First Person Covid-19 stories

[churchmouse]

FIL is off the ventilator after 8 days!

FIL did well today. He held at the 45% FiO2 and breathed a lot on his own. They have been decreasing his sedation but kept him on meds for anxiety for now.

The nurse said once it's out he'll still be plenty groggy. She also said his muscle tone isn't great, so they will have a therapist come work with him. He will need to stay in the hospital for several days yet after the vent is removed, but she wasn't sure how soon he would get moved out of the ICU to a normal room.

All in all a good update.

Good news.

 

[HoughMade]

FIL is off the ventilator after 8 days!

FIL did well today. He held at the 45% FiO2 and breathed a lot on his own. They have been decreasing his sedation but kept him on meds for anxiety for now.

The nurse said once it's out he'll still be plenty groggy. She also said his muscle tone isn't great, so they will have a therapist come work with him. He will need to stay in the hospital for several days yet after the vent is removed, but she wasn't sure how soon he would get moved out of the ICU to a normal room.

All in all a good update.

Great to hear!

 

[dusty88]

FIL is off the ventilator after 8 days!

FIL did well today. He held at the 45% FiO2 and breathed a lot on his own. They have been decreasing his sedation but kept him on meds for anxiety for now.

The nurse said once it's out he'll still be plenty groggy. She also said his muscle tone isn't great, so they will have a therapist come work with him. He will need to stay in the hospital for several days yet after the vent is removed, but she wasn't sure how soon he would get moved out of the ICU to a normal room.

All in all a good update.

Good news. Here's to his ongoing recovery

 

[Double T]

That is excellent news. We on the non-icu floors are getting info that is to encourage proning of high O2 use patients to try to prevent the need of intubation/ventilation. Our stats are showing 15% of those needing vented don't make it...not entirely sure how different the stats are from all vented patients (non-post op), however.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Just heard from my middle sister that our older sister is in bad shape. She's been hospitalized with pneumonia and covid for awhile now and today the doctors started talking to my niece (her daughter) about end of life decisions. They're going to try giving her antibody treatments but she's in extremely poor health (morbidly obese and has been on dialysis for a couple of years). It's not looking good. Of course we'll hope for the best, but we're expecting the worst.

 

[mike4sigs]

REd Cross blood donation will get you an antibody test at no charge. Just say'n"...

this needs to repeated

 

[ghitch75]

Just heard from my middle sister that our older sister is in bad shape. She's been hospitalized with pneumonia and covid for awhile now and today the doctors started talking to my niece (her daughter) about end of life decisions. They're going to try giving her antibody treatments but she's in extremely poor health (morbidly obese and has been on dialysis for a couple of years). It's not looking good. Of course we'll hope for the best, but we're expecting the worst.

sorry to hear this DD...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

sorry to hear this DD...

Thanks ghitch. You know, I've been thinking all day about how tired I am of hearing about covid. It's dominating the news now, not to mention the threads over in Gen Pol about it here on INGO. Getting this news this evening was just icing on the -cake.

 

[ghitch75]

Thanks ghitch. You know, I've been thinking all day about how tired I am of hearing about covid. It's dominating the news now, not to mention the threads over in Gen Pol about it here on INGO. Getting this news this evening was just icing on the -cake.

i hear ya.....makes me and the g/f pull our hair out.....just sick of this

 

[Bennettjh]

Just heard from my middle sister that our older sister is in bad shape. She's been hospitalized with pneumonia and covid for awhile now and today the doctors started talking to my niece (her daughter) about end of life decisions. They're going to try giving her antibody treatments but she's in extremely poor health (morbidly obese and has been on dialysis for a couple of years). It's not looking good. Of course we'll hope for the best, but we're expecting the worst.

Hate to hear this. I'll be praying for her and your family.

 

[johntheplinker]

FIL is off the ventilator after 8 days!

FIL did well today. He held at the 45% FiO2 and breathed a lot on his own. They have been decreasing his sedation but kept him on meds for anxiety for now.

The nurse said once it's out he'll still be plenty groggy. She also said his muscle tone isn't great, so they will have a therapist come work with him. He will need to stay in the hospital for several days yet after the vent is removed, but she wasn't sure how soon he would get moved out of the ICU to a normal room.

All in all a good update.

Good deal! Hopefully he's on the up swing now!

