Great attitude. Get well soon.

I have the same thing going on I am reading your posts right now because I need answers. In my cause the hospital did see it too and the are at a loss after doing a ton of tests I am basically on oxygen all the time later because it goes so low then high then does it over and over all day.

During a five day bout with COVID-19 and three days thereafter my SpO2 fluctuated wildly. I can confirm our oximeter is working properly.

During these eight days, I've been taking oximeter readings mostly hourly during the day and one or two times overnight. There seem to be three repeating patterns in those readings, all within a short time span of, say, three to five hours:

(1) the oximeter shows in a range of 75 to 77 initially for a few seconds and then over the course of 30 seconds or so climbs to 95;
(2) in other readings the display initially shows and holds steady at 95 or 96; and
(3) in yet other readings, the display initially shows and holds steady between 88 and 90.

The 75 to 77 climbing-to-95 readings were scary; perhaps we should have headed to a hospital. However, the climb to 95 gave us enough doubt, perhaps misplaced, that a trip to the hospital wasn't needed.

During the entirety---five days of COVID with chills, coughing, and a temperature and three days thereafter---I had only a slight, but not significant, shortness of breath.

I began a Paxlovid regimen on COVID day 3 and take 20 mg of Pantoprazole daily for acid reflux. I was taking 20mg of Simvistatin daily but was advised by the Paxlovid prescriber to discontinue the Simvistatin while taking Paxlovid and for five days thereafter.

Are these types of SpO2 fluctuations typical for a COVID bout? Thank you.