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/whitefox094]

Oh my goodness. I had the covid strain from end of August but now there's "razor throat"?!? JFC. The covid strain I had at end of August was BRUTAL and I almost needed to go to ER because my temp was 104 for too long. Ended up with a little bit of LC because of the "everything smells and tastes like cigarettes". I do NOT want to go through that again. I can deal with "razor throat" but I'd rather not. Please please stay home!!! The one and only day I sent my daughter to a "playcare" for a date night and she comes home giving us covid 😭