{"id":9632,"date":"2020-12-25T01:39:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T06:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=9632"},"modified":"2021-01-17T12:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T17:45:56","slug":"my-best-christmas-gift-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/25\/my-best-christmas-gift-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"My best Christmas gift ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201218_174844-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9633\" width=\"383\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201218_174844-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201218_174844-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201218_174844-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201218_174844.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><figcaption>My Christmas hibiscus<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t expecting any gifts this year. But I did get one gift and it was a good one.  Probably my best Christmas gift ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has now been at least 10 days since the exposure that resulted in the shocking positive COVID-19 test.  I think that means that I am no longer infectious, if I ever was.  And that I am unlikely to get sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel like I have dodged a bullet.  Better yet, this probably means that I have some immunity to COVID-19.  I won&#8217;t go crazy now and start kissing people in the ICU but I think the time between now and whenever I get vaccinated will be relatively stress-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will retest in a couple of days.  At this point I am really hoping for a positive result. Because if it is negative then the possibility of a false positive remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photo is my flowering hibiscus.  The red and green make it an appropriate Christmas photo.  And a cheerful one, to match my mood.  But I was also amazed at the clarity.  This was taken at dusk, in low light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wasn&#8217;t expecting any gifts this year. But I did get one gift and it was a good one. Probably my best Christmas gift ever. My health. It has now been at least 10 days since the exposure that resulted in the shocking positive COVID-19 test. 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