I'm in the ICU quarantined for COVID-19, AMA

[veggie530]

Male nurse, been miscing for a long time now. Got admitted to the hospital this week for bilateral PNA, a couple other complications r/t the PNA, and a few days into my stay they decided to quarantine me pending a COVID-19 swab result.

AMA since I am quarantined and have nothing to do in my little jail cell.

edit: FYI, my window view is a view of a cemetery across the street lol

[iwant2beswole]

congrats on being the first confirmed miscer with covid-19



we have a few assumed (fiancebrah) but think this is the first confirm. we're all gonna make it brah.


edit: oh didn't read, thought you were positive

[enzo818]

You can always jerk it to teenage panties

[LtGoose]

You should probably tell all the nurses you've been banging that they might have it too.

[Jasonw1178]

What were your first symptoms?

Are you worried?

[bfdehewdbyywhn]

get pity sex from the nurses

[ErnieMccracken]

Misc assures me it's just a cold and alphas (miscers) needn't worry

[veggie530]

get pity sex from the nurses

Already on it bro

Bilateral PNA? You ok?

Yeah. Better today than the last 3 d/t starting IV steroids.

What were your first symptoms?

Are you worried?

Generalized weakness, cough (productive), low grade fever. When symptoms started I still had 5 shifts left in a 28 day stretch, felt like allergies / being ran down.

Once I got to the end of my days off, I spiked a 104+ fever for 48 hours that wouldn't come down with medications / cold showers, could barely function other than to eat small amounts of food and drink a lot of fluids, and then suspected that I had developed PNA based on my shortness of breath, fever and lack of strength.

Nah, not about the virus itself. If I am indeed positive it'll just be a PITA to get 2 negative tests to get back to work. My pneumonia is more worrisome and it's bacterial in nature. Sucks because I'm allergic to three major antibiotics.

Misc assures me it's just a cold and alphas (miscers) needn't worry

Not inaccurate since you aren't in the age demographic with a high mortality rate. I have comorbidities (immunocompromised) and with bacterial PNA already on board it could be more of a threat. But since my symptoms are improving I assume a.) I'll test negative or b.) I'm on the better end of it

[jesusxchrist]

Pls stay safe brah

We’re all gonna make it

[veggie530]

Well stay safe, recovery and convalescence can be a bitch. But sounds like you got admitted quick

At least you caught this chit early, while there are still beds and treatment available for ICU required pneumonia

yeah, I tried to fight it off at home but knowing that I had had some COVID-19 patient exposures/potential exposures and I wasn't getting better I didn't want to quarantine at home anymore.

Pls stay safe brah

We’re all gonna make it

indeed we are.

[LtGoose]

What kind of hospital food does your place serve and have you thought about what to get as your last meal?

[ChangeOfStyle]

Mirin Avi

You got this chit brah, hopefully you come up negative

[RubberBandMang]

How long does the swab result take? Shouldn't it be relatively quick? You scared at all?

[Bisexual]

Alright so does this suck like hell and its time to pepper angus or is this mass hysteria?

[tecom]

Male nurse, been miscing for a long time now. Got admitted to the hospital this week for bilateral PNA, a couple other complications r/t the PNA, and a few days into my stay they decided to quarantine me pending a COVID-19 swab result.

AMA since I am quarantined and have nothing to do in my little jail cell.

edit: FYI, my window view is a view of a cemetery across the street lol

repped for being a P.O.W. like John McCain

The misc needs more heroes like you

[wutevs]

edit: FYI, my window view is a view of a cemetery across the street lol

That's so depressing. Pic? How many confirmed patients were you in contact with prior to this?

I also work for a health system, not clinical, but everyone is going crazy around here. We're now exploring WFH options for administrative employees but currently have IT challenges of being able to support that.

[RustleU]

Icu

[TurbanMon]

if you're part of the 0.2% statistic, you should go and buy a lottery lticket

[AgentSkyhawk]

good to hear you're doing okay though OP? Any idea on when you're free to go, or are they gonna have to put a couch in yo prison?

