Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Please Stay Home




For those that think this virus is not real here is my log

Day  - 35: pulmonary doctor call complaining of say being bad, coughing a lot told I was high risk for COVID 19 and was dismissed. 

Day -30: complaining of say being bad, coughing a lot told I was high risk for COVID 19 and was dismissed. Told to take Flonase and pepsid by pulmonary dr office

Day  -5 : coughing, tired, night sweets, put me on antibiotics and Low dose steroids by primary care doctors. Put on steroid inhaler and told to stop arnuity. Put on cough syrup with codeine by pulmonary doctor office

Day -4: coughing, tired, night sweets, on antibiotics Pulmonary doctor Increased dose Of steroids 

Day -3: no improvement 

Day -2: no improvement getting worse

Day  -1: coughing, tired, on last day of antibiotics, also on steroids. Getting worse

Day 1 - April 19, 2020

Coughing so bad would loose breath, tired, Nausea, fever, Diarrhea starting , Weight loss of a Pound or 2. Went to ER and diagnosed with pneumonia on lower lungs and probable COVID-19

Isolation in own home starts, no contact with spouse or dogs for min of 14 days. Stayed in one room for next 16 days.

Day 2 - No real memories of this day -  coughing, nausea, diarrhea, weight loss, sleeping, sweets, fever, fair oxygen levels 

Day 3 - test results confirm COVID-19, put on Hysroxychloroquine - No real memories of this day -  coughing, nausea, diarrhea, weight loss, sleeping, sweets, fever, fair oxygen levels 

Day 4 - requested to stop  Hysroxychloroquine told needed to stay on. - No real memories of this day -  coughing, nausea, diarrhea, weight loss, sleeping, sweets, fever, fair oxygen levels

Day 5 - No real memories of this day -  coughing, nausea, diarrhea, weight loss, sleeping, sweets, fever, fair oxygen levels 

Day 6 - No real memories of this day -  coughing, nausea, diarrhea, weight loss, sleeping, sweets, fever, fair oxygen levels 

Day 7 - No real memories of this day

Day 10 - lost 22 pounds, last day of Hysroxychloroquine. No real memories of this day -  coughing, nausea, diarrhea, weight loss, sleeping, sweets, fever, fair oxygen levels 

Day 16 - Out of bed and sat on sofa for a while, then back to bed.  -  coughing, attacks. nausea comes and goes, diarrhea, sleeping a lot. sweets,  oxygen levels around 94/95. Had follow up apt with pulmonary doctor and they wanted me to talk to PA again. Had to argue to talk to a doctor. Retesting is still an issue to see if virus is gone. Pulmonary doctor says he hasn't use cough medicine with codeine in years and took me off. Still isolating from spouse and dogs.

Showered and saved for 1st time in 16 days

Day 17 - went outside and walked I back yard a bit.

Day 18 - started to eat solid foods, nausea at times coughing attacks still happening

Day 19 - starting to relax isolation In own house, and with dogs. 

Day 20

Day 21

Day 22 - dr Apt with pulmonary dr. Retesting is still an issue to see if virus is gone. Told by dr they no longer are putting people on Hysroxychloroquine as risk to high and not working.

Day 26 - coughing attacks about 3 a day, get tired after doing simple things like vacuuming 

Day 29 - very tired all day

Day 30 - very tired all day, started using Cpap coughing attacked are much less

Day 31 - very tired most of day, feeling weak

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