He's 85 and he fell 3 or 4 days ago(sorry, I haven't had much sleep since so my time is a little screwed up). He didn't hit his head or break anything, just skinned his knees and bruised his elbow, but it really shook him up. I brought him home with me and have been watching over him the whole time. At first he was eating and drinking fine., and his oxygen was good. Then he started going down hill. He ate less and less and couldn't drink water without coughing and spitting it back up, and he has extreme diarreah . His oxygen went down to 89 and his pulse went up to 122. Got extremely weak. I had to call the ambulance though I was afraid to. Of course the doc says he has COVID which is BULLSHIT!
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They won't let me in. Neither of us have the clot shots. I just got off the phone with the doctor after having a huge argument with him. I told him that dad MOST CERTAINLY does NOT have COVID. He lives alone , goes nowhere and no one goes into his house but me and I haven't even had the sniffles in almost 2 years let alone COVID. Also, he had NO symptoms of anything resembling COVID before he fell so I said, "what did he do fall on top of COVID when he hit the floor?!"
Is your father conscious or have they already hooked him up to a ventilator?
Have you spoken to him?
Hospitals are the most deadly places on Earth. You've gotta get your father out of there before they kill him.
Yes he is in there. I didn't have a choice, he was dying here. I tried a nebulizer with peroxide. I tried Quercitine with zinc and vitamin D. I knew he DIDN'T have covid but I thought maybe he had aspirated some and gotten fluid in his lungs. Nothing was helping. He got very weak fast and was almost completely non-responsive. He is 6 ft 250 lbs. I am 4 ft and a half 140 lbs. I couldn't lift on him alone when he has zero strength to help me. I could no longer get him on the commode and he was having diarreah. I had to do something. Right now they have him on oxygen and IV, antibiotics, and steroids. Also, insulin because he's diabetic and his sugars are too high. These are the only things I have agreed to.
That's interesting and thanks for letting us know. Were his blood glucose levels elevated before he went to hospital? Does he test at home (is he Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetic) or is this something new?
Type 2. He's been diabetic for many years. Hasn't been on insulin. just metformin. His sugars aren't great, usually in the teens, I try to be very careful with what I give him and cook for him but in his old age and being VERY stubborn (always) he will only eat certain things. Bread is his main problem. They didn't tell me his levels this evening, just that they wee too high. Besides being diabetic, he had a major stroke about 30 years ago due to cholesterol and has been on Warfarin ever since.
Omg. Sounds so much like my story I related above. Some of these people have covid on the brain. Your dad very well could test positive and be aymptomatic. But they see + and that's the end
I told the doctor that I am fully aware that a PCR is NOT a diagnostic tool PERIOD. So a positive result means NOTHING. AND that I am aware that it's a money grab for the hospitals. He was pissed about that but I really don't care. It's funny....I use to be shy! The other funny thing is that I've been wiping his ass, kissing his forehead and holding his hand for 4 days.... but alas I still don't have COVID! (Neither does my dad)