by SusanAndDavid » Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:26 pm
Hello to all. Love all the information from this board- only feels right to give back now that our trip is complete. Hesitate to send this, but feel I would be doing a disservice by not informing.
Background: M is 50, good health, active lifestyle (pickleball, golf, walking, etc). F is 51, same active lifestyle. Both in good shape physically.
Plan was to arrive 8/6 and stay through 8/14. Arrival was no issue. Took 5 min to get through immigration, grab our bags and out to USA Transfer where our temp was taken, all was well. Arrive at resort, fill out ipad paperwork and get registered. We were there as a guest of a member, so we got the gold bands. Arriving Thursday, we agreed to hear the sales pitch on Saturday, intent just to listen and not buy in. It's M 3rd trip and F 1st. We are not lifestyle folks. Not opposed to it, just hasn't presented itself. M was in the lifestyle for 7 years prior, if that matters.
First day was get feet wet, literally. It was raining upon arrival and everyone was clothed. It was weird to see. I told her it was not the norm, and as the clouds finally rolled away, so did the clothes. I saw folks I had seen there last year (same time), said hello, went about our day. We weren't intentionally avoiding people, but we respected distances and kept ours too. That was a theme of the trip. Thursday is school girl night and the ladies looked amazing. Fun night.
Friday and Saturday were similar- breakfast, pool (on a bed), maybe a little beach time. Not many beach goers at all this trip. Maybe 2, 3 couples on the beds. Seemed quite crowded Friday for the foam party, same Saturday during pool time. Nights were different, if you've been before. Seems like it was a later starting party- often not even going to the disco til 10:30 or 11pm. Entertainment in lobby area went longer, was fine. Play room wasn't crowded, neither was disco. We spent part of evening in disco and then headed to hot tub. Beds were always available and not being used for play, in afternoon and nights. If they were it was well past our bedtime of about 2 or 3am. Late night food was great as always.
We listened to the pitch, bought in. Deal seemed good to us. YMMV, but we're happy.
Then Sunday came. Went to pool and I thought it was EXTREMELY hot out. Just kept commenting how hot it was. Went into the ocean, didn't help much. Seemed to get better eventually. We go back to the room and she's on fire. Thinking heat stroke because it was so hot. Cold compresses did the trick and we ordered room service and laid low. We would never leave the room again. (FYI, we brought a thermometer and we did not have a fever at this point).
Woke up Monday morning, both on fire. M had 104.5 temp, F had 102.5. Immediately called for a medic, not knowing what's what. Scared. One came for $150 per person. Administered a rapid Covid test, which was negative (that was an extra $100, plus PPE another $100, FYI). $500 house call and nothing other than stay in your room and have to report this to front desk. No arguments from us. Front desk shows up and say we have to Q, that we're welcome to use room service and ask we not leave. Frankly, we didn't feel like leaving. Food was left outside our door, we never made contact with anyone.
Was hoping to fly home Tuesday but still felt awful. Made arrangements for Wednesday and temperatures cooperated. By this point she was fine. I was better, but incredibly fatigued. Given the negative test, acceptable temps, we tried for home. Passed first temp check in the car, passed the body scan at the airport. Good to go. Fly Cancun to BWI, BWI to KC. Get literally 2 minutes from BWI and have to divert because of storms. Circle for a bit, get diverted south and end up back at BWI 8.5 hours after leaving Cancun. Departing the plane, I am 100% soaked. Clothes are wet as can be. We grab our bags to check in for KC flight and I change. Quick bite to eat and on plane to KC. 20 minutes in, I sit up and told her I don't feel well and to call the FA. I don't get that out and I pass out for 45 seconds. Pulse barely noticeable and BP 90/60. I prayed not to die on that flight. Most scared I've been. FA were amazing and there was a nurse on the flight that took incredible care of me. We blame dehydration for everything. Finally land and I"m taken to an ER in KC where my heart checks out fine, but I do test positive for Covid. We were negative upon arrival. Not a great way to celebrate turning 50!
No one needs to lecture about traveling home. No one feels worse than we do. We would not have flown had we tested positive in Mexico. Save your comments. That's not what this is about. What I do want to stress is this: from 8/9 until 8/17, I had a fever. Anything from 99.5 to 104.5 and in between in varying degrees. I could barely move. I literally could not walk up two flights of stairs in my own house without stopping, feeling like I just ran 5 miles. My BP would spike to 170/130 without notice. Pulse goes from 80 to 130 in an instance. I break out into bone rattling chills for no reason, start sweating like I'm in a sauna, all for well over a week. As of this writing, I went back to the Dr. today to figure out the pulse rate and we're trying a new medication. I am Covid-free finally.
We did not mingle. We talked with a few couples, not closely, certainly didn't kiss anyone, let alone more. We had our fun, together, alone. Everyone we spoke with got Covid while there. Every. One. Some asymptomatic, some worse. I don't know if my case was mild or not, but I can tell you the mind-fuck alone is enough to send you into orbit. Will my 102 fever become 103 or worse? What if it gets worse and I can't breathe? And I have no underlying conditions.
We LOVE Desire. We signed up, so that should be clear. The people are amazing, fantastic and as wonderful as ever. They can't do enough to please you. As much as we love it, we won't go back until there's a vaccine or assurances. We don't know if we're immune. I'm not going to take that chance. Attitudes of 'we're going and gonna chance it'....y'all do you, but I assure you, you do not want this. And given everyone we met got this and we didn't see anyone really playing with anyone, I honestly don't know how anyone there doesn't get it. You touch bathroom doors, the handle to the pool to get in, the beds, the chairs,the hot tub, all the surfaces. Yes they get cleaned, but enough to ward of a virus like this? The last two weeks have been a blur and not in a good way. I'm not political, I"m not a doomsayer. I love this tribe and I want you all safe, so please understand, this is the stuff you might not hear. It's serious.
I pray this place can weather the storm. We want to go back, when it's safe to do so.
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