Be still

The coronavirus pandemic, which started in China, had been raging for almost a year, when my husband fell ill. I sat with him in self-isolation for a week without any symptoms…. until I ended up with a flu too. I went to take the test on Sunday just in case and when I came back I saw a car with a cartoon, where a rabbit was aiming at a hedgehog with an air rifle, with the text: "Be still, I'll shoot you to Beijing."

Since the nurse had told me pretty much the same thing - be still - I looked at it and knew that as much as I would like to see there some more POSITIVE sign, it probably means a positive result. And that's what I got the next morning. And even though it ruined my mood at first, it later turned out to be a joyful path, because after that the numbers went up so much that otherwise I would probably have been frightened, but now I felt quite calm with my antibodies.

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Ole paigal

Hiinast alguse saanud kroonviirusepandeemia oli möllanud juba ligi aasta, kui mu abikaasa haigestus. Istusin koos temaga nädal aega eneseisolatsioonis, ilma igasuguste sümptomiteta…. kuni jäin lõeadtpuks ka nohusse. Läksin ikka igaks juhuks testi tegema pühapäevasel päeval, sealt tulles nägin Pesakonna koomiksiga autot, kus jänes sihtis siili õhupüssiga, juures tekst: “Ole paigal, ma lasen Su Pekingisse.”

Kuna mulle oli proovivõtja just üsna sama öelnud - ole paigal -, vaatasin seda ja nentisin, et nii väga kui ma ka ei tahaks sealt mingit POSITIIVSEMAT märki välja lugeda, tähendab see ilmselt positiivset tulemust. Ja selle ma järgmisel hommikul saingi. Ja ehkki see algul rikkus mu tuju, osutus see hiljem ikkagi rõõmuküllaseks teeks, sest pärast seda läksid numbrid Eestis nii üles, et muidu oleksin ilmselt värisenud, nüüd aga tundsin end oma antikehadega päris rahulikult.