Anyone personally affected by Covid 19?

spiriteagle99

PAPYRUS3 wrote: »

My mother is in a retirement home - she is in the dementia unit (she's really 'gone') and all the homes do not allow visitors, etc., This is absolutely something that has to happen - as soon as one patient or staff member has it - it spreads like wild fire...
I'm scared I won't see her now for months...and scared that 'it' happens in her residence I'll never see her ever again.

My 95 year old father is also in a nursing home, with some dementia. His wife took him out of the home, even though she is 83 and not very strong, because they said no visitors were allowed. She has seen that even with daily visits, lack of staff means that care is often inadequate. He'll call for help to go to the bathroom and it often takes an hour for someone to respond. By then it's too late. She didn't want to leave him there with that kind if inefficiency with no oversight. If he fell, as he has done too often, he could be left untended for a long time. I worry about both of them.

PAPYRUS3

spiriteagle99 wrote: »

PAPYRUS3 wrote: »

My mother is in a retirement home - she is in the dementia unit (she's really 'gone') and all the homes do not allow visitors, etc., This is absolutely something that has to happen - as soon as one patient or staff member has it - it spreads like wild fire...
I'm scared I won't see her now for months...and scared that 'it' happens in her residence I'll never see her ever again.

My 95 year old father is also in a nursing home, with some dementia. His wife took him out of the home, even though she is 83 and not very strong, because they said no visitors were allowed. She has seen that even with daily visits, lack of staff means that care is often inadequate. He'll call for help to go to the bathroom and it often takes an hour for someone to respond. By then it's too late. She didn't want to leave him there with that kind if inefficiency with no oversight. If he fell, as he has done too often, he could be left untended for a long time. I worry about both of them.

Yes...this is what is before us when dealing with loved ones in homes. I hope your mother has some additional help to deal with her husband now living with her. She/they probably had to give up the housing that her husband secured too. When the world returns back to 'normal' (ha) they will have to go back on a waiting list too?

AliNouveau

Last week when I had convinced myself my stomach upset was covid related (turned out to be a migraine) I had a call that the dr at my mom's seniors residence had to water positive. Luckily he one saw one person there in the past week but goodness only knows how many workers he came into contact with. So we put her into lockdown with only her private caregiving team. She's not happy but I keep telling her it's to minimize risk.

LMcG20

My mum is an oncology nurse on a 180 bed wing (divided into separate wards for different cancers/age groups) and in total there are around 135 beds with covid19 patients in them across the wards having to be kept in isolation. One awful part of this is that people who were likely to recover from their cancer are dying of the virus.

walktalkdog

Every account I've read on sites like this one, Nextdoor, and our local newsletters are from people who had the symptoms and believe they had it, but were not able to be tested. So it seems that the numbers of actual cases are greatly under-reported. In our county, there have been 2 deaths.
Both of my parents are in care facilities; my mom in a memory care facility and my dad in an independent living facility. Both facilities are taking this very seriously and are on lockdown; for which I am very grateful. Thus far, no cases have been reported in either one.
I am so sorry for those of you who have lost loved ones.

Diatonic12

@lgfrie

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-overused-for-covid-19/

Avoiding intubating, what say you. Patients that get worse and never make it home after intubating. There has to be a better way.

Diatonic12

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/12/health/smell-taste-coronavirus-pandemic-wellness-intl-gbr/index.html

lynn_glenmont

Diatonic12 wrote: »

@lgfrie

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-overused-for-covid-19/

Avoiding intubating, what say you. Patients that get worse and never make it home after intubating. There has to be a better way.

You say that as though doctors are intubating people for the fun of it. They're intubating people to keep them from dying. That treatment isn't always successful, but there are people who have been intubated, extubated, recovered, and sent home.

Diatonic12

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/11/when-coronavirus-kills-its-like-death-by-drowning-and-doctors-disagree-on-best-treatment/


"If the air sacs of the lungs are so gummy that they can’t absorb oxygen, a ventilator’s high pressure could cause damage, according to an influential letter last week written by Italian and German ARDS experts in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Amid the fatigue and stress of trying to save patients, doctors are seeking to discover what’s going so wrong.

“The way we are treating this right now isn’t working,” said Saunders. “This is either a very virulent and much more terrible disease — or, alternatively, we are treating the wrong disease, so we need to work in a different way. I deeply worry clinicians are incorrectly treating this disease as primarily an ARDS-related process when what we’re seeing suggests it’s not."

