Day 2 of Covid in the hospital
The one take away today for me, is HOOLLLY SHIT there are not enough tests. Plenty of 72hour tests but rapid is severely limited. We can’t quarantine everyone who may be infected so the highest priority is given to those who may have highest complications. I’m afraid to say as a whole we are behind this virus by a lot because we are learning while it rapidly spreads.
The system is handcuffed due to lack of available test kits. I’m afraid we are missing many diagnoses due to the incompetence of our government. Patients still doing well. There is no other person to blame but Trump and his admin. He alone fucked all of this up! As providers we can’t swab everyone because we don’t have the kits. Which means the spread will continue. IMHO
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I started symptoms approximately March 1st, by March 7th it was full-blown, although I didn't think to take my temperature until about the 10th. I have had a temperature since the 10th, but most likely sooner. Today it hit the highest it has been, although it goes up and down.
I guess it's time to call the doctor again and see if they can come up with some solution.
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. Depending on where you are, it's probably late, and I bet you're very tired. Thank you for what you are doing on behalf of all of us. And please stay safe. 
They'd be interested in knowing of your plight - if only for reporting purposes - but they may have services or suggestions to help you.
It sounds as though you are really in the grip of this illness. I hope you are soon on the downside and on your way to a full recovery.
I've had some symptoms that I really hadn't heard other people talking about. And a city council member in another local city just tested positive. They were interviewing him over the internet tonight on the local news channel. And he brought up all the weird symptoms I'm having, which really leads me to think I do have this. I'm using that interview as ammo when I start calling tomorrow.
Thank you so much for your advice. You stay healthy and safe! I'm trying to get back to that point. This is not fun.
and that you're able to get some much-needed assistance and care.
I'd 
ya', except we need to stay 6' apart!
And we can always hug online. It's germ-free!
So the car shouldn't be too much of a problem, soon. I'd get one sooner rather than later.
Good luck to you! (From an RN in the trenches)
Here's why I don't have a car. I had a Hyundai Accent that turned out to be a lemon. Hyundai bought it back in early January. I had to wait for the funds to go in the bank and have the check clear.
And just at the point where I was ready to go out and start looking for cars, I got a severely pinched nerve in my neck. After X-rays and MRI's, they discovered that my spine is a mess. I was supposed to go see a neurosurgeon on March 26th for possible surgery. That's postponed until Heaven only knows when.
I was in so much pain, and on pain medication, so it was dangerous for me to drive. The pain has finally settled down, and I'm finally ready to buy a car and what happens?
Possible Coronavirus.
2020 has not exactly been my year so far. 
The upside to this? I knew I was going to be without a car for a short period of time, maybe a month or so.
And I didn't want to have to bother my neighbors to take me to the store every other 10 minutes. So I stocked up like you can't believe.
Costco may have run out of toilet paper. I won't. I've got enough food and everything else in here to get me through at least two months for food, and at least three months for toilet paper. Who knew I was preparing for a pandemic instead of just not having a car for a short period of time? I always swear I'm living in a Marx Brothers movie.
And if I think MY 2020 is going crazy, yours, oh boy!
I have watched some videos of doctors and nurses online, talking about their experiences. You are our heroes! Thank you a million times over for what you are doing. And please stay safe. Stay healthy. And thank you for your wishes of good luck. I'm sending some right back to you.
I was going to purchase it through Hertz Car Sales. But now I have another option. Thank you for letting me know about this! It could be a lifesaver. Literally!
Hertz has a ton of them. One of the other rental companies, Avis or Enterprise, can't remember which one, also carries the same make and model. But, they don't have them in California. So you have to pay a transport fee to get the car to California. And then what if you don't like it once it's here?
Once I'm feeling a little better, I will call Hertz and see what kind of options they have. I was thinking last night that they are going to be hurting just as much as everyone else. With no one traveling, who needs a rental car?
I am buying a used car because I don't want to look at any more car payments. When I paid off the Hyundai Accent, I thought that was it. No more car payments ever! That car was supposed to last me the rest of my life. Didn't know I bought a lemon. Thank goodness the ex-fiance is a lawyer. The outcome was definitely in my favor. Hyundai had to eat it, big-time! 
So the really good part is, I get to pay cash, in full, and walk away with a decent car that will hopefully last me the rest of my life. Fingers crossed!
I know that because my mom and dad used to have home health workers! I will be calling them first thing in the morning. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I honestly didn't think I had any options. I don't know what I would do without DU and DU'ers.
Now I have plenty of suggestions, at least one of which should work, if not more.
Thank you so much. This has really helped.
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I was in touch with my doctor last Friday, and at that point, my temperature wasn't high enough, my cough wasn't hard enough, and I couldn't prove I had been near anyone who had traveled outside the country recently.
Apparently those were the qualifiers for the test last week. Now it SHOULD be anyone who's showing X number of symptoms gets a test! (Hahaha, I just kill myself with this funny stuff. Like Trump would ever let us all have a test. Can't have those numbers going up.) 
