Hello all,
My father is in the hospital in north FL due to post covid pneumonia. He feels fine, managed the covid and the fevers and all the symptoms at home, now just short of breath. Went to Hospital today, staff took X-ray and put him on oxygen. Also giving him steroids as the antibiotics didn’t work (viral pneumonia vs bacterial pneumonia)
We are obviously more worried about the fact that the hospitals are a for profit entity and possibly value the $60,000 covid death more than my fathers life. Although it is north Florida, which is mostly republicans...
As a precaution, and other than calling 24/7, what should we be doing to make sure the hospital is not playing around with my fathers life?
What have you (person in this situation) done when your loved one was in the hospital related to covid?
Prayers welcome
P.S. the good news is that he wasn’t admitted as a covid symptom patient rather it’s the pneumonia for the reason for being admitted... obviously due to Covid
As a Floridian with a background in the medical field I can tell you right now you are in good hands, as a state that caters to senior citizens, forgive me for assuming if your father is not elderly. Pneumonia is common in the elderly, I know bacterial is way easier to treat than viral though. Probably use steroids to speed up healing, maybe something like lasix to keep fluid out of the lungs. I will send prayers for you and your father, but I believe that you are in the best state possible to come out on top.
Thank you fren, I feel the same... if it was NY or CA, I’d be MUCH more worried. Covid symptoms are done, just the viral pneumonia is left
The city I live in has one of the top 100 hospitals, also to my north, Tampa general is one of the top 100, Florida has top quality care, considering we're known as Gods waiting room ?
Haha that’s true. Yea I’d be more worried if we were in CA, NY, NJ, IL, etc