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“They did X-rays and determined my lungs were filling up with fluid”
Mike, 57, IT worker in Seattle
I honestly thought I had the flu, a really bad flu. I was feeling very weak
and achy. I felt short of breath. I had a fever that came and went. [On
Monday, March 16,] I went to urgent care wearing a mask and hunkered in the
corner of the waiting room. I continued to have a difficult time breathing.
Tests for the flu were administered, and while they were awaiting the
results, the doctor decided to do a chest X-ray due to the cough and
breathing issues.
The flu tests came back negative, so they decided to administer the Covid-19
test. That test is not performed on site so it had to be sent into a lab.
Also, the chest X-ray came back showing that I had pneumonia.
I received a positive result to the Covid-19 test Thursday afternoon [March
19]. That day was the worst day so far. I went to the ER, but of course the
hospital was not equipped to handle patients that were positive for Covid-19
. Basically, they were containing me until a bed could be found in another
hospital. They did X-rays and determined my lungs were filling up with fluid
. You feel like your lungs are going to explode. Fourteen hours of hell
later, a bed was found.
At 2:30 am on Saturday, I was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital. I was
given a big injection of antibiotics, which made me immediately vomit. I was
also put on hydroxychloroquine and another antibiotic twice a day. I
started feeling better later that day, but still had heavy coughing fits. By
the end of the day, the fluid was going down in my lungs.
On Sunday the same week, I was able to get the doctor to let me go home to
finish recovering because it didn’t look like I needed a ventilator and
there were plenty of other patients that could use the room. My oxygen
saturation was good.
Since then, the coughing fits have been horrible and extremely painful. I
was sent home with a rescue inhaler and the meds to finish off. I have gone
all day today [Thursday, March 26] without a heavy coughing fit. I have been
careful in my movements — climbing stairs and standing up from a chair —
to try and not aggravate my lungs.
I have heard that there are some out there that feel this is really just
like the flu. But it’s not at all. I had the flu pretty bad once that put
me down for 10 days. It’s nothing compared to this. | m********i
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