[tecom]

Does COVID19 cause viral pneumonia or bacterial pneumonia. Anyone know?

Bacterial pneumonia is quite common in recirculated air systems. Viral pneumonia is an entire different beast.

[snailsrus]

What kind of hospital food does your place serve and have you thought about what to get as your last meal?

This was my first thought, when I have an epileptic seizer I have them take me to the hospital with movies on the tv to pick and a food menu where you get to pick your meals from a pretty big menu and can order snacks from 7am-7pm, this is the cardiac unit though idk which one your in. I also order in food there lol

Do the nurses and doctors that come in your room have to wear anything special? Can you only see family/visitors through glass?

[veggie530]

good to hear you're doing okay though OP? Any idea on when you're free to go, or are they gonna have to put a couch in yo prison?

if I am negative, at minimum 3/15/20 because my symptoms were 3/1/20. if I get a positive test, it will be until I get two negatives.

That's so depressing. Pic? How many confirmed patients were you in contact with prior to this?

I also work for a health system, not clinical, but everyone is going crazy around here. We're now exploring WFH options for administrative employees but currently have IT challenges of being able to support that.

1 confirmed, 4-5 possibles. our hospital is turning into idiocracy trying to handle a simple 1-2 at a time because we're already full from normal conditions. it's dark right now so a pic wouldn't really turn out lol

Alright so does this suck like hell and its time to pepper angus or is this mass hysteria?

the PNA sucks, but I can't attribute that to anything that the bacteria so far.

I had influenza A in January, it made me feel about 5-10% worse than Flu A did at its peak.

How long does the swab result take? Shouldn't it be relatively quick? You scared at all?

5-7 days, but according to the DPH they were expediting mine d/t how many people I would have potentially exposed (triple digit employees, unknown patients)

Mirin Avi

You got this chit brah, hopefully you come up negative

i'm honestly torn. if I'm positive, once I'm well, I'm done worrying about catching it / getting quarantined / interfering with work. I mean I'm exposed to sick people every day all day at work, so I feel like I'll be in a continual limbo lol

What kind of hospital food does your place serve and have you thought about what to get as your last meal?

it's horrible. the meatloaf had the texture of a shoe.

my friends from work have been bringing me food/iced tea, sliding them into the room and shutting the door. it's like being on the other side of the glass for a prison call

This was my first thought, when I have an epileptic seizer I have them take me to the hospital with movies on the tv to pick and a food menu where you get to pick your meals from a pretty big menu and can order snacks from 7am-7pm, this is the cardiac unit though idk which one your in. I also order in food there lol

Do the nurses and doctors that come in your room have to wear anything special? Can you only see family/visitors through glass?

nurses avoid me like the plague, doc's come in once a day. I feel like an animal at the zoo ever since they decided to go this route. I waited 7 hours for someone to replace my non functioning IV... so I just called my buddy from ER and he came and started it for me.

I am now quarantined from visitors. They come and I call them on my cell through a glass door and we stare at each other awkwardly.

the weird thing about this whole thing is I technically can't leave per the DPH who would call authorities. So, I can't get thrown out of the hospital either...meaning I basically can't be told no LOL. I'm not wearing most of the monitoring equipment, ordering out food, etc lol

[RubberBandMang]

So being in healthcare and now potentially having the virus yourself, do you feel that the whole thing is overblown ? What's your opinion on the severity of it all and hysteria floating around

[nn586]

you'll be all right brah, you're gonna make it




were all gonna make it brah

[batmanman]

Please cough on me so I can get this over with

[veggie530]

So being in healthcare and now potentially having the virus yourself, do you feel that the whole thing is overblown ? What's your opinion on the severity of it all and hysteria floating around

For our patient population that is vulnerable (immunocompromised, old, etc) it's a legit threat. The mortality rate and inoculation rates speaking for themselves. For yourself? Probably more or less a common cold, but, if you have grandparents or come into direct contact with the elderly, you're a potential vector. Plus, we're not yet sure of what indirect contact can cause spread -- door knobs, etc. so that population is extremely vulnerable.

