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Post by elaine on Apr 16, 2020 16:27:08 GMT
With all the celebrities and famous people, like Chris Cuomo, being able to live in the basement away from the family without contact with them, I started thinking about our home set up and the practicalities of having two boys with autism.
If one of my immediate family comes down with COVID, it is pretty much assured that we all will get it.
If one of my boys contracts it, I will have to come in contact with them, regularly, to care for them.
If dh or I get sick first due to going shopping, there is no practical way for one of us to completely isolate ourselves. And, it would probably be useless, because pre-symptoms-yet-contagious we would have been sharing the same bed, etc.
Not to mention that my kids don’t tolerate being separated from me in the house. The 48 hours that I was radioactive when they irradiated my thyroid, was extremely challenging. For anything longer than that, it would be flat out impossible, unless I left the house altogether.
So, how many of you would be able to truly isolate yourselves from your family, or stay healthy if your child contracted it first?
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Post by needmysanity on Apr 16, 2020 16:28:26 GMT
I have thought about this a few times and I can't figure out how to totally isolate one of us from the rest. Our house is big but not big enough where one can totally go and manage without crossing paths with the others.
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Post by sueg on Apr 16, 2020 16:29:29 GMT
DH and I live in a 90sm apartment, so there is no way we could totally isolate from each other. At the very least, we'd need to share a bathroom.
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Post by anaterra on Apr 16, 2020 16:31:35 GMT
We have 2 empty bedrooms and another bathroom.. our house is split style.. so technically we could.. but it is just dh n me... and we work in the same factory.. we drive there back n forth together.. so if he got it then i probably already have it also...i do the grocery shopping... so i could come into contact instead... but i would give it to him wayyy before i start showing symptoms...i would think anyway
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Post by J u l e e on Apr 16, 2020 16:33:18 GMT
We could. We have a basement with a bedroom and a full bathroom.
But even though Chris Cuomo was quarantined in his basement, his wife still contracted the virus (I’m guessing through contact with Chris’ dishes or laundry). And since she’s upstairs with the kids, they’ve now all been exposed. It just doesn’t seem like quarantining at home is foolproof.
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Post by dewryce on Apr 16, 2020 16:33:34 GMT
It’s just 2 of us in 2400 square feet so we could manage the in-home isolation fine. And the CDC has a write up how to handle it at home when a family member was sick and we would follow those recommendations as well. It includes how to clean after them, including their clothing and dishes. (Get disposable!) Something to consider is where the air intake is, if it is right outside the quarantine room it will pull those particles from the air and disperse them around the house.
But, as you said, by the time you know you have it, chances are very high it has already spread. That’s why they were so insistent on people having 2 weeks of food available at home.
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Post by bianca42 on Apr 16, 2020 16:34:12 GMT
With all the celebrities and famous people, like Chris Cuomo, being able to live in the basement away from the family without contact with them, I started thinking about our home set up and the practicalities of having two boys with autism. If one of my immediate family comes down with COVID, it is pretty much assured that we all will get it. If one of my boys contracts it, I will have to come in contact with them, regularly, to care for them. If dh or I get sick first due to going shopping, there is no practical way for one of us to completely isolate ourselves. And, it would probably be useless, because pre-symptoms-yet-contagious we would have been sharing the same bed, etc. Not to mention that my kids don’t tolerate being separated from me in the house. The 48 hours that I was radioactive when they irradiated my thyroid, was extremely challenging. For anything longer than that, it would be flat out impossible, unless I left the house altogether. So, how many of you would be able to truly isolate yourselves from your family, or stay healthy if your child contracted it first? Governor Cuomo just said that Chris is quarantined in the basement...his wife is now positive and she's quarantined upstairs in the bedroom. That leaves their 3 kids??? Not sure how old they are. If both DH and I got it, my 15 year old could deal with meals if needed.
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Post by J u l e e on Apr 16, 2020 16:36:37 GMT
I think the Cuomo kids are teenagers, or tweens at least. But what if they were toddlers, or needed special assistance or care?
I feel the weight of this for so many families.
