Long time Covid 19 episode

[Dozernut]

Just got out of the hospital yesterday. I have been sick with Covid since Dec. 20th. We didn't have Christmas as both the wife and I were sick. Hers was a little less severe than mine, I ended up with pneumonia of two varieties, did not think that was possible but that is what the docs told me. I came close to losing this battle. As of now I am on Oxygen 24-7. Being attached to a bottle of oxygen sure limits what you are able to do. The doc said most likely I will be off the tank in a couple of months. This is the wife's, and my first time battling Covid. It would have to be the long haul variety.

Maybe the tractor companies should look into putting oxygen concentrators on their cab model tractors . Along with tilt control steering, auto hitch and other fancy add Ons they could offer oxygen sensors and pulse indicators. That way maybe you could know when you take out the wifes flowers and the bird feeder

 

[rswyan]

Wishing you a complete and speedy recovery!

 

[ArlyA]

Sure sorry to hear that Dozer. Our little hospital is seeing an uptake in Covid cases again. We've had 6 vaccinations for it and sure don't need to get it again. Glad you are home again!

 

[Jstpssng]

I am sorry to hear that, and hope for a quick recovery going forward.

 

[kf4uda]

Glad to hear you pulled through! I wish you a speedy recovery.

 

[groundcover]

Wow, some Christmas ! Glad you're on the mend !

 

[JasperFrank]

Its luck of the genetic draw how people react to Covid. Glad you survived the double pneumonia. May I suggest that you and your Doctor develop a strategy of more visitation and a close monitoring of overal health, for the next year or so. Covid can trigger all manner of other conditions, that deal with human immunity systems. I'm not a Doc, but my wife got a very early form of the same family of Virus way back in 2018. This triggered a whole other thing called eosinophilia. But it is a roll of the dice as to what Covid can trigger. Covid is still out there. It didn't go away. We have been reinfected twice since the test kits were available. These infectons had little to no issues as we had done all the available vaccinations. Its this lingering eosinophia thingy that completely changed our lives.

 

[arto98607]

Wishing the OP speedy recovery!

My wife had it year ago and was pretty sick for around 2 - 3 weeks or so, and she was still somewhat affected by it like aches etc. all-together about half a year, but no pneumonia!

I started the "horse medicine" early on and continued regularly during her first two or three weeks (she did not) - I avoided any & all symptoms as far as I could tell.

Hopefully we both have a natural immunization to some degree now and since the bug is not going to disappear, but will mutate we will probably know eventually?

 

[ruffdog]

It sounds like the severity of symptoms depends on the viral load a person may ingest. If people are in a closed area and are yelling/singing/breathing deep, a person may get a larger viral load. Good luck on the recovery.

 

[Thomas]

Glad you and Mrs. on the road of recovery and may it be speedy one.