My father is home from the hospital, by the grace of God, after being admitted for ARDS from COVID.
He was never put on a ventilator, by God’s grace. They still put him on Olumiant, which wasn’t great, but he’s home. He needed oxygen support; they didn’t send him home with any. His sats are still not normal, but they aren’t in the 80s anymore. Also gave him dexamethasone while he was there.
While he was in there they also gave him zinc, melatonin, vitamin c, vitamin d—the works.
He is still in terrible shape. He still has trouble eating and drinking. He has terrible nausea. We have to help him shower, and go to the bathroom.
They gave him methylprednisolone and famotidine to take at home. They didn’t give him an inhaler despite giving him one in the hospital.
So, to everyone on here spouting memes about the survival rate of COVID like those of us who are suffering serious consequences from getting the damn China virus are morons, I ask you to reconsider.
Yes, I know masks do nothing. But they put my father basically on the Zelenko protocol, and I finally convinced him to take ivermectin twice before he got admitted, and he still got screwed over. We tried to contact AFLDS and FLCCC for treatment; neither provider nor pharmacy got back to us before he was bad.
Masks may not work, and the vaccines may be problematic, but I’m currently hoping my dad doesn’t have lasting consequences of this damn thing. So please, consider showing some respect for those of us terrified our loved ones will not be okay for a long time after being COVID positive.
Maybe omicron will finally end this since it’s milder. I hope to God it does.
Didn’t know about home health nurses; I’ll look into that. It’s a bit complicated as my mom is his power of attorney/the main decision maker, so I can’t just bulldoze my way through this. Will also look into oxygen support.
It is incredibly ridiculous they didn’t give him REGEN-COV. However, I live in a blue state, and it appears your treatment here is entirely reliant upon which hospital you find yourself admitted to with COVID. The best ones are, unfortunately, farther away from us.
I greatly underestimated how much dysautonomia and vascular damage comes from this virus. Until I caught it, I really thought it would just be the flu—coughs, body aches, etc. As soon as I caught it, I my vagus system had no clue how to regulate my temperature, thirst, appetite, heart rate—the whole shebang. My neurologist says they’re getting more and more patients with neuroinflammation in the CNS that’s off the charts. That’s the nastiest part of this—the attack on the nervous system.
I genuinely sympathize. developed dysautonomia myself 10 years ago that didn't self-correct. nightmare.
an easy way to handle the POA is to make the calls to his docs/hospital etc. from their house. that way you can just hand the phone to your dad or mom so they can give permission for you to speak. glad to hear you've got what seems to be a sensible neurologist.