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(Note: I forgot to post this diary into the queue last night and my apologies for that. I hope this can be used as a substitute for tonight...I am still shaken by this experience somewhat. CK)
Thursday night into the wee morning hours I had a scare.
First, I found out that someone in my building tested positive for COVID-19 and...I got scared.
Next...my temperature started to slowly but surely rise throughout the evening and into the morning topping out at a temperature of 100.2 degrees just after midnight early Friday morning. I began to get the chills and I put on two sweatshirts.
Now...I had none of the other symptoms of the coronavirus at anytime: I had no trouble breathing, I had no cough, I had no sore throat, my sense of smell remained quite strong...there was only the fever.
I’d tried to go to sleep around 10 pm-ish Thursday night and slept for about an hour and a half and then I woke up.
And stayed awake all night; I did not go back to sleep until about 8 am Friday morning (extreme fatigue is one of the symptoms...I had nothing like that)...and my temperature was back down to normal at that point
The only other physical symptom that I had of anything was a dull, mostly nagging soreness on my lower right side
Honestly, I never felt that bad at any point even Thursday night into Friday morning.
But...this shit is scary...I am doubling down on taking precautions now, washing my hands, sanitizing the house, wearing masks, staying in the house etc.
Please stay safe!
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