand that. The emergency clinic in the Woodlands we took her to was for kids, and specializes in the treatment of children w Covid. Since most of their patients are adolescents who have Covid, I would hope they would take precautions to keep their staff safe, which I believe they did having their staff in masks, visors, gloves and behind plexiglass.

We called ahead and informed them beforehand she tested positive on the rapid test and they recommended we schedule an appointment and bring her in to evaluate her case and see if she needed any special treatment options.

This wasn't a case where we walked in uncovered to see a physician and then announced after the fact, " by the way she tested positive on a Covid Rapid test yesterday".
Let me guess, "hydrate and rest, they will take your copay at checkout."

About how it went?
My thoughts exactly! Amazing the money being made off this shi+!
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In reply to cbaker20 • 8:59a, 1/28/22
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cbaker20 said:
School policies that require these official tests really need to change. Forced waste of resources and parents time.

My daughter recovered from (presumed) omicron 3 weeks ago. She stayed at home with us for the 5 days from her symptoms beginning, was positive on a home test. Her school was fine with her returning as long as she is fever free for 24 hours and she had symptoms for less than one day. Probably easier just not to say what it is if they let you do that. Volunteering too much information generally causes problems.
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12:58p, 1/28/22
During the delta surge, a bunch of people at my work got it, including a lady I work with daily, in and out of each others offices all the time.

On Sunday, I had chills and a +3* fever. I did not go to work Monday, went to clinic and took a rapid test (negative) and a pcr test (results negative Wednesday).

Coworker popped positive on Monday, and had a bad 2 weeks (she was also 8.75 months pregnant, guessing that didn't help).

I was cleared to go back to work Thursday due to my negative tests. On Thursday, I took an anitbody test (finger stick) and was negative.

But for the next 10 days or so, I had fever ranging from +2-4.5* and had extreme fatigue, tiredness, weakness.
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9:49p, 1/28/22
We don't test for it in my house. What you don't know won't hurt you. The only testing we do is when my kid's college won't let her return without a negative. So stupid.
94chem,
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In reply to cbaker20 • 10:35p, 1/28/22
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cbaker20 said:
School policies that require these official tests really need to change. Forced waste of resources and parents time.

My daughter recovered from (presumed) omicron 3 weeks ago. She stayed at home with us for the 5 days from her symptoms beginning, was positive on a home test. Her school was fine with her returning as long as she is fever free for 24 hours and she had symptoms for less than one day. Probably easier just not to say what it is if they let you do that. Volunteering too much information generally causes problems.


Our schools are the same way. Don't test and it's just the standard 24 hour procedure that it's always been. We all did that, including my wife who is a teacher.
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