Yes, there's got to be a better way and I believe they'll find it. Sooner rather than later.

cwolfman13

Friend of mine just recovered. Two weeks in the hospital with 11 days in ICU in induced coma on a ventilator. Young, healthy guy of 38. We're starting to see bigger jumps in mortality...55% increase over the last two days.

1,345 positive cases out of 31,970 tests performed. 31 deaths with 87 currently in the hospital. 304 cases marked as recovered.

corinasue1143

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rkcampbell wrote: »

My father-in-law passed away yesterday from it. First in his county.

So sorry for your loss.
I have a friend who probably has it. They won’t give her a test, but she got sick a couple of days after being exposed. She has never been really, really sick. Is better now. Work is giving her 2 paid weeks off, but since her 2 weeks is up and she still has fever, told her not to come back to work and to send Dr.’s note. Meanwhile her Dr. has been in touch by phone, but says you can’t come in.
She will have to use her own sick leave or vacation until she is fever free for 3 days.

I don’t know if anyone was wondering, but she still has it. Temperature today 100.4 and she’s beginning to wonder what constitutes a fever. Makes me think she’s getting better.

She is on day 24 with temp 103 today. She called the Dr. because her job wanted more paperwork. The Dr. said this is longer than corona is supposed to last, so let’s get you the corona test and go from there. She went to a drive-thru today and should have results in a day or two.

Meanwhile another friend has corona + double pneumonia.

musicfan68

I don't know anyone who has definitively been diagnosed, but my friend has a kid in college and went to Florida for spring break, came home and got sick with all the typical COVID symptoms. She couldn't get him tested because they are only testing people working in the medical field, ems, fire, police, and people over 65.

bearly63

My son lives in NYC. He is a project manager and was still going to his project - huge hotel in Times Square, well after they had shelter in place, because the project was still going on. He got sick on March 20th, had fever, body aches, head ache for about 6 days. Small dry cough and slight tickle in his chest when he breathed. He never got tested because the Public health website in NYC said don't bother unless you are coming to hospital. He feels great now and would like to donate plasma if he has antibodies but right now, you can only do that with a positive test. So many untested survivors walking around. Hopefully that changes.

paperpudding

Can I confirm this?
You only get tested in US if you need to go to hospital??

To state the bleeding obvious, this must mean your case numbers, bad as they are, are actually vastly under reported.

JaxxieKat

paperpudding wrote: »

Can I confirm this?
You only get tested in US if you need to go to hospital??

To state the bleeding obvious, this must mean your case numbers, bad as they are, are actually vastly under reported.

It depends on the state/region. NYC had much better testing capabilities than my state (Georgia). Right now you need to have a doctor referral, be hospitalized, be a first responder/medical professional, or be over the age of 65 and been exposed to a confirmed positive individual to get tested.

Duck_Puddle

paperpudding wrote: »

Can I confirm this?
You only get tested in US if you need to go to hospital??

To state the bleeding obvious, this must mean your case numbers, bad as they are, are actually vastly under reported.

It depends on where you are and the resources available in your area. Where resources are stretched thin and test kits (and other things) are in short supply, tests are being used for those entering an inpatient setting (where it’s critical to know).

In other areas - where resources aren’t so limited, testing is more comprehensive (at least to include all those with possible cases).

The US is a large area with vast differences in population density/landscape and there are places where there are no cases and people wonder what all the fuss is about. And there are places where bodies are getting packed into 18-wheeler trailers because the morgues are full.

So it’s not so much that the US isn’t doing full testing. Some places are, some places aren’t.

Regardless, the number of actual cases is going to be considerably higher-to include those who haven’t been tested because they didn’t meet whatever specific criteria is in place for their area or because their symptoms weren’t significant enough to seek treatment at all.

musicfan68

It will be interesting when they get the antibody test out. I think they will find that there are probably millions of people in this country that have had it and either didn't know because it was before there was mass panic about it, or just didn't get tested when they were sick because of lack of tests.

QuadNutz

I do not have said virus. My family doesn’t either. However. I can’t go home because I have an auto immune disease and my wife is a paramedic that’s working. So. Here I am. 40 days and haven’t seen my family.

lemurcat2

paperpudding wrote: »

Can I confirm this?
You only get tested in US if you need to go to hospital??

To state the bleeding obvious, this must mean your case numbers, bad as they are, are actually vastly under reported.

As others have said, it depends on location (things is the US are often state-specific). You could get tested here so long as you had a doctor's referral, and now anyone with symptoms can, even without a referral. This is Illinois.

paperpudding

Ok, thanks to those who answered my question.

Yes anyone with symptoms can get tested here ( South Australia) too but you do need a referral form from a doctor.