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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Dec 24, 2020 17:05:23 GMT
I am so sorry for your losses, and hope your infected relatives are improving. Thank you for replying; it's such a rarity to be able to talk with someone who lives on the other side of the world. I wish we had more posters here from other countries. We will indeed need to wait to find out. Mother and father who are doctors finally contracted Covid-19. Mother tested positive on 12th December and had shown symptoms from 10th December. She tested negative on 21st December and was confirmed by second negative result on 23rd December. Father tested positive on 18th December (had tested negative earlier). Father is all-right and has no fever or any symptoms such as weakness or loss of smell. He has cough but it is because of bronchitis (he usually has cough every winter). Mother went through CT scan yesterday and results depict mild-to-severe lung involvement (she is not suffering from Corona virus anymore but lung fabrication has already happened. Her CT severity score is 17/25 with left lobe more affected than right. Her aggressive treatment has started yesterday. Corticosteroids and antifibrotic drug nintedanib. Her oxygen level reading in normal state was 88-89 yesterday but has shown improvement to 93-94 today. After she walks a bit Oxygen level falls to lower 80s. WE are hoping for recovery in 4-6 weeks and I am personally attending to her seeing her diet and medication. Father will go for CT scan today. Oh, AJ, I am so sorry to hear that your mother has had such long-term issues develop. I hope the anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic drugs help. Getting enough oxygen to the brain is so important. Hopefully the steroids will help her feel better overall, too, and stimulate her appetite. She needs fuel for her body to heal. It is good that you are there to keep her on track with meds and nutrition. I am glad your father has experienced fewer issues. This virus affects everyone so differently, and researchers are finding more long-term side-effects and variations. The very simplistic "It's just like a bad case of the flu" is so inaccurate, it is maddening. And in the US, people are being so casual about preventing the spread, and our Idiot in Chief in the White House has encouraged this ignorant behavior. I have been limiting trips away from my house from the beginning, masking up and social distancing. every time I need to get groceries or prescriptions. Having been immune-suppressed during chemotherapy years ago, these preventative actions are familiar to me. But so many people in my area wear their masks improperly or not at all, despite the county health department's guidelines. America's case numbers per capita and case fatality rates are way too high. I am fortunate to be able to work from home, so I am at low risk, but so many people still have to work with high contact with the public. Best wishes for your family, and you! Take care!
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Post by SciFive on Dec 24, 2020 17:21:07 GMT
I am so sorry for your losses, and hope your infected relatives are improving. Thank you for replying; it's such a rarity to be able to talk with someone who lives on the other side of the world. I wish we had more posters here from other countries. We will indeed need to wait to find out. Mother and father who are doctors finally contracted Covid-19. Mother tested positive on 12th December and had shown symptoms from 10th December. She tested negative on 21st December and was confirmed by second negative result on 23rd December. Father tested positive on 18th December (had tested negative earlier). Father is all-right and has no fever or any symptoms such as weakness or loss of smell. He has cough but it is because of bronchitis (he usually has cough every winter). Mother went through CT scan yesterday and results depict mild-to-severe lung involvement (she is not suffering from Corona virus anymore but lung fabrication has already happened. Her CT severity score is 17/25 with left lobe more affected than right. Her aggressive treatment has started yesterday. Corticosteroids and antifibrotic drug nintedanib. Her oxygen level reading in normal state was 88-89 yesterday but has shown improvement to 93-94 today. After she walks a bit Oxygen level falls to lower 80s. WE are hoping for recovery in 4-6 weeks and I am personally attending to her seeing her diet and medication. Father will go for CT scan today. Sorry for your losses and wishing for a safe recovery for your Mother. |
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Post by Aj_June on Dec 25, 2020 17:53:53 GMT
