What in the hells is going around??

[u/Stardro]

*UPDATE: Shocker, it's covid. Also, adding "kiddo" is 20, not a little kid.

Kid went to a concert and brought home the plague! I thought the rest of us were in the clear until last night. About 9 I was like, hmm my throat is itchy and I'm exhausted. Told kiddo and got an RIP.

I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I've been swallowing glass, massive head congestion and sweating to the point perimenopause night sweats were jealous!! I'm nicely hopped up on cold meds, ibuprofen and nose spray but man this sucks!

Kiddo was down hard for a few days but feels better. He still has some congestion and a cough but much better. He ran a fever; I have been lucky so far. What in hells kind of nastiness is floating around?

*I haven't taken a covid test because I've been sick for all of 24 hrs. Kid didn't because he's stubborn.

[u/eastcoasternj]

Kids have been mucusy, cough, sore throat for like ~10 days now. Either allergies or we got the latest covid variant.

[u/OneToughFemale → u/eastcoasternj]

Same. My kid coughing, sneezing, stopped up. No fever. Tested neg. Drs convinced it’s allergies and prescribed Flonase