Just heard from my middle sister that our older sister is in bad shape. She's been hospitalized with pneumonia and covid for awhile now and today the doctors started talking to my niece (her daughter) about end of life decisions. They're going to try giving her antibody treatments but she's in extremely poor health (morbidly obese and has been on dialysis for a couple of years). It's not looking good. Of course we'll hope for the best, but we're expecting the worst.

Sorry for you dude! Hopefully the antibodies will give her a fast turnaround.

 

[Ballstater98]

Tuesday, 12/1

This morning FIL had spiked a fever and his white blood cells were elevated today. They are trying to figure out where the infection is coming from and did a CT scan this afternoon. He’s been having a hard time swallowing since having the vent removed as well, so they will bring in a speech consult to evaluate that.

UPDATE as of 7:45pm. CT was clear. Nothing going on with GI. No UTI. Waiting for PICC line culture to come back. Giving him antibiotics and his fever has come down for now. The youngest used FaceTime and talked to him this evening. He is awake but not able to really talk or respond much yet.

She shared a picture, he is a shell of what he was before. He has lost a lot of weight, muscle mass, and looks exhausted.

My wife and family are having a rough time as it is bringing back images when her mom entered hospice this spring.

Thanks for the prayers and well wishes. One milestone crossed has uncovered new challenges. The road to recovery is a long one.

 

[Hookeye]

Was around a person that tested positive (notified today noon, they were swabbed Sunday noon).
Was around them for an hr Sunday. At their house.
Now am quarantined.
Hopefully my kid with health issues doesn't get it.
Will know more in a week I guess.

 

[churchmouse]

i hear ya.....makes me and the g/f pull our hair out.....just sick of this

We are so past sick of this for many reasons.

DD, it is not good to hear this but with all those strikes against her going in she is on that side of the scale. You and family are in our thoughts.

 

[churchmouse]

Tuesday, 12/1

This morning FIL had spiked a fever and his white blood cells were elevated today. They are trying to figure out where the infection is coming from and did a CT scan this afternoon. He’s been having a hard time swallowing since having the vent removed as well, so they will bring in a speech consult to evaluate that.

UPDATE as of 7:45pm. CT was clear. Nothing going on with GI. No UTI. Waiting for PICC line culture to come back. Giving him antibiotics and his fever has come down for now. The youngest used FaceTime and talked to him this evening. He is awake but not able to really talk or respond much yet.

She shared a picture, he is a shell of what he was before. He has lost a lot of weight, muscle mass, and looks exhausted.

My wife and family are having a rough time as it is bringing back images when her mom entered hospice this spring.

Thanks for the prayers and well wishes. One milestone crossed has uncovered new challenges. The road to recovery is a long one.

Renewed prayers and positive thoughts outbound my friend.

 

[dusty88]

Was around a person that tested positive (notified today noon, they were swabbed Sunday noon).
Was around them for an hr Sunday. At their house.
Now am quarantined.
Hopefully my kid with health issues doesn't get it.
Will know more in a week I guess.

The waiting sucks and so does the self-quarantine. I hope you are on the fortunate side and did not contract the virus.

 

[JTScribe]

Mother in law started feeling bad a few days before Thanksgiving. My wife and kids had gone shopping with her the Saturday before. Wednesday night, mother-in-law gets a positive rapid test. Thanksgiving canceled.

Wife starts feeling bad Thanksgiving day, as does my son. We manage an ad hoc family dinner, just the four of us. That night I start feeling feverish and achy. I'm supposed to work on Friday, so I called our COVID hotline to see what they wanted me to do. They have me come in for a rapid test, while my wife heads to our county health department. We both test positive.

My wife's symptoms are mostly respiratory, coughing and congestion, whereas I mostly just ache in my joints. Monday, I thought I was bouncing back, but my fever spiked hard Monday night, up to around 103. The weird thing is, the fever seems to come mostly in the afternoon and evening; I feel okay during the day. This morning I feel pretty good, but we'll see what happens tonight ...

 

[Hookeye]

Thought it the norm that fevers worse at night.

 

[HoughMade]

Probably the last update on my daughter- day 14, she is out of quarantine and she never had any symptoms that we could directly tie to COVID (occasional headaches)...and the rest of us, given the recent lowering of the days to isolate, will be out on Saturday.

 

[Ballstater98]

Wednesday, 12/2 - update

Still trying to figure out the source of FIL’s fever today. All CTs and scans have been clear. They will get a consult from an infectious disease doctor in DSM to confirm their course of treatment or if they should modify it. He is responding to his name and commands, but is too weak to communicate much more at this point. Youngest son has been able to visit and give us some information from that.