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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 29, 2022 14:01:09 GMT -5
As if things aaren't f'ed up enough in my world just now, I'm 85% certain my brother, who has been filling in for my sister while she copes with her recent cancer diagnosis, gave me COVID. He and his wife, who works in a nursing home where the disease is running wild, both tested positive on Sunday. This morning I woke up with a headache, cough, sore throat, and muscle aaches. I hope I'm wrong--and I won't know for sure until I'm tested later today--but I'm pretty sure I'm right.
Damn it.
Cei-U! I summon two, almost three years of isolation shot all to hell!
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Post by impulse on Nov 29, 2022 14:16:24 GMT -5
Ugh, sorry to hear, Cei-U!. You lasted longer than most of us if it's any comfort. Here's hoping yours is a short and mild case. m
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 29, 2022 14:41:08 GMT -5
As if things aaren't f'ed up enough in my world just now, I'm 85% certain my brother, who has been filling in for my sister while she copes with her recent cancer diagnosis, gave me COVID. He and his wife, who works in a nursing home where the disease is running wild, both tested positive on Sunday. This morning I woke up with a headache, cough, sore throat, and muscle aaches. I hope I'm wrong--and I won't know for sure until I'm tested later today--but I'm pretty sure I'm right. Damn it. Cei-U! I summon two, almost three years of isolation shot all to hell! No Bueno, My Friend. Take care of yourself.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 29, 2022 14:48:12 GMT -5
As if things aaren't f'ed up enough in my world just now, I'm 85% certain my brother, who has been filling in for my sister while she copes with her recent cancer diagnosis, gave me COVID. He and his wife, who works in a nursing home where the disease is running wild, both tested positive on Sunday. This morning I woke up with a headache, cough, sore throat, and muscle aaches. I hope I'm wrong--and I won't know for sure until I'm tested later today--but I'm pretty sure I'm right. Damn it. Cei-U! I summon two, almost three years of isolation shot all to hell! Crap. Hope it's a false alarm, and if not, I really hope it proves to be a mild case. Take care.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 29, 2022 14:55:22 GMT -5
Yeah, if covid it must be, we summon the mild case!
Take care, Kurt!
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 29, 2022 16:07:02 GMT -5
Cei-U! I summon two, almost three years of isolation shot all to hell! Damn, Kurt, this year can't end soon enough. The isolation wasn't wasted though - the current strains are not the same virus as three years ago.
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 29, 2022 22:52:17 GMT -5
Sorry, Kurt. Wish we could all do more for you, but as Rob said, this strain is not like the original.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 29, 2022 23:06:34 GMT -5
Well, my wife was COVID-free, all of this time, until she went into the hospital. She, likely, either contracted it there or at the nursing home she went to, for therapy, but she developed the breathing problems at the nursing home. Doesn't really matter where she contracted it, since she wasn't vaccinated (long story, but getting her to a vaccination place and her fear of adverse reactions were to blame) and already had underlyiung health issues (including her immune system) and had been damaging her system with alcohol.
She had been on a feeding tube; but, the other night, she pulled off the bipap mask and pulled it out. Got the mask back on her, but no one seemed to notice the tube, at first. When they did, she reluctantly agreed to have it reinserted and it was verified to be in place; but, somehow, she coughed or vomited it partially up into her mouth and it had to be pulled out. She would not let them reinsert it, as it caused her too much discomfort in her throat and already had issues about the bipap mask. She then started having wild swings in her blood sugar, until she was hypoglycemic and had to have IVs to stabilize it. She has been weaker and weaker and couldn't really speak, at all, today, when her sister and brother-in-law came to see her. She has mostly been sleeping. She opens her eyes but is too weak to speak.
Her son and daughter-in-law are coming tomorrow; but, after that, we are fast nearing the point of when it will be my decision to have them start a morphine drip and remove the bipap, so she can pass away peacefully and put an end to her suffering. Her lungs cannot function anymore and her extremities are showing signs of oxygen depletion, as her body redirects oxygen to the vital areas. The palliative care nurse hadn't expected her to survive the weekend, which is part of why she contacted me, back on Wednesday, to prepare me. have mostly been at the hospital, since then.
Silly me, I found out the little couch I have tried to sleep on, with a hard slab of wood, in the center, to act as a table, actually folds out into a bed! The nurse showed me tonight, how the back folds down to provide a mattress. I spent last night stretched out on it, with my ribs pressing against the table, or sleeping in a sitting position, with my feet propped on a chair (which led to a cramp, in my calf, this morning). I have been sleeping on a couch for over two years, which has little cushioning and slept on a lest than cushiony rack, on board ship; but, that was ridiculous. I'm not that stoic!
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Post by impulse on Nov 30, 2022 10:22:11 GMT -5
I'm so sorry to hear all of that, Cody. I hope the remaining time is as peaceful and comfortable as possible.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2022 10:41:02 GMT -5
I echo what impulse has posted, Cody.
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Post by Farrar on Nov 30, 2022 13:08:38 GMT -5
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 30, 2022 13:21:10 GMT -5
I'm very sorry to hear of your travails, Cody. Good vibes for you and yours.
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Post by itsamammal on Nov 30, 2022 14:35:19 GMT -5
As if things aaren't f'ed up enough in my world just now, I'm 85% certain my brother, who has been filling in for my sister while she copes with her recent cancer diagnosis, gave me COVID. He and his wife, who works in a nursing home where the disease is running wild, both tested positive on Sunday. This morning I woke up with a headache, cough, sore throat, and muscle aaches. I hope I'm wrong--and I won't know for sure until I'm tested later today--but I'm pretty sure I'm right. Damn it. Cei-U! I summon two, almost three years of isolation shot all to hell! I'm so sorry to hear. I was actually coming to this thread to say after a super rotten day yesterday I found out I've been exposed to COVID. I've not had it yet at all, but my mom and sister do, and my brother who lives with me was there yesterday before they found out. Doing good health wise at the moment, but mental health wise not as good.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 30, 2022 15:21:48 GMT -5
I can only repeat what the others have said, Cody... I'm truly sorry about that turn of events, and you're in my thoughts.
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Post by berkley on Dec 1, 2022 1:42:42 GMT -5
Get well soon Cei-U!
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