Katy Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 DH & I are debating. Child had GI symptoms yesterday and a runny nose & cough since. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I don't see anything from this photo. Looks negative. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 The first time I looked I did not see it. Now I do a little bit. I would have your child take another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 Here is the same photo with the contrast turned all the way up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I'm seeing a faint line on the second photo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Maybe, very faint! Can you test again in 6-8 hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 Just now, El... said: Maybe, very faint! Can you test again in 6-8 hours? Yes. So much for our weekend plans. Sigh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Looks positive to me - I'm sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Katy said: Here is the same photo with the contrast turned all the way up. Yes. We had a couple of those here. We missed our big divionals swim meet this summer because of a line like that. So sorry 😩. Edited November 11, 2022 by mlktwins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 1 minute ago, mlktwins said: Yes. We had a couple of those here. Did they ever turn fully positive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, Katy said: Did they ever turn fully positive? I had one that was a hard, fast positive that went like that for 12+ days. The kid that had this result on a Saturday morning hardly had any symptoms and was negative on Tuesday. He was fully negative for 5 days prior to this faint line. ETA: he never had a dark line. Edited November 11, 2022 by mlktwins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibiche Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Even a faint line should be considered positive. Swabbing the throat may give you a darker line if you need to convince someone. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I would retest but it almost doesn't matter if they're symptomatic. Between RSV, flu, paraflu, and covid, whatever it is, just stay home and keep a close eye on them. It's all circulating and it's all nasty. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I'd call that a positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I'd treat that as a positive and if you have plenty of tests, I'd try retesting in 24-48 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Even if it is negative on retest, if there are symptoms, just hunker down. We have RSV going around so bad, my great niece who is only one years old, is hospitalized. She got the last pediatric bed on this side of the state. The one and only pediatrician in our county says that if she had even one more patient in need of 24/7 care, she is turning her office into a make shift kid emergency unit, and she and her nurses will keep them there because soon there won't be anywhere to send them. That is pretty crazy. The RSV is just is bad. I hope we have a vaccine soon! Influenza this year is no picnic either. Sigh....😢 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OH_Homeschooler Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Yes, I'd say that's a positive. I had a fainter line than that one morning (held it up to the window for the best lighting to see it), became feverish that night-only a sore throat until then. The next day it was a bright red positive immediately. I'm sorry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholastica Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSera Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I’m sorry 😞. Hope dc feels better soon and everyone else stays healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelydon Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I would have the kiddo blow their nose and retest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Faith-manor said: Even if it is negative on retest, if there are symptoms, just hunker down. We have RSV going around so bad, my great niece who is only one years old, is hospitalized. She got the last pediatric bed on this side of the state. The one and only pediatrician in our county says that if she had even one more patient in need of 24/7 care, she is turning her office into a make shift kid emergency unit, and she and her nurses will keep them there because soon there won't be anywhere to send them. That is pretty crazy. The RSV is just is bad. I hope we have a vaccine soon! Influenza this year is no picnic either. Sigh....😢 I was at my doctor this morning and the nurse said the exact same thing. She said there are only two pediatric beds available in the entire northeast?! Regardless of accuracy, it’s a dire situation. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 Our insurance apparently covers 8 at-home tests per person per month with no copay through Walgreens. So DH is going to pick up some through the drive through today. We went ahead and did a second test in less than an hour after speaking to the doctor in the family. Especially after another look at the original test 10 minutes later showed negative. We both heard “any line is positive” and “two extra drops of solution can create a temporary false positive” so went ahead and retested. The second test was negative. And kid’s symptoms are gone. So we’ll retest & retest over the next few days. It’s ironic though, DH was just saying this is the first stretch of 3 days without a sick person since school started. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, Katy said: Our insurance apparently covers 8 at-home tests per person per month with no copay through Walgreens. So DH is going to pick up some through the drive through today. We went ahead and did a second test in less than an hour after speaking to the doctor in the family. Especially after another look at the original test 10 minutes later showed negative. We both heard “any line is positive” and “two extra drops of solution can create a temporary false positive” so went ahead and retested. The second test was negative. And kid’s symptoms are gone. So we’ll retest & retest over the next few days. It’s ironic though, DH was just saying this is the first stretch of 3 days without a sick person since school started. never heard that before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemsondana Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 From what you said about the temporary false positive, that could be it. But, when we all had it and one kid had only lost smell, they had a barely faint positive. The testing place said that either kid was just getting sick and would get sicker, or they had a very mild case and would be well, and testing negative in a day or 2. It turned out to be the latter - kid never got sick and had a negative test 48 hours later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 14 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: never heard that before Me either. But to be fair, I didn’t put the drops in the first test so I have no idea exactly how many drops it was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 We had a mix of faint positives, medium positive, and "Wow, that was fast" dark positive. DH went from negative to medium positive in just a few hours (we retested due to being scheduled to work the next day and increasing symptoms). Viruses shed more in the evening, so we tested in the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom_to3 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I would say that's a positive. Even if symptoms are gone or you retest negative (and the combo of symptoms really does sound a lot like covid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 I would retest. I can definitely see a faint line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 15 hours ago, kbutton said: <snip> Viruses shed more in the evening, so we tested in the evening. I read that here on WTM (may have been you in another thread) and that's why I try to test in the evening if possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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