“IN TIME NA wala nang (no more pandemic) COVID-19, nagka-COVID si Kris (she contracted it),” exclaimed entertainment journalist JC Nigado wondering.
Yes, JC, Kris Aquino was recently tested positive of COVID-19, that deadly Coronavirus Disease which originated from China in 2019, went pervasive internationally in 2020, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and had become widespread until 2023.
Kris, Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino in real life, posted on her Instagram a photo of a test kit showing positive results of the illness.
“I’ve been sick from the time I got out of the hospital, early Sunday. Kuya (a term of endearment to an older man or a brother by blood or affinity) Josh (her eldest son) on Monday started to cough and squeeze last night. I didn’t want him to feel unwelcome and he was wearing his mask so I slept with him,” Kris said.
The contagion seemed to be quick and sharp.
According to the Queen of All Media, her condition got worse during the treatment in the hospital including methotrexate injectable chemotherapy.
On Wednesday, Kris informed that she slept the whole day and during the evening she asked for the aircon to be lowered.
On the nights of Thursday until Monday, Aquino said her fever stayed in the 37.8 to 38.9 degree range.
“Remember I can only get up to 300 mg of paracetamol for the whole day,” she recalled.
Out of desperation, though, she took in the minimum required medication and got the better of her.
“I was desperate, so I went for 200 diphenhydramine with 200 paracetamol and 1 chewable Children’s paracetamol. At 2 AM it gave me the chance to explain why we can ignore that because I’m not swollen.”
In her post, Kris recalled a conversation with designer JC Buendia, who was also recently tested for COVID-19 during a hospital stay.
Discovering JC’s contraction of the virus made her reflect on the need to rest properly given her health situation.
“I said sleeping is a lost luxury because of my never-ending fits of evening coughing,” Kris lamented.