This morning I sent a very detailed description to my doctor. If she can't diagnose me with that, whether I have the regular flu or bronchitis or Heaven only knows what, then she should throw away her medical degree. LOL?
I have a really wonderful doctor, and her staff is incredible, and I know they will be reaching out shortly. I did skip the part about the councilman. I just told them what was going on with me. Having a fever for 10 days is so out of the norm, and I've never had one for more than two or three days tops.
Didn't think to ask to have them send out a home health care worker to test me for regular flu. Thank you so much for that suggestion. I will ask them to do that when I talk to them.
I have been on Tylenol since probably March 7th. I take it every 6 hours. I can see the fever go back down a couple of hours after I take it and then it goes back up.
Hydrating the best I can. I can eat, not much, and I've only lost two and a half pounds. Darn it. You'd think there would be a silver lining of losing weight with all of this! LOL? I have to keep a sense of humor about this or I will go out of my mind.
That weight loss is from March 1st until now, so it's not much. I'm barely moving, which is why I'm losing very little weight.
When I have the normal flu, I can't look at food, I can't smell food, I'm praying to the Porcelain Bowl God for hours on end. That's not happening this time. So either I have a mild case of the regular flu, or possibly a mild case of Coronavirus.
Temperature went back up to 100.5 last night, highest it has been. Came back down this morning to 99.3, lowest it has been in quite a while. I did learn a big lesson last night. I should post this somewhere else so people can learn from me. I've been sleeping in a recliner, because the body aches are uncomfortable. And it takes forever to fall asleep, so I fall asleep in the recliner in front of the TV, and haven't bothered to get back up and go crawl in bed.
Last night I slept in my bed. Big mistake. Woke up in the middle of the night, coughing. Got up this morning and my cough is worse by about 50%. I really think it had to do with laying flat, rather than being in a somewhat reclining position. And boy does the cough hurt. Lesson learned, it's recliner only until this is over.
The absolutely wonderful news? It's not raining! I actually saw blue skies and sunshine. I went outside and just walked around outside my house for a few minutes, breathing in some cold, but fresh air. Another storm is coming, so I had to do it when I could.
I cannot wait for it to warm up enough to open my doors and windows and get some fresh air in this house. Right now that would feel like winning the lottery! Amazing how life has turned upside down, and the simplest of things are absolutely priceless. I hope that part stays in all of us when this is over.
My cough has not been bad at all. Up until this morning.
I've been sleeping in a recliner for nights, because it was the most comfortable spot, considering body aches and pains.
Last night I decided to crawl into my bed. Really bad idea. Woke up in the middle of the night coughing, with some congestion for the first time. And then this morning I had a very dry, very hard and painful cough.
I think I have salt without iodine. If not, I bet a neighbor across the street does. I know that when I have just run hot water and put a towel over my head to let the steam go into my sinuses, it has really helped when I've had sinus infections. Really opens things up. And it's very soothing.
And I do have distilled water on hand! Thank you for the very detailed instructions. I'm just about ready to fall into bed, actually fall asleep in the recliner. I'm staying away from that bed! So I will do this in the morning. And no salt restriction so it sounds like I can do this!
Thank you very, very much! You have no idea how much I appreciate this. And my lungs as well!
Stay safe and healthy!
The other more extreme option involves a random orbital sander and the steam. It is modified version of pulmonary drainage and percussion for single people. LOL.
We had to use those services for my dad after he broke his hip, and had to be transported from the hospital to a rehab center. Thank you so much for reminding me!
I'm waiting right now to hear back from my doctor to see what she wants to do. At least now I can throw that option out to her. I have really good health insurance, so maybe they would cover it in this case.
Thank you!
This would not have happened if we didn't have him as POTUS. He caused it to be this bad. I wish we could sue his ass the way he sues everyone else over nothing. His narcissism and sociopathic sadism has sickened, killed and will bankrupt thousands of innocent Americans that never wanted him as POTUS. This is not our Karma.
You reap what you sow! Hear that GOP supporters who vote against your own best interests over and over and over and never learn due to your hatred, purposeful ignorance, hypocrisy and shear stupidity.
They get what they deserve...NO PITY. I will shout from the rooftops, "WE TOLD YOU SO!" as they cry about being broke and unemployed and are sick with crappy, junk insurance and then blame the Dems for their situation. There are many fucking morons in the US and their king, their savior doesn't give a shit about them.
Invade us and bring test kits to the hospitals. Most people would appreciate it, because it's for the good of the world.
He is an ER doctor with a double masters' degree. He said even they do not know what is going on because the conditions are changing daily and nothing can be accurately predicted. This is something that they are dealing with unlike anything they've seen before. And he said that the truth of the matter is that nobody knows or can predict what is going to happen. It may be until at least June until we have a viable answer or solution. Two weeks may not be enough. 