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My #Covid nightmare has come real.
What I dreaded for a whole year now stands staring me in the eye.
My entire household infected....
What I dreaded for a whole year now stands staring me in the eye.
My entire household infected....
Just a hasty rant and may be my way of letting some burden off my chest.
For those of you who know, my #Covid journey has been one of the most happening ones. There was so much that the pandemic brought with it for me and my family.
What began as a taste of fame in the nascent
For those of you who know, my #Covid journey has been one of the most happening ones. There was so much that the pandemic brought with it for me and my family.
What began as a taste of fame in the nascent
days with our family pic going viral, culminated in having the same family infected. The irony is unmistakeable. No?
God knows I kept the first wave at bay from my family. I was almost hysterical ranting on social media about the precautions and the SOPs.
God knows I kept the first wave at bay from my family. I was almost hysterical ranting on social media about the precautions and the SOPs.
So many of you have witnessed my frantic tweets here; demanding PPEs here, raising donations there; a plasma campaign and what have you.
Through it all, my guards were up
Through it all, my guards were up
It wasn't until late August that we self-ended our quarantine and began to locomote a little- starting with a ward trip up North.
No matter what I did, like anyone else, a constant fear and paranoia overtook me
What if I bring it home to my parents? My siblings..
No matter what I did, like anyone else, a constant fear and paranoia overtook me
What if I bring it home to my parents? My siblings..
May be grandma shouldn't stay with us 'cause I get exposed at hospital. All and everything I did was caused by this silent fear of my family contracting it.
And yet here I am today. Living this same fear physically
Why am I telling you this?
To make a very important point!
And yet here I am today. Living this same fear physically
Why am I telling you this?
To make a very important point!
The virus that di'nt come home with me from the densest of its places- the Covid Wards, the Triage, the ICU, the OTs..none of it.
It got to us *FROM* inside our home and our own family!!
At our most confident, we were most
vulnerable
When we forgot to mask up and huddled close
It got to us *FROM* inside our home and our own family!!
At our most confident, we were most
vulnerable
When we forgot to mask up and huddled close
When we completely disregarded distancing and packed into cars for hours at length
When partying took the better of us, we forgot the monster wasn't gone- it was only taking a break
When partying took the better of us, we forgot the monster wasn't gone- it was only taking a break
Today, I am walking a tight rope- balancing between vigilance and panic
Staying calm for my family and losing my calm in private
Knowing the ultimate worst clinically and shunning the thought altogether. It is so consuming that I have almost forgotten I am sick with it too.
Staying calm for my family and losing my calm in private
Knowing the ultimate worst clinically and shunning the thought altogether. It is so consuming that I have almost forgotten I am sick with it too.
While I do believe its from Allah (and thankfully in its mildest form) I also believe it made way into my house because we let it. It got to us at our weakest link- negligence!
Take this little thought if you will. Don't let your guards down folks!
Please don't.
Take this little thought if you will. Don't let your guards down folks!
Please don't.
