This year is the third year that I’ve had a low-key birthday celebration, done at home. We were in lockdown the past two years and this year, though our country is now in transition to endemic phase, I still couldn’t go out to have a blast.
It’s a no-brainer guess. Darn Covid.
Alycia was tested positive last weekend while doing a routine Covid self-test and just as she was about to discard the test kit after 20 minutes, she saw the dreaded line on the ‘T’ window. It was so faint that I had to wear my glasses and use a magnifying glass to enlarge the kit to have a better look.
The moment we all saw the very faint line, Alycia quickly isolated herself in her room. Dutifully, she quickly updated her MySejahtera app and informed all her course mates who were in close contact with her to do a self-test.
The next few days involved everyone doing the RTK, me spending hundreds of Ringgit buying self-test kits, sanitizing the house, mask-wearing at home and doing room service for Alycia.
Thank God Alycia has been asymptomatic. If it wasn’t because of the routine pre-outing Covid self-test, she would not have found out that she was positive. Her daily RTK self tests since day 1 showed faint lines. On the third or fourth day however, the line got slightly more prominent but it was still not in bright pink. The line on the ‘T’ window was still faint.
Yesterday and today though, the line on the ‘T’ window was very faint again. I still could not see the faint line but Alycia, Sherilyn and Cass claimed that they could see it. Even with me wearing my glasses and using a magnifying glass and going out to the balcony to scrutinize the self-test kit under the sun, I still couldn’t see the line.
I wonder if my Presbyopia has progressed that badly? 🤨
I can only surmise that the zero symptoms and faint line have got to do with the low viral load theory.
Alycia has one more day of self isolation before she is released from HSO.
I had just gained 1kg from walloping almost the entire fudgy brownies that I ordered for myself last week, then lost that 1kg during the Covid drama last week through this week and I think I’m going to pile up the 1kg again with all these decadent brownies 😜.
What a way to celebrate my last 4-series birthday. I’m so looking forward to the 5-series next year!
Check out Alycia’s Covid quarantine meals at my other blog.
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Hi Shireen, wishing you a happy belated birthday!
Did you not reconfirm your daughter’s RTK self test by doing a PCR test at the clinic?
I was experiencing flu like symptoms on Monday night and did the RTK self test on Tuesday morning. I saw the faint line on the T-marker, but then went to BP Lab to do a PCR, it was quite expensive but I wanted to know for sure if the self test results was accurate. And true enough I was tested positive, received my results that afternoon. I am currently on Day 5 self quarantine. But throat feels pretty sore. Anyway, wishing all in your household a speedy recovery and brighter days ahead.
Hi Alvin
No I didn’t bring Alycia to the clinic for a PCR coz her daily RTK tests showed faint lines which got darker on the 3rd or 4th day. Since this week her classes are held online, we just asked her to isolate in her room. On the 6th day or so, all the tests showed negative. Yeah, the PCR is darn costly! I think people usually do it for official use or can claim from their companies. Getting infected with Covid is very, very common now. It’s very hard to avoid Covid now no matter how careful we may be and we’re all prepared for it!
I wish you a speedy recovery, Alvin! And thanks for the bday wishes 🙂