Mother and father who are doctors finally contracted Covid-19. Mother tested positive on 12th December and had shown symptoms from 10th December. She tested negative on 21st December and was confirmed by second negative result on 23rd December. Father tested positive on 18th December (had tested negative earlier). Father is all-right and has no fever or any symptoms such as weakness or loss of smell. He has cough but it is because of bronchitis (he usually has cough every winter). Mother went through CT scan yesterday and results depict mild-to-severe lung involvement (she is not suffering from Corona virus anymore but lung fabrication has already happened. Her CT severity score is 17/25 with left lobe more affected than right. Her aggressive treatment has started yesterday. Corticosteroids and antifibrotic drug nintedanib. Her oxygen level reading in normal state was 88-89 yesterday but has shown improvement to 93-94 today. After she walks a bit Oxygen level falls to lower 80s. WE are hoping for recovery in 4-6 weeks and I am personally attending to her seeing her diet and medication. Father will go for CT scan today. Oh, AJ, I am so sorry to hear that your mother has had such long-term issues develop. I hope the anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic drugs help. Getting enough oxygen to the brain is so important. Hopefully the steroids will help her feel better overall, too, and stimulate her appetite. She needs fuel for her body to heal. It is good that you are there to keep her on track with meds and nutrition. I am glad your father has experienced fewer issues. This virus affects everyone so differently, and researchers are finding more long-term side-effects and variations. The very simplistic "It's just like a bad case of the flu" is so inaccurate, it is maddening. And in the US, people are being so casual about preventing the spread, and our Idiot in Chief in the White House has encouraged this ignorant behavior. I have been limiting trips away from my house from the beginning, masking up and social distancing. every time I need to get groceries or prescriptions. Having been immune-suppressed during chemotherapy years ago, these preventative actions are familiar to me. But so many people in my area wear their masks improperly or not at all, despite the county health department's guidelines. America's case numbers per capita and case fatality rates are way too high. I am fortunate to be able to work from home, so I am at low risk, but so many people still have to work with high contact with the public. Best wishes for your family, and you! Take care! Thanks a lot Rachel for your lovely wishes. Mother has improved further today. Her average blood oxygen level while resting was 93 today and the level after she had walked for a minute or 2 was 86. Much better than 2 days ago. Research has shown that fibrosis induced by Corona is reversible in most cases and mother seems to be in recovery stage although Dexona injections increased her blood sugar level very high. But she has no diabetes and the current high blood sugar level is probably because of the steroid. We have given her an insulin injection and hope to see her blood sugar level normal. Overall she seems to be more cheerful so it's looking good. Good to see your knowledge level on the issue and that you are paying attention. I hope things get well soon as the virus is still raging in most parts of the world and taking not just life but also a toll on mental health of people and economic health of nations.
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Post by Aj_June on Dec 25, 2020 17:54:20 GMT
Mother and father who are doctors finally contracted Covid-19. Mother tested positive on 12th December and had shown symptoms from 10th December. She tested negative on 21st December and was confirmed by second negative result on 23rd December. Father tested positive on 18th December (had tested negative earlier). Father is all-right and has no fever or any symptoms such as weakness or loss of smell. He has cough but it is because of bronchitis (he usually has cough every winter). Mother went through CT scan yesterday and results depict mild-to-severe lung involvement (she is not suffering from Corona virus anymore but lung fabrication has already happened. Her CT severity score is 17/25 with left lobe more affected than right. Her aggressive treatment has started yesterday. Corticosteroids and antifibrotic drug nintedanib. Her oxygen level reading in normal state was 88-89 yesterday but has shown improvement to 93-94 today. After she walks a bit Oxygen level falls to lower 80s. WE are hoping for recovery in 4-6 weeks and I am personally attending to her seeing her diet and medication. Father will go for CT scan today. Sorry for your losses and wishing for a safe recovery for your Mother. Thanks a lot SciFive for your wishes.
