Hey Y'all:
I got the Rona on vacation in the Florida Keys on August 6. in fact my entire family got it,cousins got it and others in our vacation party. I was staying at John Pennekamp State Park in my camper. I was not vaxxed,but I had plans to get vaxxed when I got back from my trip. I was in the Keys for 2 weeks.
I was tested in Key Largo and given the following:. ivermectin ( doctor suggested it not a Twitter idiot), aspirin, zinc, high doses of vitamin C and D , steroids and a Z pack. I took all that through my time in Key Largo. I felt actually good. socially distanced on my boat and never went out to dinner or bars.
We drive back to Orlando and drop my kid off to band camp. He is feeling sick. He tests positive. He goes back to NC with us. I get back on the 16th and my pulse ox is hoovering around 91 or 92. I go to get a chest x ray and bam, I got pneumonia. I check myself into Mission Hospital in Asheville and spend the next 12 days there.
For the first 6 days I am prone on my stomach all day every day with the exception to pee and eat. I am given a different steroids through IV as well as remdemsivere for 5 days. I was on a high volume oxygen with a giant canuala. it cranked out like 60 liters a minute. After 9 days I got a recliner and could sit up and within 24hours I was on regular oxygen at flow of 8 liters. I eventually got down to 2 liters and was discharged yesterday with oxygen at home.
Some of my observations are I wish I would have gotten the jab in June versus waiting closer to football season . With that said I have been reading more and more about how robust the antibodies are in Covid survivors and it gives me hope as I read actual studies not reports of studies .evidence is mounting to suggest getting it and living is better than vaccine for long term immunity response.
I found the healthcare at Mission was superb and their compassion was second to none..nobody gave me a guilt trip for not being vaccinated. I was treated with kindness and dignity. Front line healthcare people. are the true heros here.
I believe my super vitamin, aspirin ,ivervectin etc in the beginning was a difference maker. I had no massive Covid cytokinesis inflammation . all my blood work came back solid and the doctors said I didn't suffer clotting or the hyper inflammation.
A nurse and I talked about a number of things. They had a patient pass who was in their 30s and they seemed otherwise healthy. I turned 54 last month and I do exercise regularly and enjoy a good mountain bike ride. maybe my actions being focused on my pulse ox dropping into the low 90s made a difference? I don't know.
Covid never made me feel all too sick or too tired. in the Keys I was on the boat, fishing, snorkeling and such. I just went on with my life and vacation. I just took action when pneumonia popped up on the x ray.
The hardest part of it? isolation. I couldn't see family or friends and had my own room. my wife dropped off a tablet and some Bose noise cancelling headphones and I made the best of it.
I didn't post anything about it while in the hospital in part because I didn't want to read what people thought. There are few here and on boating forums who just are insensitive clods of human beings. Frankly, they are just hateful and have cold hearts. I didn't want to read it or deal with it.
with that said I wanted to share what happened, what I took and my road to recovery. I am neither pro or anti anything regarding this pandemic. If the vaccine keeps you out of the hospital and being there alone for 12-14 days, I would say consider it. I also realize people need to run their own lives and make their choices for themselves. Who am I to tell you what to do here?
I survived it ,I am getting better and will push on with life. I am sorry for all those who lost family and friends to this virus. it sucks.
I got the Rona on vacation in the Florida Keys on August 6. in fact my entire family got it,cousins got it and others in our vacation party. I was staying at John Pennekamp State Park in my camper. I was not vaxxed,but I had plans to get vaxxed when I got back from my trip. I was in the Keys for 2 weeks.
I was tested in Key Largo and given the following:. ivermectin ( doctor suggested it not a Twitter idiot), aspirin, zinc, high doses of vitamin C and D , steroids and a Z pack. I took all that through my time in Key Largo. I felt actually good. socially distanced on my boat and never went out to dinner or bars.
We drive back to Orlando and drop my kid off to band camp. He is feeling sick. He tests positive. He goes back to NC with us. I get back on the 16th and my pulse ox is hoovering around 91 or 92. I go to get a chest x ray and bam, I got pneumonia. I check myself into Mission Hospital in Asheville and spend the next 12 days there.
For the first 6 days I am prone on my stomach all day every day with the exception to pee and eat. I am given a different steroids through IV as well as remdemsivere for 5 days. I was on a high volume oxygen with a giant canuala. it cranked out like 60 liters a minute. After 9 days I got a recliner and could sit up and within 24hours I was on regular oxygen at flow of 8 liters. I eventually got down to 2 liters and was discharged yesterday with oxygen at home.
Some of my observations are I wish I would have gotten the jab in June versus waiting closer to football season . With that said I have been reading more and more about how robust the antibodies are in Covid survivors and it gives me hope as I read actual studies not reports of studies .evidence is mounting to suggest getting it and living is better than vaccine for long term immunity response.
I found the healthcare at Mission was superb and their compassion was second to none..nobody gave me a guilt trip for not being vaccinated. I was treated with kindness and dignity. Front line healthcare people. are the true heros here.
I believe my super vitamin, aspirin ,ivervectin etc in the beginning was a difference maker. I had no massive Covid cytokinesis inflammation . all my blood work came back solid and the doctors said I didn't suffer clotting or the hyper inflammation.
A nurse and I talked about a number of things. They had a patient pass who was in their 30s and they seemed otherwise healthy. I turned 54 last month and I do exercise regularly and enjoy a good mountain bike ride. maybe my actions being focused on my pulse ox dropping into the low 90s made a difference? I don't know.
Covid never made me feel all too sick or too tired. in the Keys I was on the boat, fishing, snorkeling and such. I just went on with my life and vacation. I just took action when pneumonia popped up on the x ray.
The hardest part of it? isolation. I couldn't see family or friends and had my own room. my wife dropped off a tablet and some Bose noise cancelling headphones and I made the best of it.
I didn't post anything about it while in the hospital in part because I didn't want to read what people thought. There are few here and on boating forums who just are insensitive clods of human beings. Frankly, they are just hateful and have cold hearts. I didn't want to read it or deal with it.
with that said I wanted to share what happened, what I took and my road to recovery. I am neither pro or anti anything regarding this pandemic. If the vaccine keeps you out of the hospital and being there alone for 12-14 days, I would say consider it. I also realize people need to run their own lives and make their choices for themselves. Who am I to tell you what to do here?
I survived it ,I am getting better and will push on with life. I am sorry for all those who lost family and friends to this virus. it sucks.