COVID-19 Minus the Politics

[Taernath]

They had no symptoms on the 10th. They didn't kick in until like 3 days ago, then suddenly mom has bronchitis and her husband had pneumonia.

The tough part is they told us it wasn't COVID yesterday, and then they got the tests back today and say "ooops".

They're in AZ too. Things are so bad there. I'm just hoping she doesn't end up on the hospital and that he does end up coming home from the hospital.

Saw your post in the other thread. Sorry to hear about your dad.

[time4fun]

Saw your post in the other thread. Sorry to hear about your dad.

Thank you.

It's been a rough few weeks.

[Archigeek]

Just found out my mom's husband has COVID. They took him into the hospital Thursday with a high fever and really low oxygen levels. He had literally tested negative on the 10th, but the hospital found he had the antibodies already. They diagnosed him with pneumonia, but the COVID test came back positive. He's a double transplant recipient on immunosuppressants who is in and out of the hospital all the time. This has been my biggest COVID nightmare scenario.

They diagnosed my mom with bronchitis, and she's been at home in bed freaking out. She was also negative on the 10th but negative on the antibodies. They did re-test her, but we still don't have results. My family has a couple of immune disorders running around, and some of us have a hard time making antibodies so antibody tests aren't always very accurate for us. We get sick a lot, especially from viral stuff. That makes me really worried for her.

Anyway, freaking out.

Writing this down helps.

Hope everyone's families are doing okay.

And if nothing else- this is just a reminder that a negative test today isn't protection against an infection tomorrow.

I have an autoimmune disorder and I test "indeterminate" on antibody tests for shit I don't have. It's a real stomach turner the first time you test indeterminate to something that's basically fatal. The good news is that they can test for the actual virus instead of just the antibodies, so the second test is always negative. Immune disorders mean your immune system is taking blind swings at stuff. Sometimes it lands close to something that's a real thing, but still isn't there, so you can get false positives. I suppose you can get false negatives too. Sorry your dealing with it. I'm sure it sucks.