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Subject: [Leica] Covid 19 results
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:05:07 +0100
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Jim what Jim said

Relief !!!!

Keep safe, the whole batch of you crew


Amities

Philippe



> Le 24 mars 2020 ? 21:04, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit :
> 
> If flu can ever be great news, Howard, this is it!  I'm relieved for you 
> entire family.
> 
> On 3/24/20 2:56 PM, Howard Cummer via LUG 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
>> 
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> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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