I wasn't feeling well last month and my condition progressively got worse. My wife came down with similar symptoms a few days later. My condition worsened to the point I was having trouble breathing, had lost my appetite and was basically sleeping 12 - 18 hours for the two days before we both headed to the hospital.
My wife and I both tested positive that day. The Mrs. had a "light" case of COVID and after giving her the once over, they sent her home with a couple of prescriptions and some directions for self care. When the ER nurse came in to update me on her condition he said, "Your wife will be fine and is going home. You, on the other hand, ain't going nowhere." By that time my O2 absorption rate was in the mid to low 80 percent range and my vision was graying out. But, with some O2 support, something from an IV and a group of tests over the next 8 hours things were looking up.
I graduated from the ER to ICU the evening of the first day there. By the time I left 7 days later I had something like 44 new holes in me, I had lost almost 20 pounds and I hadn't slept much due to the constant - every 3.5 hours - visits by nurses, respiratory therapists, internal specialists and sundry other medical types.
The hell of it is I was on a list for the vaccine and distribution was finally catching up with demand when I contracted the disease. Given the "moderate" level of my illness now I have to wait to get the vaccine...again. So I am self-isolating and being careful when I am out and about which is not very often. People in my area are unmasking so the potential to catch the disease it still present.
Following my discharge from the hospital I still needed oxygen but not on a 24/7 basis. I could only walk a short distance and I was pretty unsteady. By the end of the first week walking distances increased but I still tired easily. By the end of the second week I was on O2 therapy once a day, doing some deep breathing exercises while connected to an oxygen concentrator and still walking as much as I could. My oxygen absorption rate was improving steadily. The secondary oxygen supply, a bottle on a stand with a valve and a canula next to the bed, was returned to the supplier that same week. Oh, and I'm still walking when I'm not listening to music.
This is my third week home after being discharged and my absorption rate while active is 95% and while resting is 98%. My doctor said my O2 therapy sessions are over. The O2 concentrator will be on it's way back to the l supplier early next week.
Just be careful out there. You Do Not Want To Get COVID. I don't recommend it as a diet plan, either.
