Double Whammy!

Antibiotics do nothing for viral infection thus they are not prescribed for Covid.

I, however, had a symptom that concerned me so I called the nurse to ask about it.

She offered to call 911 for me as she didn’t like how I sounded on the phone.

Instead I had Dave drive me to the ER.

They poked and prodded and did lots of tests without giving me any feedback at all.

Two hours later I demanded to know how long they planned to keep me there.

They responded that they were trying to find me a bed.

I didn’t want a bed, I just wanted to know what was happening.

They didn’t want to tell me so I said would someone, please, come remove all these wires because I am going home.

They said they would call my doctor who would come see me, likely in about 20 minutes.

I said I wasn’t waiting 20 more minutes and began removing my own tubes and wires.

The doctor showed up fairly quickly and said I had a bacterial infection as well as covid so they wanted to start me on antibiotics and admit me so they could watch for complications.

I said I could take the antibiotics at home and continued to remove my IV.

They came back with discharge papers, assuring me I could return if I got worse, and asked Dave to watch me carefully.

So, I am home, taking the antibiotics and recovering well.

Where I could sleep when I felt the need and eat only those foods that went down easily–wet foods which did not stick in my dry throat.

BTW, the tests proved a lot of things I did NOT have which I found out by logging onto my records once I got home.

Why would they think I shouldn’t have a part in the decision making?

TTYL,

Linda