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Post by used2scrap on Apr 16, 2020 16:37:42 GMT
Not really, we did the best we could but 3 of 5 were sick at the same time. We did isolate oldest alone at ex’s house for 3 weeks when he came back from college. Our hope for dd is that the mystery illness she was so sick with having kidney problems etc earlier in the year was her having it first?
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Post by hop2 on Apr 16, 2020 16:38:08 GMT
Depends. We will give it a good try if one of us gets sick. DD already thought of that, she will stay with me when she comes back in June because if she does we can each have our ‘own’ bathroom. She knows after traveling home she needs to self quarantine for 2 weeks and we have come up with the best plan we can with what we have. 🤞🏻 Hopefully It works out. If she shows symptoms I guess we would have to step it up a bit. She has less risk than I because if I were ill my bathroom enters from my room where as she will have to cross the hallway. There isn’t any other way.
Besides, Chris Cuomo isn’t sure if he gave it to his wife or not, she’s sick but not tested.
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Post by salem on Apr 16, 2020 16:38:17 GMT
The 4 of us live in a 2 bedroom 1 bath home with a finished basement. There’s no way we could separate. If one gets it, we’ll all get it.
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Post by fredfreddy44 on Apr 16, 2020 16:39:09 GMT
Sort of. We have a guest room dh or I could use, but no bathroom is connected to a bedroom, so anyone isolating would have to cross a hall to get to a bathroom. We do have 2.5 bathrooms, so that one could be used for one person.
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Post by Monica* on Apr 16, 2020 16:40:00 GMT
I've thought about it, but I think it would near impossible, as evidenced by Chris Cuomo and his wife and all the precautions they took. So I think DH and I are in this thing together if one of us goes down.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Apr 16, 2020 16:40:53 GMT
No, our home is on the smaller side, and everyone has a shared bedroom.
One of us gets sick, we all are.
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Post by smcast on Apr 16, 2020 16:43:11 GMT
Probably not. We have two bathrooms but only one with tub/shower. We do the best we can.
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Post by Peal on Apr 16, 2020 16:49:03 GMT
I don't see how. Won't everyone have been exposed by the time symptoms present?
Both of my kids have a separate bathroom to use. And we have another room for sleeping if DH or I get sick, but will have to share a bathroom with one of the boys.
But the sick person will need to be cared for. How do you do that without exposure?
My kids are old enough and independent enough that they could take care of themselves if DH or I or both were ill. One could even go buy food if it came down to that. But he's the one who is most at risk if we do contract the virus. It sucks all the way around.
We are working on the assumption if one gets sick we all get sick.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2020 16:50:48 GMT
If one of us gets it, we both get it.
I guess one of us could go kick son out of his house and go live there if we got sick.
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Post by elaine on Apr 16, 2020 16:53:23 GMT
Not that I want anyone or their family members getting sick, but it is heartening to know that we aren’t the only family that won’t be able to truly isolate sick family members from the rest of the household.
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Post by lesley on Apr 16, 2020 16:58:13 GMT
We have a whole other house about a half mile away that we could use. We have theoretically sold the house, but the new buyers haven’t yet signed the final missives, so it is still our/XDH's house. (Although he doesn’t live there.) And not surprisingly, the buyers are pretty silent at the moment. I wouldn’t mind being there on my own - no large mutt waking me up during the night and demanding attention, and only myself to feed! That being said however, I have a compromised immune system, so with my luck, I would need to be in hospital instead.
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Post by dewryce on Apr 16, 2020 17:08:48 GMT
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Post by milocat on Apr 16, 2020 17:12:14 GMT
Obviously the sick person could have infected the whole family before showing symptoms. We have 2 bathrooms so that is helpful, wouldn't have to disinfect a bathroom each time it was used.
I would worry about if the sick person was very sick that they needed to be brought food, water, medicine right to the bed. So sick they can only get up to use the bathroom. Then the healthy people would have to be going all the way inside the room and bringing in and taking out food and drinks vs leaving them at the door or just inside. It would have to increase your risk even more, the longer and more times you are going into the room.
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Post by Nink on Apr 16, 2020 17:12:43 GMT
Yes, we have a basement downstairs that is essentially a 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. However, by the time either of us knew we had it, we’d have probably exposed each other already.
