On another note - I now have some close relatives who have tested positive. One of my 20-year-old grandsons tested positive Monday. He told me this morning that he was feeling better ... just a minor headache and some congestion. He had a rough couple of days, but has been home throughout. I don't know how long he had felt poorly before he went to get tested.
AND, I have two nieces in OKC who are positive, along with their partners and one child (10 to 12 year old). One niece, in her early 30's, ain't doing so well. She is overweight and asthmatic. Here's her two cents ...
Covid-19 isn't "the flu". I've had the flu plenty of times in my adult life. This isn't it.
My oxygen level is good, and my lung x-rays don't look bad. So I just have to deal with feeling like I'm suffocating all day and night.
Covid is waking up gasping in the middle of the night and an inhaler barely helping. It's breathing treatments that give you jitters just so you can stop gasping for an hour.
Covid is going to the ER, nearly passing out from walking inside, and never even being given a room because they are full. It's being told, "You have mild asthma. I know you didn't ever have asthma problems before, but this is your life for the next 3 months" and being sent home.
Covid is being scared to go to sleep at night because you wake up a few hours later with your lungs aching. But you aren't dying, so you won't get any help.
Covid is constantly being sick to your stomach and having to force yourself to eat some days and taking too much pepto to keep it down.
Covid is being dizzy and confused for no reason, sometimes for hours.
It's not a f'g joke, people.
We were safe 90% of the time. We don't go to public events, we order groceries online, we've seen the inside of maybe 5 restaurants since March. I don't go inside anywhere without a mask.
I'm extremely thankful that my family is okay, but I AM NOT. For those of you who think this virus is no big deal, you're dead wrong. It's not cowardly to be safe, it's cowardly to pretend you don't have to care about others just because you think you are healthy enough to survive this. Not everyone is. Not everyone is going to walk away without permanent damage to their bodies.
AND, I have two nieces in OKC who are positive, along with their partners and one child (10 to 12 year old). One niece, in her early 30's, ain't doing so well. She is overweight and asthmatic. Here's her two cents ...
Covid-19 isn't "the flu". I've had the flu plenty of times in my adult life. This isn't it.
My oxygen level is good, and my lung x-rays don't look bad. So I just have to deal with feeling like I'm suffocating all day and night.
Covid is waking up gasping in the middle of the night and an inhaler barely helping. It's breathing treatments that give you jitters just so you can stop gasping for an hour.
Covid is going to the ER, nearly passing out from walking inside, and never even being given a room because they are full. It's being told, "You have mild asthma. I know you didn't ever have asthma problems before, but this is your life for the next 3 months" and being sent home.
Covid is being scared to go to sleep at night because you wake up a few hours later with your lungs aching. But you aren't dying, so you won't get any help.
Covid is constantly being sick to your stomach and having to force yourself to eat some days and taking too much pepto to keep it down.
Covid is being dizzy and confused for no reason, sometimes for hours.
It's not a f'g joke, people.
We were safe 90% of the time. We don't go to public events, we order groceries online, we've seen the inside of maybe 5 restaurants since March. I don't go inside anywhere without a mask.
I'm extremely thankful that my family is okay, but I AM NOT. For those of you who think this virus is no big deal, you're dead wrong. It's not cowardly to be safe, it's cowardly to pretend you don't have to care about others just because you think you are healthy enough to survive this. Not everyone is. Not everyone is going to walk away without permanent damage to their bodies.
