Going home later today ( Tuesday. Oxygen saturation being low 80’s yesterday w/o supplemental oxygen, they say I need O2 to go home. On the O2 I’m low 90’s. This is upsetting to me but no choice. I was kept bedridden for 5 days which didn’t help. As I’m helpless as I am now if I am better in a few days but still need oxygen I won’t be able to work in my lab/ shop with the oxygen due to fire regulation- devastating. Before last Thursday my O2 was 96-97 and I could do anything physically. Now I feel like I’m in my Now deceased Mothers 88 yr old body.
However, I’m while the infection is cleared up, I still have fluid in both lungs, inflammation, and coughing up pink stained mucus, so when this clears up in time and with the steroids and oxygen assist, and increasing activity, the need for oxygen should hopefully diminish quickly ( I hope) this depends on whether there was permanent damage caused by this event. I did notice a 1-2% saturation improvement over the past 24 hours even with more congestion and coughing.
Time will tell.