Day 168: Chemo and COVID

Last week we checked Cristian into the hospital for the second round of chemo, part of the standard procedure is to administer as COVID test. Cristian has had several tests thus far in his treatment and they have all been negative. Until last week. This was a shocker result for us and something we expected to always come back negative. Cristian rarely leaves the house, isn’t exposed to strangers, is watched during the week by his grandmother in our house. Additionally Cristian had no symptoms of Covid or any other virus/infection.

All of these things made us suspicious of the test results, so we had them run the test again. This second test was sent off to an outside lab and we wouldn’t receive the result for the next day. The offsite Covid test results came back negative, which was our expectation. The doctors were less convinced by the negative test than we were. Having any positive test meant that Cristian would be treated as a Covid patient.

Before starting the chemo treatment we discussed with the doctors about any safety concerns. The doctors indicated that there have been numerous patients who have Covid and received chemo over the last 18 months without issues. They saw no risk in moving forward, we decided to follow their judgment. Cristian responded well to the treatments and hasn’t shown any complications.

Fast forward to this week and Cristian is still doing well. The rest of the family, not so much. Over the weekend Maria experienced a severe migraine and has lost her sense of taste/smell. Monday of this week (the day we came home from receiving hydration) I had severe migraine as well and overall weakness. By Tuesday Maria’s mother who watches the kids during the day was developing a head ache. Leena was looking a little off, but still had her normal energy levels. It was spreading.

Since all of the adults were going down for at least a couple days and we still have kids to take care of, it was time to call in reinforcements. We are extremely fortunate that my mother was able to come and help while we all get back on our feet. The next day Mimi arrived and has allowed us to rest a bit. Since then the kids have been having a blast with Mimi and it’s great to hear the laughs/giggles on the house.

Maria is starting to feel better, and her mother is doing well overall. I am still weak but hope to be back at 100% by the weekend.

We ask that everyone send us an extra little prayer to get back on our feet quickly, and thank him for Mimi’s ability to help.