Getting COVID 3 times.

Jolly · wrote on 9 Dec 2021, 01:25

Unless you (generic you) hermetically sealed yourself in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnall's porch for the duration, chances are you're getting exposed, sooner or later. It's not your "fault" or anybody else's. The damn virus is endemic.

LuFins Dad · 9 Dec 2021, 02:05

On to the next question… The fridge… Think you could have ridden a bike with it?

Aqua Letifer · wrote on 9 Dec 2021, 02:05

@lufins-dad said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

On to the next question… The fridge… Think you could have ridden a bike with it?

With a half-decent cargo trailer, no problemo.

xenon · 9 Dec 2021, 05:42

Gosh - hoping for the best Aqua for you and your family. Really hope the kiddo stays relatively comfortable.

kluurs · 9 Dec 2021, 08:48

@xenon said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

Gosh - hoping for the best Aqua for you and your family. Really hope the kiddo stays relatively comfortable.

Yeah - speaks for all of us. Hope it is all a short encounter with no lasting effects.

Aqua Letifer · 9 Dec 2021, 12:46

@kluurs said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@xenon said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

Gosh - hoping for the best Aqua for you and your family. Really hope the kiddo stays relatively comfortable.

Yeah - speaks for all of us. Hope it is all a short encounter with no lasting effects.

Thanks, everybody. Here's hopin'.

EDIT
Kiddo's still at 102.5 fever, 90-93 O2. That's really low to me, but doc said they won't even admit her if it doesn't fall below 90. So, great.

LuFins Dad · wrote on 9 Dec 2021, 12:46

@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@kluurs said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@xenon said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

Gosh - hoping for the best Aqua for you and your family. Really hope the kiddo stays relatively comfortable.

Yeah - speaks for all of us. Hope it is all a short encounter with no lasting effects.

Thanks, everybody. Here's hopin'.

EDIT
Kiddo's still at 102.5 fever, 90-93 O2. That's really low to me, but doc said they won't even admit her if it doesn't fall below 90. So, great.

Ugh. Nothing worse than when your kiddo is sick.

George K · wrote on 9 Dec 2021, 12:47

@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

Kiddo's still at 102.5 fever, 90-93 O2.

Ugh, indeed.

How does she feel, other than coughing?

Jolly · 9 Dec 2021, 14:11

@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@kluurs said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@xenon said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

Gosh - hoping for the best Aqua for you and your family. Really hope the kiddo stays relatively comfortable.

Yeah - speaks for all of us. Hope it is all a short encounter with no lasting effects.

Thanks, everybody. Here's hopin'.

EDIT
Kiddo's still at 102.5 fever, 90-93 O2. That's really low to me, but doc said they won't even admit her if it doesn't fall below 90. So, great.

90 is pretty much the bright line, especially if beds are at a premium. My 8 month old granddaughter wound up in PICU a few weeks back and they didn't admit her until her sat hit about that point.

It's very, very, extremely, frustrating when children are sick.

LuFins Dad · 9 Dec 2021, 13:04

Do the standard pulse ox’s get a good reading on fingers that tiny?

George K · wrote on 9 Dec 2021, 13:04

@lufins-dad said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

Do the standard pulse ox’s get a good reading on fingers that tiny?

Put it on a toe.

Jolly · 9 Dec 2021, 15:05

@jolly said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@kluurs said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@xenon said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

Gosh - hoping for the best Aqua for you and your family. Really hope the kiddo stays relatively comfortable.

Yeah - speaks for all of us. Hope it is all a short encounter with no lasting effects.

Thanks, everybody. Here's hopin'.

EDIT
Kiddo's still at 102.5 fever, 90-93 O2. That's really low to me, but doc said they won't even admit her if it doesn't fall below 90. So, great.

90 is pretty much the bright line, especially if beds are at a premium. My 8 month old granddaughter wound up in PICU a few weeks back and they didn't admit her until her sat hit about that point.

It's very, very, extremely, frustrating when children are sick.

Just to clarify...She didn't have COVID. Her rapid RSV was negative, but if that child didn't have RSV, I'll kiss your ass on Main Street.

Aqua Letifer · J Jolly 9 Dec 2021, 14:11

@jolly said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@jolly said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@kluurs said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@xenon said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

Gosh - hoping for the best Aqua for you and your family. Really hope the kiddo stays relatively comfortable.

Yeah - speaks for all of us. Hope it is all a short encounter with no lasting effects.

Thanks, everybody. Here's hopin'.

EDIT
Kiddo's still at 102.5 fever, 90-93 O2. That's really low to me, but doc said they won't even admit her if it doesn't fall below 90. So, great.

90 is pretty much the bright line, especially if beds are at a premium. My 8 month old granddaughter wound up in PICU a few weeks back and they didn't admit her until her sat hit about that point.

It's very, very, extremely, frustrating when children are sick.

Just to clarify...She didn't have COVID. Her rapid RSV was negative, but if that child didn't have RSV, I'll kiss your ass on Main Street.

That's what we thought she had.

Frustrating is definitely a word for it.

LuFins Dad · 9 Dec 2021, 17:48

@Jolly how is your Granddaughter?

Doctor Phibes · 9 Dec 2021, 17:49

My daughter had RSV when she was about a month old. Back then, of course, nobody owned an oxygen meter. We noticed because her lips went blue, and she stopped breathing for about 20 seconds after feeding. She spent a week under observation in Boston Children's hospital, and it went away of its own accord.

Jolly · wrote on 9 Dec 2021, 17:48

@lufins-dad said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@Jolly how is your Granddaughter?

Just fine. Steroids, Albuterol, O2 and time work wonders. The initial visit to the pediatrician is where the ball got dropped...My son and his wife have now changed providers.

Jolly · 9 Dec 2021, 17:58

@doctor-phibes said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

My daughter had RSV when she was about a month old. Back then, of course, nobody owned an oxygen meter. We noticed because her lips went blue, and she stopped breathing for about 20 seconds after feeding. She spent a week under observation in Boston Children's hospital, and it went away of its own accord.

Scary, though.

Doctor Phibes · 12 Sept 2021, 17:59

@jolly said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

@doctor-phibes said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

My daughter had RSV when she was about a month old. Back then, of course, nobody owned an oxygen meter. We noticed because her lips went blue, and she stopped breathing for about 20 seconds after feeding. She spent a week under observation in Boston Children's hospital, and it went away of its own accord.

Scary, though.

Oh yeah, at the time it was very worrying. I'd never even heard of RSV back then.

Aqua Letifer · 9 Dec 2021, 22:32

The worst part about this shit are the ups and downs. Last night was scary. Bad O2 numbers, bad fever. As of this second, though, our daughter is 98% O2, 99 fever.

But what will tonight be like? This illness just never fucking ends. And who knows, maybe my wife will take a turn for the worse, too. Here's hoping not, but it seems to be an incredibly long haul with many ups and downs.

Doctor Phibes · wrote on 9 Dec 2021, 22:32

@aqua-letifer said in Getting COVID 3 times.:

The worst part about this shit are the ups and downs. Last night was scary. Bad O2 numbers, bad fever. As of this second, though, our daughter is 98% O2, 99 fever.

But what will tonight be like? This illness just never fucking ends. And who knows, maybe my wife will take a turn for the worse, too. Here's hoping not, but it seems to be an incredibly long haul with many ups and downs.

Hang in there, Aqua. It will get better.

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