Meal Trays for Covid Patients

It's not an easy task to prepare the trays for the 3 of you. As Mei-mei says.. Ah Kong's breakfast is a buffet spread! Some days, I am able to fit food for both Ah Kong and Ah Ma in one tray, and on other days, they need 1 each!

Their buffet spread

While we used to put the tray on the floor when daddy was in quarantine, we had to put a chair and clear some space on the side table to put their trays on it, as they have difficulty bending over to pick up the trays. 

Next, I'd have to wait for over an hour for them to enjoy their leisurely breakfast before they put the tray and dishes out for me to wash.. 

And very soon, we'd repeat the same process for lunch and then dinner!

By the way.. on the rare occasion, Ko-ko also got a breakfast tray:

Covid comes a-visitng

And here we go again.. 

On Tuesday evening, you called me to ask where the test kits were. Reason being Ah Kong wasn't feeling well and had fever. Oh no.. just as we reached home, you called to say he tested positive and you will self-quarantine. We also asked Ah Ma to self-quarantine seeing that she was sitting with him (and you too) the whole day while he was already sick. You both tested negative and so we told you both that you can come out the next day if you test negative. 

On Wednesday, you called to say that your test came back positive.. sigh.. my heart dropped. You had no symptoms for the whole day, so your appetite was very good (read: always hungry). You also said you wanted to eat as much as you could before fever hits you and you lose all appetite. That night, the fever came...

On Thursday, your fever was very high. You barely had any appetite, but managed to scarf down the Kg Jawa CKT that we had bought in the morning. We were also getting suspicious of Ah Ma's status as we could hear her coughing a lot in the room downstairs. So after lunch, daddy had her tested twice and it came out positive. We debated on where would be a better place to keep her. In the end, we opted to move her into the room with Ah Kong. He said that he would move into the room downstairs once he's cleared.

Ah Ma also started her fever in the evening. This time we gave all of you 1.5 of the 650mg Paracetalmol. It worked better. Your fever was also running you down and you had no appetite for dinner with your fever hovering near 39 degrees. We gave you 1.5 of the paracetamol and once it was suppressed, you appetite came back with a vengeance. Daddy had to make you supper. But I'm glad that you could still eat.

It looks like it's going to be a long week... many more days to go. Hope that you'll all recover faster and have as mild symptoms as possible. 

Covid.. again

Daddy tested positive again yesterday. So we all had to take the tests several times. Again, my body decided to torture me. First test had a very faint line. And second test had none whatsoever!

Cancelled your tuition. No point risking other people's lives especially when they are quite aged.

You came back, had a shower before doing the test. All was good.

You told me that you didn't want to test again in the morning but later that night, daddy said best for you to test. You agreed to do it (giving me saliva sample with your eyes closed) when I said that you'd be exposing many friends in school, unlike me who is sitting at home. 

All is good. Thank goodness 💗

Cleared??

 .. not yet apparently.

Daddy tried to test on the 4th day (Tuesday) as he was feeling much, much better. Unfortunately, his results were two very clear lines indicating he is still positive.

He tried testing again yesterday. There was still a faint line. 

Today, he tried again.. hoping that since it was a faint line yesterday, it should be gone by now. Sadly, the faint line is still there... so.. he'll try again tonight. Hope it clears off soon.

He is complaining that he has yet to enjoy looking at the Christmas tree up close. 

Let's keep our fingers crossed for tonight. 

Daddy is back...

 .. but he caught the Covid bug! 

Luckily he decided to self-quarantine despite testing negative on Friday evening upon arrival. He continued to mask up when we needed to be in the same car (when we picked him, and to go to his and my voting center) on Saturday. He opted to have lunch in his room (luckily). While we were having lunch, he told me that it looks like he had struck the Covid lottery... sigh. So looks like it is a minimum of 7 days of quarantine. 

I had gone out to buy some medicine and other stuff  after dropping Mei-mei at ballet. Ah Ma then went to spend time with Tou-tou, but I called her and told her to come back. Daddy had retested with another kit and confirmed on it. 

I tested and there was a faint positive line. Immediately got Ko-ko, Ah Kong and Ah Ma to test. Then we went to pick up Mei-mei who also tested when we got home. I did another 2 tests and it came back negative. Now what? 

That night, we all quarantine in separate rooms. I took the room downstairs, since my results were 1 vs 2. Mei-mei and Ko-ko both kept to their room to be on the safe side too since we were all in the car with daddy. We had a family chat while we ate the Nando's which I had ordered (3 whole chicken for our family of 7!! That is a story for another day!). 

One complaint about my waiter: I asked for wing and got this!

My test results came out negative on Sunday again, so I prepared food for daddy, but I kept to the room just for another day. Ko-ko was a big help, in distributing our chicken orders, Sunday lunch and also making sure than Mei-mei went to bed when it was time on Saturday and Sunday. 

On Monday morning, I tested again and it was negative. So I was "released" from the self-quarantine. 

Daddy has been having fever with it getting very bad on Sunday evening up till Monday (nearly the whole day). He seemed better from yesterday evening, but he'd sometimes take longer to respond to my messages, which I assume he'd fallen asleep again. He complains of a body ache and today mentioned that his kidneys felt funny.. 

But his appetite is ok most days, except for Sunday. Sadly today his test still returned 2 VERY clear lines. So he'll need to hang in the room longer. 

Had to have a fever patch for his fever which wouldn't come down

I'm just glad that I am fine and able to take care of you kids as well as daddy's needs while he's quarantined. *touch wood*

Quarantined

This time, it's Ko-ko's turn to be quarantined. Just because you decided to hang out with your friends after school on Friday while waiting for Evelyn... sigh.. and you are having exams still!

Halfway through exercising you received news that your friend (who I later found out to be a social butterfly.. resulting in many more friends being close contacts) was confirmed as positive. You informed us and daddy immediately told you to stay in your room. Happily you asked "Does that mean I get room service?"

Well you seemed happy to be in the room for the first 1.5 days, but yesterday evening you told me that you were bored! Haha... a few more days of quarantine. If all is ok, you will be out by Tuesday evening. 

Mei-mei was ever so willing to be your waitress, as usual. She would bring up the tray, put it in front of your door, knock and quickly run away!

On Sunday, we had lunch "together". 

Cooked instant ramen noodles with some add-ons

We had a video call "lunch" together

For dinner, Ah Ma cooked fried rice and we'd brought what we thought would be enough for you, but ended up having to add more still.

As for dessert, there was a choice of fruits (no need to guess which one you picked... ) and also some yogurt.

This morning, you did a self test, had breakfast in the room, daddy tested your temperature and you all packed into daddy's car to head to school.. all of you with the mask on. 

I later went to pick you up after you had completed the exam. You only had 1 paper in the morning, so I picked you up, we bought McDonald's for breakfast and now you have inhaled your SECOND breakfast and await your Nando's lunch.

Update 29-June: You are all cleared. Thank goodness. Finally out of jail!