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shitpostinglol · 3 years ago

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It's been exactly 1 month since I got tested positive for the Novel Corona Virus and what a month it has been. It all started when my dad developed recurring fever ever since he got vaccinated, he initially thought it was typhoid because no other symptoms of covid-19 were visible. On 13th april I started having severe backache and headache, I initially thought it was because of my periods however I got fever around evening which didn't subside till the next day.

After this we thought of getting ourselves tested for corona virus on 15th, we went to the district hospital they told us that my dad was negative and I was positive, so to confirm it we got tested again at the CMO office Barabanki, this time all three of us, mom dad and me tested positive .

We were given medical kits which had all the medicines and prescription. Our names were updated on the database and a link was given where we could download our report.

Hell broke loose that day. We came back home and decided to isolate my brother who we thought was negative for this virus. We sent him to buy us some medicines and steamer till we freshen up and settle everything. He came back with the supplies and immediately fell down on the bed, I noticed this and checked his temperature, he had 103 Fahrenheit fever. My mother started to get fever and when we measured it was 102. This was our DAY 1 of several days of hopelessness and misery that was gonna follow.

DAY 2- Everyone woke up with fever, my mom was blacking out so I made her sit, I started blacking out so I somehow gave her water and sat down to drink some water myself. Dad and my brother woke up later but dad and me were doing better than my mom and my brother. I took the charge, after drinking water I felt better so I made us all some breakfast so we could take our medicines. After breakfast and medicine I somehow broomed the house and prepared for lunch.

Proper diet and nutrition are a major part of fighting this disease. Turns out preparing for these meals was even more of a fight. The dishes was a major chore that often looked like a huge mountain. Whenever the fever got a bit better my Mom would wake up and do the dishes somehow. Sweeping was done on alternate days by me.

This schedule continued till 4 -5 more days until someone suggested to get tiffins for food. Meanwhile my morning fever was getting better but for my parents it was only getting worse. On some days the fever didn't subside at all and both of them got weak day by day. My brother also struggled with the same, along with this he developed severe diarrhea which made him weak and exhausted. My dad developed really bad cough, he would cough all day so bad that his back and stomach had started to hurt.

The worst part about these days was that we had no personal doctor who would listen to us, we were mostly self medicating based on the kit we had received -

Dolo 650mg and 500mg

Azithromycin

Doxycyclene

Vitamin C and Zinc supplements

Ivermectin 12mg for 3 days

We felt so hopeless because no one would pick our phone up and talk to us. Tell us that everything will be okay.

After a few days my mom got us a doctor through her friend who would talk and give us guidance on our medication. Some hope was found.

After my brother my mother got severe diarrhea, someone had told us to not take metrogyl 400 for it and let it pass. We thought it would subside on its own without medication but it didn't, it just got worse, she had to go to the bathroom 5-6 times a day, everything she ate was out, the fever medication didn't work so the fever didn't come down for a few days. She was so weak she couldn't lift her head up. Her oxygen got to 94.

This was the most scared I had ever been. The news outside was scary, hospitals filling up, no beds, no ICU, no plasma. I started taking screenshot of everything, oxygen refillment, ICU beds everything.

I couldn't eat I couldn't think of anything else except the worse. I had started imagining my life without my parents. I had anxiety all the time. Checking oxygen level was the scariest thing for me. But we had to. We had to monitor. We could not panic. I started to pray in my head all day. I was driving myself crazy. I was broken both mentally and physically.

Finally the doctor we had got in contact with told us to get metrogyl for the diarrhea. We gave her it was a temporary relief. From 5-6 times a day it came to 3-4 times a day. Still a very weak and hopeless mom and a very tired and scared dad. Finally my brother's fever started subsiding it didn't come back after it started subsiding but he was still very weak from the diarrhea.

Our relatives were super supportive through this as well as few of my mom's friends. She felt better when she talked to people. My mom's siblings called regularly, my cousin brother who lives nearby helped us with medicines and groceries. These were the angels in our lives that we needed.

Because of the tiffin service the daily chores were reduced which gave our bodies more time to rest. My schedule was to wake up and make kaadha, lemon water and tea, give mom hot lemon water followed after some time by tea and parle g biscuit so she could have her paracetamol. The antibiotics were given after breakfast. She took paracetamol a bit early so that the fever could start subsiding. After this I made breakfast somehow and make everyone eat some for their morning medicine.

Breakfast was mostly parathas, namkeen sevai, poha. I would mostly pull up a chair and sit and make all this. After breakfast everyone would rest till lunch came around 12. Everyone had a bath and ate lunch followed by medicines again followed by a resting period. Usually during this time mom felt a little better as fever came down, so she would do the dishes around 4pm. Evening snacks were mostly tea with some namkeen we had. Nobody really had an appetite or sense of taste so food intake was quite a struggle. Around this time everyone took steam. Dinner tiffin would come around 8pm and so would their fever so everyone had an early dinner to take medicine on time. Sometimes when the fever didn't go during the night they had another paracetamol around 4am.

The diarrhea relapsed to 5-6 times a day for my mom so my uncle suggested that she eats curd and khichdi only and stops eating the tiffin food. Metrogyl was discontinued then after few days had to be continued again. Oxygen levels were improved. Our main concern was the fever. When would it stop.

I prayed every night that the next morning my mom should not have fever, but she did.

Conditions started improving when the diarrhea got a bit better. The medicines were changed frequently according to the doctors advice. We felt heard and hopefull because of our doctor who treated us.

On slight improvements in health we started celebrating and making jokes to create a positive environment at home. The news on TV was morbid and by now most of my relatives were also suffering. I ordered playing cards on Amazon and a head massager. I started making jokes around trying to lighted up the environment.

Slowly my mother started to improve, now our main concern was dad and his cough. He coughed on and on I thought his lungs were badly affected so it would be better to get a X Ray . However the situation was so worse outside.

The doctor changed the medicines again for both of them, after a few days both started to improve.

Today things are much much better. I dont wake up at 6, I wake up at 8 because my mom already does all the morning stuff. The schedule these days is much better and healthier, consisting of pranayam, breathing exercises, steam intake fruits all sorts twice a day and proper breakfast lunch and dinner. My parents still have some post covid blues like weakness and lethargy. For my dad his diabetes shot up so we are currently taking care of that. Things are slowly getting back to normal.

Many precautions have to taken post covid recovery too, don't stop taking steam, don't exercise too much it might cause a heart attack, do not go out without masks thinking about your antibodies count as the chance of reinfection hi really high.

Please take care of yourself and everyone around you. I have seen so many people loose so much, many of my friends lost their parents and uncles to this. This pandemic has caused a permanent damage to so many that is hard to forget.

Be grateful for what you have right now. Your family your job everything. Appreciate your gifts. Things will get better.

I don't know if anyone will find this but if you do

- get yourself tested as soon as you experience your first symptom

-DO NOT PANIC

- Do not overdose on medication take them as and when prescribed.

- Do not loose hope. Rest as much as you can. Things will get better.

- Try and do not think about other people's misery, I can understand too much has been lost in a very few days but try and focus on yourself.

- Do not stress about work or future or money, everything will come if you get better.

- Communicate and Distract yourself, if you don't have an appetite watch some food videos on YouTube and eat. It helped me.

- Be proud of yourself for overcoming this❤️

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