Grind, stay well, oh you quintessence.

Live, thrive, awaken your highest sense.

The enemy unseen and lurking Covid19,

Will hold you in a desolate quarantine. - LykeLyca

I don't know that they can rhyme, what an unsightly connotation.

I felt bad to be staying locked in my room... in self quarantine.

A few months back we had a meeting in our department regarding Self Quarantine, it is a voluntary isolation if you think you got exposed to Covid19. So, in the meeting we got instructions to report there and then, at the very minute if we got exposed to a suspected Covid19 case. I was not paying much attention to it, and I also don't know that this could happen so soon, after all my cautious and meticulous routine at work. I'm on Day 1 of Self Quarantine.

Yesterday, I had second thoughts of reporting to my last two patients in the afternoon. I don't know, but I just feel like not going. However, I have a patient that is a doctor that I haven't seen in a week, because she's not feeling well on her weekly dialysis, and yesterday she texted that she's fine now and wanted a PT session to get back to his exercises. So, I said okay, and since her schedule is at 4PM. I dropped by to another stroke patient before her, scheduled at 1.30PM.

I arrived at the stroke patient's house, she has a caregiver taking care of her. I just asked if her vital signs are stable so I can proceed with the PT session. She said yes, but I still grab the BP apparatus to double check the blood pressure. I noticed that the patient winces as I pump the cuff, I thought maybe it was just a friction of the cuff on her skin, so I just proceed. It was normal, so all good.

After half an hour, it was time for her to sit up and try standing balance/ tolerance. As I help her sit up, I can feel that she's a bit hot to touch, I asked the caregiver if she checked the body temperature of the patient and she said, yes in the morning and was just 36.8 degrees Celcius. I insisted to check it again that time and surprisingly it was 38.3. The patient really had a fever.

The assessment continues. I asked the patient if she's urinating normally and painfree and she said yes. I checked for the skin integrity on her back, and elsewhere. Fortunately, no signs of bed sore. I asked if she had a cough and said she did occasionally. But, that can be normal for anyone got stuck in bed for some time.

Next, I asked if anyone in the house got sick for the past five days and indeed, the sister of the patient had low grade fever and with occasional coughing last Wednesday. I am now suspecting that the patient might had have got this from her sister. I felt dumbfounded and clueless of what to do next, I was starting to think of myself and my family, we have kids at home.

Before leaving their house, I talked to the sister to contact their doctor for proper medication for the patient. She insisted that she will just give Paracetamol and do "tuob" or steam inhalation. I said that it's okay to do that, but the patient still needs medical attention if another symptom occurs and if the condition worsens.

I then left the house and call our PT supervisor. I discussed what had happened, I was given instructions to initiate Self Quarantine.

I call my mom, and told her that I might have a close contact with a suspected Covid19 patient. My mom was so quick, as if she knew everything, she just told me to enter the house through the backyard gate, and she will ready my towel and sleepers in the bathroom so I can clean myself and head directly to my room for quarantine.

Realizations

I just can't imagine the odds and the uncertainties. No matter how we try to be conscientious with our work and meticulous in our actions, something and somehow things go out of control no matter what.

The patient/ doctor that I am supposed at 4PM that day called today, she was shocked to hear about the news and that maybe she just has to wait for 14 days until I will be cleared. We had a little conversation, how ironic life can be sometimes. I thought that maybe God just gave me a long pause to rest myself physically and enjoy in the comfort of these 4 walls.

I got this quote from Facebook this morning and it's just so fitting about what I am feeling right now.

Thanks for dropping by and reading something from me today.

I wish you all good health and know that God cares!

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