Son has Covid-19

[Tommy999]

My fever was steady for the first 3 or 4 days, and then intermittent for the next few days.

Just curious how long before you fully recovered?

For my son, today makes one week since he was tested. This morning he reported a normal temp after having slept almost 12 hours, which is the most he’s been able to sleep for a number of days.

I appreciate the info on Covid, especially those of you with firsthand experience. It helps me cope better when I am armed with as much knowledge as possible, especially since our son lives alone and we want to make sure when to pull the trigger on sending him to the hospital, if it ever gets to that point.

Lord willing, it will never get that serious and it will save a hospital bed for someone who is in more dire need.

 

[Beryllos]

Just curious how long before you fully recovered?

I didn’t have a lot of lingering effects, as some people have experienced. The fever with accompanying tiredness was all gone in 7 or 8 days, and the cough gradually diminished over another week or so. That’s about it.

 

[Tommy999]

Today makes two straight days without my son having a fever, so we’re viewing it as a positive development. He still has a dry cough and congestion, and his voice sounds like he has a head cold, but otherwise things seem to be looking up for him.

We brought him groceries today and left them at his front door. His appetite has returned.

Thanks for all the prayers and information that my adopted CAF family have provided.

You are a special bunch and I appreciate you a lot!

 

[Tommy999]

My son is doing much better now. No fever for over 3+ days, and everything seems to have returned to normal for him, including appetite, normal sleep, etc. The only lingering symptom is an intermittent dry cough, which at one time had been a persistent cough. He plans to return to work in the next few days.

Thanks again to everyone for the prayers!

 

[oldgraymare2]

I am very sorry that your son has been ill.

I will continue to pray for his recovery.

There is the possibility that I had the Covid-19 virus back in February and especially again in March, before we had any testing for it.

Also, this was also before we were wearing any masks in public, or doing any social distancing.

I normally have mild, intermittent asthma symptoms.

When most people generally get a mild cold, it can turn into a case of Bronchitis for me.

At both times in Feb. and again in March, it felt like I had Bronchitis.

When I was ill in Feb. I ended up going to Urgent Care, because I had been struggling to breathe properly.

I was given a short dose of steroids, along with an antibiotic, and was instructed on how to use my quick-acting inhaler too, to help my lungs.

Then, everything was getting better.

Just a few weeks later, I was sick again, and that time it seemed to me like it was Covid, but there wasn’t really any way to verify it.

I went to Urgent Care again, and again, I received steroids and an antibiotic. The nice doctor who treated me that time had also sent me for chest x-rays to check for pneumonia, which came back negative.

I had gone back to Urgent Care because I was struggling to breathe properly again.

He had told me that I needed to follow-up with our primary care doctor’s office in order to have my asthma medication routine changed/checked.

He said that being ill was aggravating my asthma.

Especially back in March, I did have a fever initially, and after I had been to Urgent Care and while I was waiting for the medications to work, I lost my senses of taste and smell for a few days.

That was really bizarre, as nothing like that had ever happened before.

I also felt extremely tired and exhausted and achy.

I also had a dry, irritating cough, and sinus symptoms, too.

I remember the cough appearing immediately.

I did see the Nurse Prac. that works alongside of our primary doctor for a follow-up appt., and I ended up being put on a dual inhaler that contains both a steroid and a quick-acting asthma medication.

I am still using it, even several months later.

My lungs are still easily sensitive to fumes, chemicals, etc.

This can happen when I’ve been quite ill with something.

I am editing this post to add that I started to feel better when the medications started working, but I still felt tired and had a lingering cough for several weeks.

I’m older and in my late 50’s and I’m in the high-risk group and I have a couple of the chronic health conditions that put me in that high-risk category.

I’m so grateful that I did not need to be hospitalized, but I was told both times in Urgent Care what to check for in case I needed to go to the Emergency Room.

I was able to take care of myself at home, and I did not go out anywhere. I was doing the “self-isolating,” which I do anyway when I’m ill.

 

[Tommy999]

So sorry to hear you may have struggled with Covid also, oldgrraymare2. Sure sounds like you may have had it based on your symptoms.

Perhaps you can have an antibodies test to see if you indeed had it. I hear that some blood testing centers such as Red Cross do the antibody test for free when people donate blood. At least you would know for sure whether you’ve had it or not based on antibodies being present. Just a thought if you are interested and able to do it.

 

[oldgraymare2]

I’ve been thinking about this, too.

My husband and I would both like to get an antibody test, just to see if we’ve had it.

He was ill before me, at the end of Jan.

I’m pretty sure that I got ill from what he had, but I got ill Feb.

There’s some thought that Covid-19 was here perhaps in the U.S. several months even before we actually started to recognize it–perhaps as early as last Fall?

 

[Beryllos]

Thanks for the update, and give thanks and praise to God!

 

[Tommy999]

I want to thank you most of all, Beryllos, since you had already experienced what my son was going through and had especially helpful insights on what to expect. That helped lessen my anxiety and concerns during the toughest stretch of days.