for those who think it's just like the flu, just compare it to this. get somebody to kick you in your buttt and somebody to kick you in your nuts and repeat , it's the same, it's just pain.
true that some get no symptoms, some get mild and some bad, and some bad enough to kill.
my wife got sick first it was just nothing, nausea, weakness, then just overnight, fever, couldnt even walk, called an ambulance and they took her. took me 2 days to even find out where she was at nurses wouldnt even answer the phone.
think the 3rd day, my memory is kind of hazy, they called me, she was positive and she was in not very good shape, doctor told me that she could breath on her own, but ordered breathing treatments anyway because of her lungs but mentally, she didnt know where she was, or why she was there. she had a couple of small unrelated problems too but the doctor wasnt concerned about them.
she was 5 days in the hospital when I started showing symptoms, for a few days I had a bit of temperature and pain in my body, vision was a bit blurry not a big deal, no problems breathing or anything like that. I had myself tested as soon as I found out my wife was positive and I was positive too. fever went up to like 101, called the doctor and he said as long as I have no problem breathing it would be best to just stay at home. if breathing was bad call an ambulance. ordered a bunch of water, gatoraid and protein shakes to be delived just in case I couldnt cook.
I really became worried when I was playing to get my mind in something else and I had a hard time holding the stick and pushing buttons. I was really dizzy and started having problems walking. constant headache that makes you wish you were dead. I draged a small fridge I have in my office to the sofa and filled it up with water, gatoraid and protein shakes. got all the vitamins I had and put them on the table next to me, brought a couple of blankets and all the towels I had put them on the sofa, not sure why.
the pain I had was bad, just to get up and walk, almost felt like crying. chest felt a little tight, but no cough no mucus. last week they sent my wife home, I told the doctor that I couldnt even take care of myself, he said normally she would be taken to a convalescent home but nobody would take here and it didnt matter anyway because there's no room anywhere. she had no fever, no trouble breathing, his main concerned was her mental status now as she only calmed down when she spoke to me. he was afraid if she stayed at the hospital she would get worst.
she was delivered by hospital transport, two guys brought her in and put her on the sofa. somehow we managed to help each other for 4 days. fever went down for me saturday i think, pain became more manageable. so I was able to help her more. she kept asking me to take her to the Jacuzzi, told her we dont have any, she was like well you let your friends use it, ask her who? she said the guy that plays the banjo, told her that's bbaw and we just joke about it in the game.
it's funny how creative you can get, I used plumber's pliers to open water bottles and protein shakes as I didnt have the strength to use my hands. used 2 belts and a small ladder to help my wife up to go to the bathroom as i have a bad back anyway. she used that to strengthen her legs too. she can pretty much walk on her own now. today they delivered a walker, we both started laughing, we could have used it last week.
so, yes if you ignore the pain, the never ending headache that now is gone, the loss of strength, my wife's mental confusion, which I hope goes away, yes it it just like the flu.
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