Testing

A little over a week before we were scheduled to leave for Ohio, I got sick.  I don't know what I had, but there was no fever, no sore throat, no runny nose, just a terrible hacking cough and wheezing in my chest.  For one day I felt terrible.  I had an at-home COVID test here at the apartment, and with everything that I have read about cases on the rise, I decided to take it.

Thank goodness, the result was negative.  Somehow I have managed all these years to never catch the coronavirus.

The next day I felt considerably better.  I was still coughing but not nearly as much.  I actually felt able to drag myself to one of nearby pharmacies that have an attached doctor's office.  The doctor asked me questions, took my temperature (still normal) and listened to my lungs.  She gave me some prescriptions to fill.

A couple days later, I went to another pharmacy, and bought some more COVID tests. I took another one, and it was negative too.  Maybe I'm being compulsive, but I'll probably take another test before leaving on the trip.  I hope that I will be completely symptom free by the time I leave for Ohio.

Supposedly, the newest Pfizer booster will be available at some pharmacies down here, but there is no mention of when.  I am hoping that while I am in Ohio, I will be able to easily get a COVID shot as well as my high potency flu shot at a drug store in spite of Mr. Brainworm's campaign against vaccines.