MIQ: Day 8

It’s Monday morning. Unfortunately it wasn’t a good night’s sleep. I woke up in the night with a dodgy tummy which meant spending some unpleasant time on the toilet. They have asked us to look out for various symptoms that might indicate a sign of Covid19, and diarrhoea was one of these. I’m thinking it was more likely to be just a rejection of the fish dinner from last night. I have a choice to make. Do I contact the nursing team and report it? Our first exercise session for our intake is scheduled for 8.20am for one hour. Should I risk it? To be honest I have been very vocal pre-MIQ about why we keep getting outbreaks (and of the poor decisions being made by individuals) and now I know just how tempting it is to do what I choose is best for me.

In the meantime breakfast has arrived and it’s just cornflakes and fruit, probably the best thing for me today. Morning tea consists of a pastry and mandarins. The menu for lunch and dinner is here too. I’m having Thai beef salad for lunch and dinner consists of oven baked chicken Marsala – sounds ok and I just hope my delicate constitution is going to accept it.

I rang the nursing team and go through the “motions” so to speak. I don’t think she really knew what to do. I can’t have been the first person at the Sudima to report this symptom in all the months of MIQ, nor was she able to answer my question about being allowed outside for exercise. She needed to ask someone else? They suggested that it was up to me, as long as hand hygiene was appropriate, and to discuss it further with the nursing team during their scheduled door knock later this morning.

The nursing team have now done additional tests on me including heart rate and blood oxygen level. Everything else appears normal and I can report feeling mildly better.