Posted on 04/19/2020 8:52:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
If you or your loved one has just had a diagnosis of COVID-19, your chances of surviving the illness will depend on your ability to gather your resources, make a plan, and adapt.
As told to her daughter, Carrie Severino. This article is personal information, not medical advice. Please consult your doctor with any health questions and decisions.
The past two weeks have been a rollercoaster as my husband and I celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary, learned we were both COVID-positive, spent multiple nights we thought could be our last ones together, and finally received a surreal email from the Kent County Health Department declaring us free and clear of any COVID-related quarantine. We are now allowed to take part in normal life again with “no restrictions” (whatever that means under total lockdown).
My husband Mark and I are both medical professionals: he an oncologist, and I a retired community health nurse. We put all our skills to use in fighting this virus. Here are some of the things we learned that can help you if you or your loved one has just received a positive COVID diagnosis.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
You mean now we are going to start having to read articles with actual useful information? Thanks it was a great article!
“For both of us, the major early symptom was a clear, runny nose, so unusually runny that it motivated my husband to call the Centers for Disease Control and ask about getting a COVID-19 test very early on”
I had this after a bunch of asians coughed all over me. Never had such a runny nose in my life. Cant remember the other symptoms. I think throat and sneezing. No fever. I knocked it out overnight but then a little while later..after an asian woman was coughing on me...I got some more symptoms that took longer to knock out
I would thrilled it I had it and was able to easily cure it..but it was probably just some kind of cold virus
I am going to do an antibody test when they get them perfected
Thank you for posting this; this was a good, informative read.
All the things one would do if they have pneumonia, a bad flu, or severe bronchitis
btw, that blood clot part of her story may be what happened to the Broadway guy who has it that has to have his leg amputated.
Great article - thanks.
Good info
Interesting that he was prescribed Prednisone
That’s what my husband took after his bout with a horrible flu back in January
I would like for him to get tested, see if maybe he had Covid
I am a lifelong asthmatic.
When I am suffering through an asthma attack, the last thing I want to do is lay on my stomach. I absolutely feel like I am suffocating if I do.
COVID19 patients breath well and have good O2 saturation in that position.
So this is not a mechanism in the lungs like pneumonia, or viral pneumonia.
Very strange indeed.
excellent advice for self-treatment
I had something weird and some illness I never experienced also in early February, with symptoms much like this woman’s husband. I was given prednisone for the first time - it worked really well.
Good post. Thanks.
1. She didn't mention various OTC supplements you can take for immune health and antiviral activity - Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc and others. Also, sleep is extremely important to good immune health (although they were probably getting sufficient sleep while sick with the virus because it knocks you out).
2. She didn't mention a RECORDING pulse-oximeter. I use one to monitor my blood oxygen levels while I am sleeping. I like the "O2Ring" by Wellue. It's pricey, but it vibrates when you go below a preset O2 level and will wake you up. It provides a good summary report and you can export the data as a csv file. This is an excellent way to keep track of longer-term changes in your blood oxygen levels. You can purchase it on Amazon. It's a Chinese product (naturally) but is well engineered, comfortable to wear, and so-far very reliable. The mobile app is rock-solid, too, and has never failed to download the data from the ring.
Here are a couple of sections from the O2Ring report...
Thank you....
Definitely makes you wonder..I’ve never seen my husband as sick as he was. I got it as well but not as severe..our son didn’t catch anything.
First time my husband took Prednisone as well, helped him a lot.
Know your plan if you have to transfer to a hospital. I packed a bag with a change of clothes for my husband and kept our shoes by the door and keys in the car.
In New Jersey, you keep your keys in the car, you won't have a car.
Beautiful story. Thanx for posting it.
I'm obviously not on my redeemed side, but someone needs to knock out "an Asian woman."
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