Hello all -
I have a daughter who is an ER nurse in a major metropolitan hospital. After 4 12 hour shifts in as many days, exposed to dozens of people with coughs and suspected Covid-19, she began to feel very ill and went to their testing facility early Tuesday, where she tested negative for all other flus and respiratory illnesses. Her test for Covid-19 should offer results in about 3 more days.
She was sent home to self-quarantine, rest and drink a lot of fluids. Her symptoms are fever, sore throat and a cough different than her usual asthma cough. We were very worried as she is immuno-compromised as well, but as of 3:30am today (we are a 24/7 family) she was doing well enough to have done homework (she's also a FT on-line student) and bathed and was headed to bed. She is resting a lot, and reports her symptoms seem about the same as 48 hours ago, which according to her is a very good sign.
I am 1500 miles away, and high risk, so would not be able to go to her anyway, so I just keep praying and encouraging people take this seriously but not panic.
My repeated advice to friends, family & acquaintances are:
Take this seriously. Even if you are healthy and think you would weather the virus easily, it is HIGHLY contagious, and you can easily spread it to vulnerable people without knowing you have it.
If you are vulnerable, please stay home and stay safe.
Please get your information from the CDC and State Department of Health, not Facebook and Twitter.
If the 24/7 news cycle makes you anxious, TURN IT OFF. Check in once or twice a day for a short time for current news. If you are stuck at home, read a book, watch a movie, clean a cupboard, call a friend and talk about anything else.
Regardless of your politics, we're all in this together and fighting and sarcastic posts do not help.
Sue