Anyone personally affected by Covid 19?

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

I have to nephews who have tested positive(we are praying that it will be a mild to moderate case for both of them). they were told to self-isolate AND that tylenol for fever,rest a lot,etc. so far they are fine.

Not really. My area is not super affected yet. One of my husbands coworkers tested positive and so did someone who works at my kids school. That’s all so far.

rkcampbell wrote: »

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

I'm so sorry. Condolences to you and all his family and friends.

My sister has had a nasty bout of it. Not bad enough for hospital but temperature spikes neared danger levels (i.e. just under 105f) every day for a week. Then it turned to nausea and no appetite. We think she's on the mend now.

Someone at work has symptoms and is isolating at home...waiting on test confirmation. Unfortunately, she's one of the essentials that can't work from home so obviously the other essentials are pretty concerned. I'm not sure what we'll do because we can't constitutionally just shut our doors.

paperpudding wrote: »

kaydensmom2009 wrote: »

I work in the hospital on a Coronavirus unit so unfortunately I am seeing a lot of people with it, and also unfortunately more deaths then I’m used to seeing as a nurse due to it.

Also about the testing, in my local area we don’t test unless you need to be hospitalized due to the limited availability of test kits. If you have symptoms you are just supposed to assume you have it and treat at home and self isolate. Tests have false negatives so if your symptoms match and you would get a negative then that doesn’t actually mean that you are negative, so if you can manage at home what is the point of testing? Most people don’t need hospitalized for it.

Yes I realise most people don't need to be hospitalised - but where I live people who are known contacts, who are symptomatic, would be tested.

Not wishing to turn this into a debate about testing criteria though, I think that is a topic for another thread.

Thoughts are with everyone affected by this.

everyone being traced down is having testing here...it's pretty much state by state. we're doing massive testing here.

According to the dr, I may have been an early covid-19 victim before it had even made the news. I live minutes from Dulles airport outside DC, where thousands upon thousands of people fly in from Asia everyday and then fan out into the area on business and travel. In mid December, I had a very rapid onset of a mystery illness - pulse rate > 110, and a fever that advanced over three days from 99.5 to 102.7 to 103.8. At which point I went to the dr, ,who sent me straight to the ER. In the ER they had NO idea what was wrong with me and called it a "mystery virus" based on the bloodwork etc, after they'd definitively confirmed it wasn't the flu or a cold. It resolved over around a week & then I was fine.

For whatever it's worth, I am and have been on hydroxychloroquine for a long time. I mention that because it's in the news.

Diatonic12 wrote: »

@lgfrie I'm glad you survived it. Are you going to have your blood tested again for the antibody profile? That would show the true scale you've lived through. I've heard some are having a 102 temp for 10-14 days in a row and the fever grows more intense in the evenings Happy you're here. My family is waiting on pending test results for two relatives.

Did you see the bus driver tonight on nat'l news. My condolences to all who've lost a loved one and friend.

Yes the fever was really something, especially at night! I was shivering and shaking and it was so awful, but there was only a couple/few days of that and then things started improving fast.

I do want to be tested for the antibody profile, but for the time being I'm staying far away from health care. I know the hospitals and doctors are overwhelmed so I don't want to get in the way unless there's a life threatening emergency. But when things settle down I'll definitely get tested. My rheumatologist will want to know, for sure.

I may end up a data point in someone's study, as I had been on hydroxycholoroquine before, during, and after the incident and there seems to be a huge amount of interest in how that drug interacts with covid-19 (if that's what the affliction was).

I will hope to hear good news on your two relatives when they get their results.

I'm in the Chicago area, and we are in the top 10 for outbreaks in the usa. I did have the flu in early January with similar symptoms to covid 19, but currently I don't know if I had it or not. Was sick for 2 weeks, then recovered. I hope to get a test at some point to see if I had it.

My mom is in the high risk group for age and I'm worried about her. Mainly because my nephew lives with her and goes to work every day and comes back into the same household. His company manufactures medical supplies, so he's considered essential. So far no incidents with anyone I know.

Maybe I personally had it. Around here they only test if you are high risk, need medical intervention, or if they have been traveling, so with mild symptoms, I was not tested. All to say, I don't know if I was sick with it or something like it, 14 days stuck at home either way.

Oh that is so hard Papyrus.

The personal separation for people who can't just substitute with electronic versions.

My own biggest personal fear with coronavirus is my 3 year old grand daughter who lives in another town - she is healthy, I am healthy - but if this goes on too long, I am scared she will forget me.

corinasue1143 wrote: »

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.