K1037 Host Contracts and Recovers From Covid-19
Written by Paul Graif on 8 April 2020
When Covd-19 hits close to home. K1037 afternoon drive host Abigail Jacobs, contracted and has recovered from Covid-19.
Jacobs says she began experiencing symptoms after being in contact with someone who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Jacobs went for a test on March 20th at the testing site in St Jean Sur Richelieu.
“My result had actually come back negative. But as I was waiting for my results, my symptoms had begun to progress so I eventually went for a second test,” Jacobs said. She had that test done at the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC) Site on March 29th.
“I explained to them that I received a negative result but my symptoms had gotten worse and from everything that I told them, I had: heavy breathing, very very heavy bad chest pains, rolling low grade fever, no energy, so lethargic, no appetite. Everything basically that they will tell you, your checklist, I had really started to get.”
Jacobs said she followed the regulations put in place by the Kahnawake Covid-19 Task Force almost immediately at her home.
“My children were also tested because we’re always together. I had been self-isolating and quarantining in my house from about the 15th of March.”
She found out on April 3rd that her second test had come back positive. At that point she had one day left in her mandatory self-quarantine. She says she is now feeling 100%.
“Either way unfortunately what I came down to was that there isn’t any treatment for this. So, either way the best thing to do is to stay home and try and stay calm and just rest. Let your body rest.”
Jacobs is pregnant, expecting her third child in August. All is well.
