Posted on 03/15/2020 2:31:40 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Mark Frilot took medicines to treat what he thought for several days was a case of the flu, but he just couldn’t turn the corner.
His fever was spiking nightly. At one point, his wife, Heaven, found him on the edge of their tub talking to himself, delirious.
When he went to East Jefferson General Hospital on Thursday, the staff diagnosed him with double pneumonia and the new coronavirus. Since then the Kenner lawyer has been sedated and attached to a breathing machine as doctors help him fight the potentially deadly respiratory disease that has caused a worldwide pandemic.
Heaven Frilot she could hardly believe it. Her husband is 45, a construction litigator who is “never, ever sick.” But now, after seeing images of groups partying in New Orleans on Saturday despite the state’s request for people to practice “social distancing,” she is speaking up.
“It could happen to anybody,” Heaven Frilot said. “That’s all I’m trying to say.”
When the Frilots checked Mark into the ER the next day, they were astounded when staffers informed him a flu test had come back negative. Heaven Frilot said she asked the hospital to get her husband’s paperwork faxed over from the urgent care clinic. When the documents arrived, they showed he had been found negative for the flu there as well, despite the treatment plan he was given.
The hospital ran the test and, after several hours, it came back positive.
Heaven Frilot said the days since then have been a blur. Stricken with both COVID-19 and double pneumonia, Mark Frilot is in critical care and isolation. He consented to being given a paralytic drug, sedated and put on a ventilator, she said.
Essentially, the machine is breathing for him so his lungs can rest, Heaven Frilot said Sunday.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
Mardi Gras events spread this quietly for a few weeks .
Its now erupting .
I thought it would be helpful to rub the noses of those people claiming this was nothing but the flu and that only older people were at risk in reports like these *not* from China. Because they’re still spewing garbage about how this is just the normal flu, etc.
I don’t know that I’d consider any Mardi Gras event quiet...
[I thought it would be helpful to rub the noses of those people claiming this was nothing but the flu and that only older people were at risk in reports like these *not* from China. Because they’re still spewing garbage about how this is just the normal flu, etc.]
Barely and only through major mechanical assistance.
And now Spring Break.
Watch out Florida.
Anti-inflammatories may aggravate Covid-19, France advises
French minister says patients should take paracetamol rather than ibuprofen or cortisone
French authorities have warned that widely used over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drugs may worsen the coronavirus.
The country’s health minister, Olivier Véran, who is a qualified doctor and neurologist, tweeted on Saturday: “The taking of anti-inflammatories [ibuprofen, cortisone … ] could be a factor in aggravating the infection. In case of fever, take paracetamol. If you are already taking anti-inflammatory drugs, ask your doctor’s advice.”
Health officials point out that anti-inflammatory drugs are known to be a risk for those with infectious illnesses because they tend to diminish the response of the body’s immune system.
The health ministry added that patients should choose paracetamol – which is known in the US by the generic name acetaminophen and commonly by the brand name Tylenol – because “it will reduce the fever without counterattacking the inflammation”.
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Véran said in his daily briefing that the evolution and spread of the virus was “rapid and real”, but that 98% of those who had tested positive had recovered.
[More at link]
I think this attorney probably has an underlying condition he is unaware of I am betting he has a carcinogen somewhere in his system he knew nothing about!! IF he gets through this virus it may save his life when they find the cause for his weakened immune system!!!
One thing i noticed at the wal-mart was the cold and flu meds were totally gone...are they using it for colds and flues or do they think it will fend of Coronavirus?
Nully - you might be interested in the article TigerClaws posted, I copied part of it just above
Yes, and we’ve heard NOTHING about the thousands who have died of run-of-the-mill influenza, this year, and that is saying nothing about the dead silence on Veteran Suicide, abortion, and Heart Disease.
This contrived pandemic is a way for the deep state to assess just how far they can push the American People before they push back, hard.
You are making a positive related to Coronavirus in FR..not sure that is allowed./s
When I was young they called those machines 'iron lungs'...and some people lived in them....
You are making a positive STATEMENT related to Coronavirus in FR..not sure that is allowed./s
It says right there in the article
SO TRUE LOL, LOL !!!!
Yes, and they are mocking anyone who is looking at the CV as an illness more potent than influenza. The THING has not peaked yet.
It is NOT helpful and might cause some to put their guard down when they should not.
“Mark Frilot took medicines to treat what he thought for several days was a case of the flu, but he just couldn’t turn the corner.
His fever was spiking nightly”
He didn’t know the symptoms?
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