Hes been quarantined but the nurses didnt know proper protocol at the time and allowed my Auntie to visit.
Now she has self quarantined herself at her home.
My Uncle is stable.
They took sputum cultures, meaning they check for bacterial infections.
It takes 24 hours to get a result.
If its viral pneumonia, this is a good sign apparently.
If you do not, you will experience a multi system failure following.
He is was still hard of breathing so they intubated him.
Gotta give credit to the doctors, nurses, and med staff.
They are certainly stepping up and doing the best they can in such a disorganized system.
farmon7
I am a nurse at Level 1 trauma center hospital in Detroit.
I swear COVID has been around for weeks.
There are several members of my surgical team that have been hit hard with respiratory and fevers.
We may have misidentified this as the flu.
There has been a lack of communication, policy, and testing.
My hospital doesnt have a plan.
My wife is an accountant and they have a plan to work from home.
Again, my hospital does not.
This means we are continuing to operate as usual until we physically cannot.
Edit: My hospital rolled out a policy.
We are not to meet in groups over 20 people.
Once our first confirmed case is in-house, all elective/non emergent surgeries are cancelled.
We expect to have our first case by tonight.
We expect to our ICUs to get hit hard sometime next week.
I’ve felt pretty rotten the last few days, but am finally improving.
I am only talking about my own experiences as a patient, not a doctor.
(1/n)
Chris Gough (@GoughCJ)March 16, 2020
Symptoms.
D1: The day of fevers and exhaustion.
Shivers and sweats were the story of the day.
That and being utterly exhausted, with whole-body ache.
Random temp: 38.5.
One flight of stairs then stop for a rest.
No appetite at all.
(3/n)
The cough started in the afternoon.
Not a bad cough, and not productive.
But just there every now and again to remind me that my lungs were also not happy.
I found out my brother (who I spent the proceeding week with) is unwell with similar symptoms.
(4/n)
D2: No energy.
Horizontal is the position to be in.
Sweats/shivers ongoing, but not as bad as yesterday.
Cough more noticeable but not a big issue.
Whole body still aches, and feeling weak.
Felt a bit brighter in the eve.
(5/n)
D3: Feeling worse.
Headache and fatigue worse.
Appetite improving but far from normal.
Another day of frequent naps & predominantly horizontal state.
Cough very infrequent now.
Headaches still present, but improving.
Whole body still aches.
Would quite like to feel better.
My brother is improving.
His girlfriend now has symptoms.
(7/n)
D5: Still pretty tired.
No headaches any more.
Appetite up to 1/2 or 2/3 of normal.
(8/n)
D6: Feeling a little better.
Or, thought I was, but then fell asleep on the sofa for an hour.
So fatigue ongoing, and lacking energy.
Still no desire to leave the house.
Protect your patients.Protect your colleagues.Protect your friends and family.Protect yourself.
Both my parents have the same symptoms.
mermaidhairdontcare
My daughter lives in a nation (like a co-ed frat) at Lund University in Sweden.
A close friend of hers that lives in her corridor is Swedens patient 0.
He returned from Italy about a week ago.
Since he entered the country via Copenhagen the health dept didnt catch him until the next morning.
He felt fine and had only encountered 2 people in the hall before going to his room.
He tested positive and the other 2 are quarantined for 14 days.
They took him to the hospital.
Two days later he spiked a 105 fever and he has a bad cough and chest tightness.
Hes been achy, had chills, headaches, vomiting and diarrhea.
He goes through day long stretches where he feels like hes gotten better and then it comes back.
Hes 21, was in great health and shape.
They are doing breathing treatments on him.
Statistically he should be fine.
Hes said its like hes going to die, then hes fine and the circle begins again.
tgibook
Step daughter bought it home from school, made us all sick.
3 days of fever chills, felt like blowing and coughing razor blades.
Can definitely see how the elderly or infirm could be pushed over the edge with it tbh.
SLR1337
My fathers colleague/friend has been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
RN he is under house arrest with at least 6 policemen in front of his door.
He s about to be transferred to the hospital.
AlbanThePro
Friend of mine got it.
She described it as a bad cold / mild flu.
She only got tested after being contacted as someone thatd been in contact w another confirmed case.
Its Day 10 since I first showed symptoms, and everything has improved except the cough.
The cough has gotten worse, I can barely take a breath without immediately coughing.
And its deep painful coughs.
replove
Being 24, its not that bad.
rjszoke
My uncle contracted it.
Its much more serious then people believe.
It made my otherwise healthy 48 year old uncle flat out unable to breathe.
Hes been dependent on a ventilator for 4 days now.
What scares me is what will happen when it spreads.
I work in a hospital.
The resources to put everyone on a ventilator just do not exist.
Standard CV symptoms, but no one had any idea what it actually was.
Im mid 30s, reasonably fit, and have an obscenely healthy diet overall.
It was rough for me.
I didnt leave the house and ate Postmates-delivered Popeyes Chicken Sandwiches every day the whole time.
UnknownQTY
The test is pretty elaborate.
They stick a swab deep into each nostril and also deep down the throat.
Not a fun process.
Ive quarantined myself, mostly to protect people in my city who cant fight it off.
