Needs some help and prayers from the good people on here. Been a long time lurker but this shit just got real for me.
My girlfriend has been sick for 4 days now, and the urgent care place we went to today put her on an ambulance to the hospital because the chest X-rays showed pneumonia in both lungs and the doctor said it “presented” as COVID pneumonia. She can barely breath right now, blood oxygen at 85
They tested for both flu and a rapid COVID test, BOTH came back negative. The doctor said she didn’t believe the result was accurate...
She has had a fever of 102 on and off for the last 3 days and can’t eat or drink without throwing it back up. Body paid and chills, a little bit of ear pain as well but no sinus congenstion at all. I gave her a dose of ivermectin on Saturday when everything was still very mild, and a second dose on Monday, with no effect. She has been taking vitamin D 6000 IU each day and as much vitamin C and zinc that she can keep in her stomach (which isn’t much because she keeps throwing up). She’s very stubborn so I couldn’t do any sort of full protocol. It was hard enough to get her to force down some water. At urgent care they tried to put in an IV for fluids but her veins are very small and they couldn’t get it to work
I asked and the doctor at urgent care said she can’t do the monoclonal antibodies because it’s “too late for that” and her symptoms are too severe at this point. I tried to reason with my girlfriend and told her we could drive ourselves to a hospital and they could do it as an outpatient procedure anyway but she can barely breath so she didn’t want to risk passing out on the way there, chose the ambulance instead
They won’t let me into the room or even sit in the hospital waiting room, so I asked for the form for durable power of attorney and told my girlfriend to ask for it as well. Hopefully we can get that signed before they do anything to her. I want to make sure they don’t intubate her or give her any remdesivir.
She is 25 with no pre-existing conditions, she is NOT vaccinated. I’m very confused how she could be getting such a bad case?? I think it might be bacterial pneumonia instead because they haven’t run the cultures yet so they don’t know. They are going to be running a PCR test no doubt, but we all know it will come back positive whether or not that’s actually true...
I’m pretty sure the only reason the ivermectin didn’t help is because she threw up the second dose, but I am going to push for the monoclonal antibodies once I have the power of attorney.
What else can I do here??
UPDATE:**
PCR test came back “positive”, of course...
My girlfriends cell phone died so I am waiting for them to get her a charger.
In the meantime, they put her aunt down as power of attorney because they said I can only be her power of attorney if it is arranged PRIOR to arrival....once she is in hospital they have to use next of kin... I call bullshit on that one but I spoke to my girlfriend and she is not thinking clearly so she just wants to trust the doctors and keep the power of attorney with her aunt. Fuck!
She had a fever of 105 so they are using ice packs and nasal O2 currently, also running bloodwork. One of the tests came back as “borderline sepsis” apparently, so they are double checking.
The PCR just came back as positive, who knows if it’s accurate or not but they are going to be using it as a guide now, that’s for sure.
I’m passed because they told me she cant choose me as power of attorney once she is in the hospital, it has to be arranged prior. In this case they have to go with next of kin and she agreed to make it her aunt. But her aunt is a vax tard who will go along with their terrible protocol! I am trying to get in contact with her again because her cell phone died and they haven’t found a charger yet. I am going to get my dad (who is a lawyer) on the phone with the nurse to explain that it’s bullshit and my girlfriend can choose whoever she wants for power of attorney.
It all hinges on this because otherwise I won’t have any say if she goes unconscious. I am waiting to hear from my girlfriend, the nurse said she is resting while they find a charger for her phone so she can call me.
The only thing giving me hope is that she was stable with just the O2 tubes in her nose, so they won’t need to escalate to intubation as long as that is enough.
If she’s doing okay on O2, can she be released to home on O2? Give them a phone charger. Send in daily written questions for her to answer until you get the phone charged. Notes of I love you too of course. Advise her they should be treating for pneumonia. No remdesiver. She can refuse. If they’ve started, they can stop.