#PNEUMONIA?????

[spiderziege]

chaperones

[beepbeep-eddy-27]

[starstruckodysseys]

every day fabian seacaster wakes up

[allthewhumpygoodness]

Big fan of when a character's grief/trauma/guilt manifests as physical symptoms. Big fan of characters keeping things so tight inside them that it makes them sick. Big fan of when the line blurs between a character's mental trauma and physical illness until it's hard to tell which is which anymore.

[andromeddog]

bob requests 👍

[notacluedo]

henry winter doodle

[whumpetywhumpwhump]

Whumpees with pneumonia. Whumpees bedbound, wheezing, drifting in and out of consciousness because they're so exhausted, having to be propped up every so often by Caretaker when they inevitably fall asleep and sink downwards. The fevers that grip them through the night, that sap them of so much energy that even breathing becomes a Herculean labour.

When they cough, their chest hurts so badly, and they're delirious enough that they don't understand it's better for them to cough it up. Caretaker has to slide in behind them, one hand on their chest, the other on their back, rubbing and coaxing until the coughing becomes productive and Whumpee brings up a small amount of phlegm onto a tissue that Caretaker holds up for them.

"Good job, Whumpee." Caretaker whispers, brushing back the sweat-damp hair from their forehead. "You're doing so well."

All Whumpee can do is groan miserably, too tired to even cry.

[unveilandresist]

Got a glimpse of where we're at as a country medically via the r/nursing subreddit. People are really not okay and it's deeply scary. 'Letting it rip' when it comes to covid is killing thousands and disabling millions. With the latter, here's what it looks like:

Nurses saying they are seeing ear infections in kids all the time secondary to other illnesses (or routinely in adults which they have never seen before), nurses saying their hospitals are overrun by flus, rsv, norovirus, mycoplasma pneumonia. many people saying they went to the doctor sick as a dog and came out with 3 different illness diagnoses at the same time or that they and their kids get sick over and over and over. it is not normal for this to happen. we were lied to about covid, y'all.

have you and the people around you been physically as well this last year or two as they were in 2019?

If you didn't know, as a lot of people don't - covid makes you immunocompromised. It damages the immune system, blood vessels and organ systems. It's a vascular infection, not a cold. the more infections you get, the worse it is. In the lab it's considered a level 3 pathogen (categories are for risk level/safety protocols), in the same category as tuberculosis. People are being treated with IVIG, because it's for immunocompromised people.

Also there is improper preparation and tracking for a h5n1 (type of bird flu) that has a very real chance of evolving to become a pandemic this and/or next flu season. they are finding it in wastewater all over the country, someone in Louisiana is in critical condition with it. Flu vaccine provides partial protection to it so I'd highly recommend getting that this and next winter.

Following epidemiologists is really important and helpful. The government wants you to go to work and think things are normal so they don't have to send you another check - they are not invested in our collective wellness (in fact, they take tons of lobbying money from insurance companies invested in keeping you sick). With some of these folks saying it is taking them weeks to recover from the flu, I wonder if some of it isn't bird flu, though it could be just being significantly immunocompromised.

fwiw masks work. I haven't gotten as much as a cold in years. well fitting kn95s and n95s protect you. even if you can't wear one at work, wear one to the doctor, at the grocery store and pharmacy. it would really help disabled people in general too.

[metashard]

throw it back my scarab

(sound on)

[lady-forest]

winter days

[pallanophblargh]

Wake up, new cryptid just dropped!

It’s true that I’ve had to reimagine my day to day life since we got her, but I can’t imagine how we got this lucky. We thought we would have to work to earn her love, but from the moment she entered our house it’s been a cuddlefest, one I couldn’t possibly deny. There are hurdles she will be facing to be sure (and she will still need to meet the cats face to face) but I’m so happy to see this happy lil cheese every day. Welcome home Raclette!

(The couches will always be hers, even if it means she does try to smush whatever I’m working on at the time!)

[matchrising]

beach day

[valtsv]

Mr James are you alive

had a chest infection that put me out of commission for a few days, i'll be back tomorrow though you can't get rid of me that easily

[smollbetawooper]

Two types of pneumonia, bronchitis and of course COVID are at an all time surge right now especially in children. Adults and children are also being misdiagnosed for pneumonia or also denied getting chest x-rays and being told it’s just the flu. I’ve currently have been seeing infants up to 19 year olds passing away for something that could have been taken care of with basic rest and accessible antibiotics. (Please have whichever practitioner that denies X-rays write in their notes why for legal protection.)

Mask up, COVID never ended and none of the working class can afford healthcare. Mask up for the kids and the disabled. Mask up for care of your community.

[littlecrittereli]

Are we ever going to get Martins pokemon team? (Also want to take this moment to gush about how YUMMY YOUR ART IS GOSH YOU ARE SO TALENTED IT BLOWS MY MIND, you got me onto a wild kratts spiral I haven’t been on since I was like seven.)

So funny story

When I was doing those pokemon designs, I ended up getting pneumonia which is why I straight up disappeared for like... 2 months LOL

This is as far as I got with Martin before I fell ill

By the time I recovered I kinda lost the motivation to finish it....

So maybe someday I'll come back to it! But no promises, I'm sorry 😭

(and thank you so much!!!! <3333)

[squidflavoredsoup]

guess who’s sick

n not the cool sick i mean actually sick

i am NOT doing good LETS SEE IF I END UP IN THE HOSPITAL AGAIN YEAHHHH💪💪💪💪 they love me

ANYWAYYYYY jokes uhhh here’s bill n my billsona

next part of roomie cipher should be coming out maybe tomorrow btw

also like don’t listen to me i’m like running on 0 hours of sleep i’m LOSINGGG ITTTT