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
