[Viva] Stay Safe sisters!

[Denise Wozniak]

Hi Margarite.. it's so good to hear you and your husband are on the mend.
Stay safe.
Love and hugs
Denise

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 1:49 PM Charlene Anderson <pickles4 at shaw.ca> wrote:

> So very happy to hear that you are both okay. That must have been so
> frightening Margarite.
> Love and hugs to you both.
> Char. (Miss you both and Alvaro’s fabulous coffee)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 10, 2020, at 11:31 AM, Margarite Sanchez <
> margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Thanks everyone for your well wishes. We are all slowly on the mend.
> I just hope that no one else in this beautiful community gets Covid.
> We had an extensive intake with Public Health when my husband tested
> positive, at that time we gave them the names of all the locations and
> people that he had been in contact with but I honestly don't know if the
> restaurant was contacted.
> Then for the next 2 weeks we did a daily survey online, which included
> taking our temperature and monitoring symptoms. Any time that there was a
> change in symptoms we would get a follow up phone call from a public
> health nurse.
> We are in the Vancouver Island Health Authority, I don't know if the other
> health authorities are doing the same.
>
> Virtual hugs and kisses to all.
> Stay safe!
>
> Margarite
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 6:50 PM anne bonner <thewoodbuffalo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm so glad you are ok and your husband is recovering! Yikes. We had an
>> outbreak a while ago and hard to know how much is around here. I am being
>> mostly safe, I only have 2 friends who I see but my partner is a teacher in
>> Victoria so that's kinda freaky. I just mailed the antibody test in and I'm
>> interested to see if we had it in March! Feel kinda worried about my mum,
>> she's 76.
>>
>> Hang in there pals,
>>
>> ~anne
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 3:00 PM Leila Kaman <leilamadhvani at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi margarita, thank you for sharing I miss you lots 💐
>>>
>>> On Tue., Dec. 8, 2020, 2:54 p.m. Margarite Sanchez, <
>>> margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Viva,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm writing to ask you beautiful women to please stay safe!
>>>>
>>>> I need to give you all a heads up how contagious this Covid-19 virus
>>>> is.
>>>>
>>>> My husband tested POSITIVE for Covid on November 19th.  I'm pretty sure
>>>> he got it in Vancouver the day before the travel restrictions were put in
>>>> place. He's an artist and he was there on a business trip to see a couple
>>>> of galleries that carry his jewellery.
>>>>
>>>> He had to stay overnight (in a hotel) and had dinner in a restaurant
>>>> with family friends - the friends also came down with Covid on the same day
>>>> as he did. Since they were all healthy previously and all got sick at the
>>>> same time (4 days later) it feels like the restaurant was the most likely
>>>> source of exposure. This restaurant was following Covid-19 precautions.
>>>>
>>>> It's crazy because we've been really careful, it was the first time
>>>> that either of us had left the Island since last March!
>>>>
>>>> He's doing well and pretty much recovered now. Compared to our friends
>>>> he had a mild case.
>>>>
>>>> After his test came back positive we lived in separate spaces until he
>>>> was given the green light.
>>>>
>>>>   I have been tested three times and every time it's been NEGATIVE. The
>>>> first time was the gargle test, I was asymptomatic at that time. After I
>>>> developed some mild symptoms (mostly headaches, neck stiffness and low
>>>> energy) I retested using the nasal swab (not fun but more accurate)  and it
>>>> also came back NEGATIVE.
>>>>
>>>> My symptoms have continued so I was advised to test again and again it
>>>> was NEGATIVE.
>>>>
>>>> I might just have a cold or flu bug but it feels different, only time
>>>> will tell.
>>>>
>>>> I just want to encourage everyone to stay home as much as possible.
>>>>
>>>> Stay in touch with the people you love by phone, computer or outside
>>>> visits - have patience and we'll all get through this.
>>>>
>>>> With much love,
>>>>
>>>> Margarite
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