Forehead Thermometer

It’s never good to be sick. We escaped catching Covid 19 for four years - until we tested positive three weeks ago. Luckily we are almost back to our “normal” state and activities. But the first few days were quite uncomfortable because we didn’t know what to expect. And being in the older age group it was even more scary even though we just got a booster eight days before. Nevertheless it’s good to have gadgets around to monitor vital signs. Luckily I have an Apple Watch that I put on my husband to check his oxygen levels, ekg, and heart rate. And a blood pressure cuff to check that. But because my husband has a blocked nose on good days, it is very hard to get a temperature reading even with the fastest digital thermometer. So I finally ordered a forehead touchless infrared thermometer. It arrived soon enough to be able to use during our hibernation. As easy as it is to use, it just didn’t seem to be quite accurate. So I compared the results using both devices and determined that the touchless thermometer was about 0.5 LOWER than the digital device. Anyway, it’s so much easier to gauge his temperature now. It’s just too hard to hold your breath otherwise. 

CVS and Boncare Digital Thermometer and Battery

It’s good to have a working thermometer in the house. But the CVS thermometer battery ran out of juice when my husband wanted to check his temperature the other day after receiving his second covid vaccine. So I got out the tiny screwdriver we have for glasses and opened up the tiny battery compartment. Of course we didn’t have that kind of battery, so we decided it might be a good idea to have battery replacements, but maybe an additional thermometer too. Since I couldn’t read the battery type I needed to get in a close shot of the thing. Of course the batteries were on Amazon, and I also found another digital thermometer from Boncare. Both the replacement batteries and thermometer arrived yesterday. It was easy enough to actually replace the battery and thing was in working order once again. So I think now we will have a thermometer for my husband and one for myself. It’s not such a bad idea. Luckily we don’t have a need for either one of them now. It’s always good to be prepared. 

CVS Digital Thermometer

It’s hard to believe someone still has a mercury thermometer. But we do - or should I say - did, until last week. My husband wasn’t feeling well and went to take his temp, only to drop the glass tube and it broke. Everyone should have some kind of thermometer in the house. I checked the App Store to see if there was an app for that without luck for our purpose. So the next day on our morning walk we went in the other direction towards CVS. Obviously a digital thermometer was what we needed. There were several to pick from and we ended up with the cheapest one. There were gadgets there for fifty dollars that you can connect with an app so you can keep track of things over time. It was overkill for our maybe once a year requirement. So now we have a digital thermometer for the next incident. I’m hoping we will never have to use it, but if we do I’m also hoping the battery will still work.