Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.
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A letter from a gal that worked at Pratt juco. Young mom, kinda long. My sister knows her.
Center 59 mins · Heather’s story is shared with her permission. This is why we can not stress the Stay-At-Home order enough. Each of us has an incredible responsibility right now. Heather did all the right things! Isolation from even her own husband and children. Everything we touch, everywhere we go, everyone we interact with, affects THE PEOPLE WE LOVE. There’s a good chance you could have it and not know for 2 weeks.
Heather Hopper Wilson Yesterday at 1:48 PM My Covid19 Story:
Let me start by saying THANK YOU so much for outpouring of love shown to me over the past couple of weeks. All the prayers, kind texts, phone calls, the encouragement, and the concern were so important to my recovery and meant more than you’ll ever know. I know several also reached out to my parents and siblings for updates and kind words, thank you to all my family and friends. I truly was overwhelmed by the outpouring.
I know there has been much speculation regarding whether my illness was Coronavirus, and this morning, eight days after being tested, my Covid19 test came back positive.
It is important to note that no one that I work with or have been in contact with is at risk of contracting the virus from me as I have not been on campus since March 11 and in a public setting since March 12. All colleagues/public are far outside of the 2-14 day window in which to show symptoms. I also want to be clear that I order my groceries and HAD NOT BEEN regularly visiting any businesses in town prior to my symptom date as I greatly limit my exposure during cold/flu season in an effort to protect myself and others.
It is unknown how I contracted this virus, I had not travelled, or been around anyone known to have symptoms, I did not have any direct contact with students in the days leading up to my symptoms either. There is speculation that a coworker that I came in contact with may have been misdiagnosed with bronchitis a couple weeks prior to my diagnosis, but this has not been confirmed, only speculation as Covid19 was not thought to be in Kansas at that time. Again only SPECULATION and this person did nothing wrong, she stayed at home for over a week and visited a doctor and received a bronchitis diagnosis, started meds and reported back to work after being on meds for an extended period of time. (She does not live in our county.) I believe this virus has been circulating long before they were tracking it, so who knows where I picked it up.
I started having symptoms the evening of March 12. I had a sore throat, I drank some tea, thinking sinus drainage, and went to bed. I started chilling late in the night and woke up with what I thought to be influenza, horrible headache, body aches, sore throat. I called the doctor the morning of Friday, March 13 to explain my symptoms and asked for some Tamiflu, they did not think Tamiflu was necessary and I was told to manage my symptoms at home. No doctor visit required. Isolation from my family begins.
Sunday, March 15, I woke up and felt pretty decent. I was able to finish my 12 page paper and final project (due that evening) for a class I was taking. That night however I started chilling and felt terrible again. Still isolated.
Tuesday, March 17, feeling no relief, extreme fatigue, sweats, headache, earache, I called the doctor and made an appointment to be seen. I was masked at my appointment and was told I had pneumonia in one lung and ear infection, prescribed antibiotics.
Friday, March 20, I’ve spent my entire Spring Break isolated from my family, I was still feeling crummy, sweats, extreme fatigue, so I called the doctor. They prescribed a steroid to help with the pneumonia.
Monday, March 23, very ill, went to another doctor for a second opinion. I was swabbed for influenza, it was negative, blood work done, chest X-ray and chest CT performed. Chest CT confirmed bilateral pneumonia consistent with Covid19. Doctor swabbed me for the virus. (It was also known at that time that another co-worker was struggling with similar symptoms.). I was prescribed albuterol to use in my nebulizer, that’s the only relief the doctor could offer. (Short supply of albuterol in the pharmacies due to the virus but I was able to get some).
Tuesday, March 24, it’s hard to breathe, contemplated going into the hospital. Instead sent my husband to buy an o2 monitor at Walmart, monitored my oxygen level at home to ensure I was above the advised threshold and started regular breathing treatments. Prayers were working and I managed my symptoms at home. Still isolated from my family.
Wednesday, March 25, decent day, oxygen level decent.
Thursday/Friday, March 26-27, exhausted, but managed to talk to the girls teachers about what to expect this week. Oxygen level holding up.
Sunday, March 29, woke up feeling more like myself than I had in MANY days. Still waiting on test results. Still isolated.
Tuesday, March 31, still feeling good, three days in a row, yea! Doctor called with test results, positive for Covid19.
Great I’ve got the diagnosis, now what? I’m good right, I’ve been isolated for 19 days, I’m far outside the ten days you’re thought to shed the virus from onset of symptoms? WRONG!!
So much has been learned about this virus since it entered the US (and things change daily) but the CDC now is recommending that once you begin feeling well, no symptoms, that you must remain isolated for ten days. If you show any symptoms within the ten days you must start back at day one.