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Post by TXMary on Apr 16, 2020 17:24:55 GMT
Up until last week, I would have said that one of us could out and live in the RV but we sold it and they picked it up already so that option is out. We bought a new one that is coming this weekend but if we got sick today...not an option.
I guess we could in the house but it wouldn't be easy and by the time we knew that one of us had it, it would be too late anyway. If one of us goes down, we both go down.
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Apr 16, 2020 17:25:45 GMT
My home is just me, my 18 year old son and his girlfriend (she's here because her dad is high risk.)
He and I have probably shared 2 hugs since this started. When he was little we were snuggly cuddly... but the last few years, hugs are hard to come by. So when the were offered, I took them. And if he walked in the door with a positive test in his hand, I'd hug him again.
Anyway.. I'm working and he/they were. My room (has always been) off limits. I avoid his room. We share a bathroom (but I'm a bit overzealous usually anyway about cleaning) and I keep it pretty clean. It's extremely small, and it's easy to wipe down high touch surfaces and spray fixtures and seat with bleach water. I usually do that when I come home from work, and he noticed I wipe down stuff they touch constantly lol
I think that if one of them gets it/has it, my chances are high, and vice versa, of getting it, but not foregone conclusion. I have leather furniture, we don't share drinkware, I rarely use the dishwasher, but I've begun using it for the super hot cycle (and I'm that person that washes them before putting them in the dishwasher lol) We also don't share cars or ride anywhere together. I usually keep blankets and a pillow in the living room, and I quit doing that. We do have a clingy velcro dog. Her fur is by far the biggest factor I think.
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 16, 2020 17:29:28 GMT
We could, since one of our kids has moved out we have a spare bedroom.
I know of two families that have had one adult get sick. In both cases, the rest of the family did not get sick. They were all together living blissfully unaware and then even while they were sick and trying to get tested. For one the dad got sick enough to have to go to the hospital/ICU. The other was able to stay at home and self quarantine.
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Post by inkedup on Apr 16, 2020 17:29:58 GMT
We would be able to separate the sick person from everyone else because of how our home is set up. My oldest son's bedroom and my craft room are at the end of a long hall with a Jack and Jill restroom. Our master bedroom is at the other end of the hall.
My boys are 6 and 2, and I think keeping the 2 year old away from us would be the hardest part. We have family we could rely on to shop for us, so going out isn't a huge worry.
I feel for people whose homes cannot accommodate separation.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 16, 2020 17:32:40 GMT
I was wondering about this as well when Chris Cuomo said that his wife tested positive. She could have been exposed before he was diagnosed and just now got sick. Or she could have come into contact with him or his things somehow. On one of his shows it sounded like he wasn't going upstairs for anything so I wasn't sure if he had food in the basement or what. But maybe I misunderstood. I just think it would be very hard to avoid being exposed, even if it was just before getting sick.
I was thinking about who would take care of the kids in a situation like his. Especially if the kids are young. Are family members going to step in and take care of the kids, regardless of the risk? How bad would you feel is that family member got sick? Died? It is a bad situation all around.
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 16, 2020 17:33:12 GMT
The prior homeowner installed a kitchenette in the basement, and the basement has a bedroom and a full bath. The bedroom is decent-sized and has both a full-sized bed and a full-sized pull-out couch. It even has a separate entrance to the house and a door you can close to close off the whole floor. My oldest lives in it right now (it's more like a ground-level to the house, if that makes sense), but we could easily reconfigure if one or more of us needed to be isolated. That's not typical, obviously.
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Post by pierkiss on Apr 16, 2020 17:33:56 GMT
We can quarantine the infected person into our basement. It is finished, and there is a bedroom and a full bathroom down there. There is also tv, cable, wifi, and a DVD player. And a treadmill. So sleeping, toileting, showering, entertainment, and exercise can all be done down there. One of the adults can bring food and drinks to the person 3-5x/day. We can have the person stay in their room While the other drops the food off at a designated spot in the basement (be it the living room, bedroom door, whatever).
If one of our kids gets it I will probably quarantine down there with them. We have already been thinking through this should anyone in our home become sick.
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Post by MaryMary on Apr 16, 2020 17:36:32 GMT
I don’t see any way that I wouldn’t spread it to my kids. We have a small house with a bathroom that we all share.
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