I thought I would come on and post some info from someone dealing first hand with covid19. My wife is an RN who was exposed at work. I figured I could answer questions if you have any - I have the time since I am quarantined with her.
Background: We have three teenage kids and we made arrangements for them to stay with family when she learned that her hospital would be accepting covid19 patients - this was 6 days before she became symptomatic. (It is a small rural hospital and they were initially sending them to larger facilities). During spring break we were looking at the data and anticipated the spike in cases as well as the actions taken by officials at all levels. Nerd alert: I figured we would need enough food/supplies for about 21 days so I made a meal plan for every day and we shopped according to that in order to mitigate the need to visit stores/public spaces. (Already had toilet paper/flushable wipes so I can say we didn't contribute to that hysteria.). This turned out to a huge stroke of luck in hindsight.
Several folks have posted about the high incidence of false negative results from the nasopharyngeal swab and we believe that this is what occurred. Patient initially negative so taken off protocols - symptoms increased - retest - positive.
So this past Friday she came home from a night shift almost unable to walk...had body aches, fever etc. We went back to the hospital to get swabbed. Results came back positive on Monday. Oddly enough her only incidence of fever only lasted about 10 hours. The body aches, head ache, dry unproductive cough and lethargy have persisted throughout. She also lost her senses of taste and smell on day 3. Based on my research, day five is the milestone when respiratory complications tend to begin to present. She is reporting a heaviness in her chest but SPO2 levels are normal and I am not hearing anything unusual during auscultation. So far so good.
I've been penned up in this petri dish since the 23rd and am not experiencing any symptoms at all. I've have upped my Vitamin C intake to 5000mg per day and I take zinc in the form of Zicam 5-6 tabs per day. I moved to the living room and she is sequestered in our bedroom. I mask up when I go in to check on her or just to hang out with her...then I sanitize, wash hands, spray down surfaces, etc. I spend as much time outside in the yard as I can. I walk the dog daily and run 3-4 miles every other day while doing a total body work out the other days.
That is about it. Just waiting. I feel like we are in the "Mild" category as far as the actual illness goes - hoping to keep it that way. I go to bed and wonder if I will wake up with fever and all the while hoping that she feels better and better. If ya'll have any questions holler.
Background: We have three teenage kids and we made arrangements for them to stay with family when she learned that her hospital would be accepting covid19 patients - this was 6 days before she became symptomatic. (It is a small rural hospital and they were initially sending them to larger facilities). During spring break we were looking at the data and anticipated the spike in cases as well as the actions taken by officials at all levels. Nerd alert: I figured we would need enough food/supplies for about 21 days so I made a meal plan for every day and we shopped according to that in order to mitigate the need to visit stores/public spaces. (Already had toilet paper/flushable wipes so I can say we didn't contribute to that hysteria.). This turned out to a huge stroke of luck in hindsight.
Several folks have posted about the high incidence of false negative results from the nasopharyngeal swab and we believe that this is what occurred. Patient initially negative so taken off protocols - symptoms increased - retest - positive.
So this past Friday she came home from a night shift almost unable to walk...had body aches, fever etc. We went back to the hospital to get swabbed. Results came back positive on Monday. Oddly enough her only incidence of fever only lasted about 10 hours. The body aches, head ache, dry unproductive cough and lethargy have persisted throughout. She also lost her senses of taste and smell on day 3. Based on my research, day five is the milestone when respiratory complications tend to begin to present. She is reporting a heaviness in her chest but SPO2 levels are normal and I am not hearing anything unusual during auscultation. So far so good.
I've been penned up in this petri dish since the 23rd and am not experiencing any symptoms at all. I've have upped my Vitamin C intake to 5000mg per day and I take zinc in the form of Zicam 5-6 tabs per day. I moved to the living room and she is sequestered in our bedroom. I mask up when I go in to check on her or just to hang out with her...then I sanitize, wash hands, spray down surfaces, etc. I spend as much time outside in the yard as I can. I walk the dog daily and run 3-4 miles every other day while doing a total body work out the other days.
That is about it. Just waiting. I feel like we are in the "Mild" category as far as the actual illness goes - hoping to keep it that way. I go to bed and wonder if I will wake up with fever and all the while hoping that she feels better and better. If ya'll have any questions holler.