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Post by SciFive on Dec 25, 2020 19:21:26 GMT
Sorry for your losses and wishing for a safe recovery for your Mother. Thanks a lot SciFive for your wishes. Thanks - please let us know how she’s doing. Thanks again. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 20:48:38 GMT
Are people wearing masks? Have businesses stayed open? Is public transportation still running? Are hospitals overwhelmed? And, do you personally know anyone who has been diagnosed with the virus? I know only one person, the editor at the newspaper I work at. He was in a high risk category, but didn't wear a mask, until he had to be rushed to the hospital because he could barely breathe. He was in hospital for 5 days, received convalescent serum, is now recovering at home, but is still not well, nowhere near "back to normal". He has been very forthcoming in his weekly editorial column about his experience, and now urges everyone to wear a mask. Because I am fairly reclusive, and don't have many social contacts, the editor is the only one I know who has experienced the disease first-hand. I wish I could communicate with others who have had it, but in the US, everyone is being very... secretive... about it, no doubt due to the extreme politicization of the pandemic. I am not on any social media other than this anonymous board, so maybe people are being open about it and I just don't have access. I wish I had a reliable source to see in some detail how the rest of the world is dealing with it. I have one person from my office die from it. I have at least 2 distant relatives die from it and I have near about 20 relatives who were infected. The total number of known acquaintance that have been infected are at least 50. But then I live in a very populated country and was working in a metro city with a population of over 15 millions. I believe you are in a less populated and relatively quite place. As my company allowed me to work from home I eventually returned to live with my parents in June and left Mumbai. Things are not entirely normal here although somewhat better than before. I think the virus stays and we have to find a way to protect the elderly and the people with underlying health conditions. I would not worry about getting infected as I am pretty sure the virus won't kill me but I won't like to pass on the infection to any vulnerable person. Don't know what the approaching winter has in store but I hope life can become normal soon. People will have to more reasonable. Much like other countries people here in India come in all sorts of varieties. Some wear mask and are informed and want to help and contribute to contain the spread and some are either uniformed or deliberately stupid. Although I have not seen presence of virus deniers like right wing of Europe and the US. Overall, the Virus has now killed around close to a million people on global scale. I hope we can resume normal life soon but things not looking so good as second wave seems to be approaching Europe. Let's see what lies in store. AJ - I hope things are well for you. All the best.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Dec 26, 2020 6:12:21 GMT
Oh, AJ, I am so sorry to hear that your mother has had such long-term issues develop. I hope the anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic drugs help. Getting enough oxygen to the brain is so important. Hopefully the steroids will help her feel better overall, too, and stimulate her appetite. She needs fuel for her body to heal. It is good that you are there to keep her on track with meds and nutrition. I am glad your father has experienced fewer issues. This virus affects everyone so differently, and researchers are finding more long-term side-effects and variations. The very simplistic "It's just like a bad case of the flu" is so inaccurate, it is maddening. And in the US, people are being so casual about preventing the spread, and our Idiot in Chief in the White House has encouraged this ignorant behavior. I have been limiting trips away from my house from the beginning, masking up and social distancing. every time I need to get groceries or prescriptions. Having been immune-suppressed during chemotherapy years ago, these preventative actions are familiar to me. But so many people in my area wear their masks improperly or not at all, despite the county health department's guidelines. America's case numbers per capita and case fatality rates are way too high. I am fortunate to be able to work from home, so I am at low risk, but so many people still have to work with high contact with the public. Best wishes for your family, and you! Take care! Thanks a lot Rachel for your lovely wishes. Mother has improved further today. Her average blood oxygen level while resting was 93 today and the level after she had walked for a minute or 2 was 86. Much better than 2 days ago. Research has shown that fibrosis induced by Corona is reversible in most cases and mother seems to be in recovery stage although Dexona injections increased her blood sugar level very high. But she has no diabetes and the current high blood sugar level is probably because of the steroid. We have given her an insulin injection and hope to see her blood sugar level normal. Overall she seems to be more cheerful so it's looking good. Good to see your knowledge level on the issue and that you are paying attention. I hope things get well soon as the virus is still raging in most parts of the world and taking not just life but also a toll on mental health of people and economic health of nations. I am so glad your mother is improving, and more cheerful! Steroids can have such weird side effects, but the risk versus reward comparison usually favors using the steroids. I, too, hope things improve soon; this virus is far more complex than originally assessed. And it is negatively affecting physical health, mental health and economic health as you said. At least we have the ability to develop a vaccination; influenza didn't have a vaccine until many years after the 1918 pandemic. Medical science has made so many advances in our lifetime; I don't think most people understand history, and how many diseases that were once lethal are now treatable. It is amazing to me that smallpox has been eradicated. Bubonic plague, which decimated the world population over a three to four year period, can now be treated with an antibiotic. If I was a younger person, I would go back to school and study infectious disease. Please keep updating on your mother's progress!
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