I am now uncomfortably sitting up in bed because I went on a coughing jag in mid-afternoon that lasted half an hour and left me winded and my chest hurting. That said, my temp is 98.1F and my SpO2 is 96 percent. I don’t think know that this is Covid-specific; I’ve always had issues with coughing spasms when I’ve had colds. But I have to admit that I was having thoughts about Covid lung while I was attempting to cough them up.

I heard through a coworker that a mutual coworker has also gotten Covid. Apparently her partner brought it home from a business trip. Coworker has had four bad days but is slowly getting better. She got Paxlovid but stopped taking it after a day because it seemed to be making things worse. I’ll know that I’m doing better if I can get through a night without my temp going past 100. Which hasn’t happened yet.