On a resource note, my hospital is already essentially full most of the year. Adding an additional 10% patients would be back breaking to the organization and result in everyone receiving suboptimal care and probable increase in mortality.

Oddly enough I don't think the impact of the virus on the individual is that bad, however, I think its impact on the herd is that bad.

[BenMcLeodNZ]

What happens if you want to jerk off? Is there like a bucket for corona mucus tissues and another for 'other' tissues?

[SkydiverDan]

Damn OP, sorry to hear about your luck. I’m an RT and since all I deal with is patients with resp issues I’m kind of worried myself. Just hoping that patients who are intubated have a lower risk of transmitting the disease. I’m on Humira too, so am immunocompromised as well

Wishing you the best brother

[snailsrus]

if I am negative, at minimum 3/15/20 because my symptoms were 3/1/20. if I get a positive test, it will be until I get two negatives.



1 confirmed, 4-5 possibles. our hospital is turning into idiocracy trying to handle a simple 1-2 at a time because we're already full from normal conditions. it's dark right now so a pic wouldn't really turn out lol



the PNA sucks, but I can't attribute that to anything that the bacteria so far.

I had influenza A in January, it made me feel about 5-10% worse than Flu A did at its peak.



5-7 days, but according to the DPH they were expediting mine d/t how many people I would have potentially exposed (triple digit employees, unknown patients)



i'm honestly torn. if I'm positive, once I'm well, I'm done worrying about catching it / getting quarantined / interfering with work. I mean I'm exposed to sick people every day all day at work, so I feel like I'll be in a continual limbo lol



it's horrible. the meatloaf had the texture of a shoe.

my friends from work have been bringing me food/iced tea, sliding them into the room and shutting the door. it's like being on the other side of the glass for a prison call



nurses avoid me like the plague, doc's come in once a day. I feel like an animal at the zoo ever since they decided to go this route. I waited 7 hours for someone to replace my non functioning IV... so I just called my buddy from ER and he came and started it for me.

I am now quarantined from visitors. They come and I call them on my cell through a glass door and we stare at each other awkwardly.

the weird thing about this whole thing is I technically can't leave per the DPH who would call authorities. So, I can't get thrown out of the hospital either...meaning I basically can't be told no LOL. I'm not wearing most of the monitoring equipment, ordering out food, etc lol

do they require you get the viral pneumonia vaccine as a nurse? I alway get one cause some years I’ve been in the hospital a lot and nice grub hub to the rescue.

[RubberBandMang]

For our patient population that is vulnerable (immunocompromised, old, etc) it's a legit threat. The mortality rate and inoculation rates speaking for themselves. For yourself? Probably more or less a common cold, but, if you have grandparents or come into direct contact with the elderly, you're a potential vector. Plus, we're not yet sure of what indirect contact can cause spread -- door knobs, etc. so that population is extremely vulnerable.

On a resource note, my hospital is already essentially full most of the year. Adding an additional 10% patients would be back breaking to the organization and result in everyone receiving suboptimal care and probable increase in mortality.

Oddly enough I don't think the impact of the virus on the individual is that bad, however, I think its impact on the herd is that bad.

Thanks, well said.

Why do people keep posting this ?

It’s an exponentially increasing crisis that is going to overload medical centres due to the percentage of serious symptoms developing.

It’s a pandemic. Pandemics are not good.

OPie is lucky, he’s an early adopter so getting decent treatment ...I’m looking for someone already diagnosed to lick me right now so I can get it out the way

The above is the answer i was looking for, not your bishy chit. I'm aware that it's not good, but I wanted an inside perspective from someone who has dealt with patients and potentially felt the symptoms first hand.