Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great news Howard! Gene & Chris Still healthy. Sent from my iPad > On Mar 24, 2020, at 2:57 PM, Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > ?Just in from daughter Katie in Victoria: > > Ian and I have had a rollercoaster of a few days that we can now share (as > always apologies for the length): > > As you know, we got notification on Friday about our dentist's office and > a positive COVID 19 case there. Ian, Clementine and Eloise were sick > during the week, but we didn't think anything of it, until getting the > notice on Friday. I also started showing signs of sickness (sore throat, > dry cough, low grade fever, shortness of breath...). Not good signs in > these times!! > > So, on Saturday I spent three hours trying to get through on 811 and > another four hours on hold waiting to talk to a nurse (I was told it would > be six, so four wasn't so bad!!). Based on our symptoms (Ian was also low > grade fever, chest pain, shortness of breath, etc. and both girls were > sore throats and runny noses), we were given the coveted COVID 19 > screening clinic number, but told they weren't open until Monday at 830 > am... > > In the off chance someone was working, I called on Sunday morning and left > a message. Within an hour they called back and scheduled all four of us > for COVID 19 tests later that morning, on account of our contact with a > confirmed case and subsequent symptoms. So, off we went for drive thru > testing. It was intense and awful. The girls were champs. They too got > swabs all the way up their noses to swab the backs of their throats ? > > The last 48 hours have been agony, but happily I just called and we were > confirmed negative for COVID 19 ?? I'm positive Flu B (whatever that > means!!), but at least not COVID 19. So, there you have it! We figured > best to not burden you until we knew the outcome ??? Love to all!! x > > Needless to say we are very relieved. > > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information