Support thread for parents of teenagers

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Winter WAnderland Dec 2020 8:48am, 2 Dec 2020 7,904 posts	0 Winter WAnderland Oof. Got half way to school and received text telling us that Marigold has to isolate following contact with positive case. SweetPea already isolating from contact at college. What a flippin faff.
LindsD Dec 2020 8:49am, 2 Dec 2020 43,000 posts	0 LindsD
Lorraine Dec 2020 8:59am, 2 Dec 2020 1,608 posts	0 Lorraine My eldest is 21 and started university in September. She is very accepting of the rubbish first term but thankful most of her course is f2f until Friday. However her university is offering free COVID antibody tests to anyone that has been ill ( we think she had it back in March ) It’s part of the government study into COVID in university students under 25. Testing being done today, she has to do it her self and results early next year.
DingDocMerrily Dec 2020 9:07am, 2 Dec 2020 38,466 posts	0 DingDocMerrily but the antibody test is a blood test, so how can she do it herself?
Grast_girl Dec 2020 9:17am, 2 Dec 2020 1,732 posts	0 Grast_girl Good question Doc.
Velocirappingpaper Dec 2020 9:20am, 2 Dec 2020 50,169 posts	0 Velocirappingpaper eL Bee! was sent an antibody testing kit through the post that was a fingerprick blood test. Most people can do one of those.
It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy Dec 2020 9:30am, 2 Dec 2020 51,472 posts	0 It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy It’s just like a pregnancy test but you prick your finger to get a drop of blood. I did one back in the summer and the result was visible within 10 minutes or so.
It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy Dec 2020 9:31am, 2 Dec 2020 51,473 posts	0 It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy Ds2 got out of quarantine yesterday and we had a lovely walk into town. He was relieved to be free again
LindsD Dec 2020 9:43am, 2 Dec 2020 43,001 posts	0 LindsD I'm doing fingerprick bloods every month as part of a Cambridge Covid study. I was shit the first two months but I'm brilliant at it now.
Lorraine Dec 2020 12:26pm, 2 Dec 2020 1,610 posts	0 Lorraine It’s a fingerpick blood test.