Just an update: I have asthma and COVID has hit me hard. My doctors are trying to keep me at home if at all possible because of the surge and the need for beds, but I have to go into the ER once a day for two intramuscular shots: one is an anti-inflammatory and one injectible ibuprofen or something along those lines. I have no idea what they give me but it eases my lungs enough that I can stop coughing and get my pulse ox back in the 90s.
The problem is that I don't really know anything. Because the rest of my family is also positive, no one is allowed to come into the hospital with me, and I'm busy trying to breathe so can't follow what they are giving me and can't talk to ask questions and can't take notes. My daughter has been in and out of the hospital since she was little and I have always been her advocate. People who will be hospitalized for COVID won't have that.
After a bad day yesterday, I was desperate and took one of my daughter's marijuana gummies. It tooks ages--like an hour or more later--but it opened up my lungs and stopped the bronchial spasms and I slept for four hours.
Quoting: MadHazel "Pulse ox back in the 90's." So 92 is OK?
94+ would be better
this was precovid, so I am sure the range of vitals and accepting admittance have change.
we could never get accepted in emergency care/hospital room unless oxygen was dropping under 90%.
and sometimes a feverish symptoms was needed.
heart rate of 150+ range and climbing during waking hours is the beginning of problems.
and while sleeping, if the heart rate is staying elevated over 90+ and not lowering.
then usually we was 24-48 hours away from a drive to hospital.
Usually next comes the rising temperature/fever accompanied by phlegm turning green.
White phlegm is still ok.
these three symptoms seemed the tipping point where home care can do nothing more.
and hospitalization was necessary and admittance was accepted.
this may be obvious for some. but watch out for these vital signs heading in this direction and get prepared.
not saying this is a blueprint, remember only experience with viral and aspiration pneumonia. not covid.
and yes majority of time bronchitis tags along. it seemed majority of time viral starts there anyhow.
and eventually led to pneumonia in lungs.
aspiration will give the weaker lung problems first, then you watch out for spreading to other lung and bronc tubes. and try to reverse the symptoms.
oxygen, fever, heart rate
