COVID Scare

 This past weekend, I received a text message from one of my roommates stating that she may have come in contact with someone who has COVID. This was particularly scary for me, just because I had been planning on going home to Lousiville the following weekend. I had not been in close contact with my roommate, but I was still wary of the possibility of having it and therefore giving it to my family and friends while I was at home. I received the following text on Saturday, August 29:

Shortly after receiving this text, I scheduled a second COVID test, in hopes I could get a negative test before I went home for the weekend. I scheduled the test for yesterday: Tuesday, September 1. I proceeded to go to the test, where they swabbed my throat, almost like someone would if they were getting tested for strep (I liked the nose swab WAY better than the throat swab). 

I got my test results back within 24 hours, and it had come back negative thank goodness! Within the time of getting the text message and taking the second test, my roommates and I decided it would be best if we wore a mask in our common area and sanitized the dorm daily, just to rule out any possibility that it would be on any surfaces in the dorm.

My other 2 roommates also got a second test done, and everyone in the dorm came back negative, right in time for us to go back home and visit our families safely! :)