I’m currently on Day 19 since onset of symptoms, I’m going to say Day 2 of feeling good (as I did have night sweats on Day 1 of feeling good). I will need to isolate for 8 more days with no symptoms to be in the clear and come out of isolation. At that point I will have been isolated for a month.
Please be mindful and stay home. I have missed a month with my family, my husband, my kids. My girls have cried for me outside my door, they have been fearful of something very bad happening to me, it is heartbreaking to not be able to wipe away their tears or give them hugs of consolation, this weighs heavily on my heart. However I will say that if my family can remain healthy because I did what was necessary and recommended, this isolation will be so worth it. I try to remember that these days are so few when we look at the grand scale of our life.
This road has been rough, it’s been scary, there were days my anxiety wore heavily on me. I know I made it through this because so many lifted me up in prayer and I’m so grateful. My journey is not over as I’m still recovering from my pneumonia, however I now see rainbows. Please continue to pray for me and my family. I would feel incredibly guilty and heartbroken to see them go through this knowing I was the cause. Please pray they stay healthy and that my recovery continues.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the thought and prayers.
My mother-in-law reminded me that today I made history, the first confirmed Covid19 case in Pratt county. I’ve said it before, but sometimes we must laugh our way through the storm.
This is my story, I thought it was important to tell so people understand how dangerous this virus is. Someone young and healthy is not immune to its fury. Do not live in fear but be smart in the choices you make when venturing out. Is the outing truly necessary?
In the coming weeks please reach out to me if you need anything. When I have fully recovered it will be my duty to shop for others as I now have a layer of immunity against this nasty bug.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Thank you so much for sharing this woman’s story. It’s a real eye-opener. I will add her and her family to my prayer list.
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No dang tests
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/04/01/new-york-nurse-works-while-infected-newday-cohen-vpx.cnn
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So here is another way of putting this whole dam COVID-19 into perspective economy wise here in Kansas at least. - - Before this virus hit, on the Average the Dept of Labor received 150,000 calls a WEEK for filing about un-employment , since the virus hit The Dept of Labor on MONDAY - took 877,000 calls in ONE DAY - - ONE FRICKEN DAY 877,000 calls for the filing of un-employment , that’s just past insane.- -kind paints a really clear picture on the toll this dam thing is taking
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@Crimsonorblue22 the virus or colleges losing money? Almost everyone is losing money right now.
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@Ret said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 most of those calls were people calling in, hang up and call in again
not so sure about that - when your dealing with 6.6 million un-employment across the United states Doesn’t really mater it was WAY up what eve the case was that’s why they brought in many more to help handle all the calls
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@BShark exposing self
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@BShark wrong thread
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“What we do know is that when somebody is coughing or sneezing those respiratory droplets can stay in the air for up to three hours, said Avula. “I do think it’s highly likely that both individuals going to the grocery store and employees of grocery stores will have this disease at some point.”
Avula says COVID-19 can stay in the air for hours which means social distancing is more important than ever especially while we people go shopping for essential items. He advises that people who need to go out, avoid shopping during peak hours."
We have hit critical mass of cases where it appears it’s not a matter of if but rather when you will get the virus if you keep going to stores without a mask.
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@approxinfinity good luck getting an n95 mask with now.
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@BShark I have one
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@Ret said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@Ret said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 most of those calls were people calling in, hang up and call in again
not so sure about that - when your dealing with 6.6 million un-employment across the United states Doesn’t really mater it was WAY up what eve the case was that’s why they brought in many more to help handle all the
Please read the full article and report them accurately.
Dude REALLY, come on now, you really want to get into a pissing contest about this ? - Seiously ? - -is that how you want to spend your day. move along I have. - Going strictly what the Governor said in her news conference Thanks and have a great day not in the mood today ok? - let’s just leave it at that. A -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@Ret I read that too
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@BShark I have a couple old n95 paint masks. Anyway, we should all be making DIY masks if we don’t have one. Nobody should go to the store without one
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@approxinfinity We haven’t left my house since last Friday besides me doing a grocery pick up wearing gloves and sanitizing the goods before house entry. I took my clothes off in the garage and went straight to the shower. My daughter has a heart condition that required surgery at 2 months. She likely dies if she catches this thing so we are being super safe.
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@kjayhawks good work man. I’m curious what the coverage of delivery groceries look like for others. I’m lucky to be in an area that delivers but I am not sure if the Food Lion near my parents will deliver (ours does). I’m going to look tonight. They live out in the mountains and are around 15 minutes from the nearest Food Lion.
Delivery obviously eliminates so many variables The government should subsidize the grocery stores to deliver to everyone.
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Sadly I don’t have the option to stay home as of yet. Won’t bore ya with details but “essential worker essential business” stuff. As I have been traveling the last few weeks I have noticed a huge change in behaviors. More masks, often even worn correctly, gloves and sanitizer. Much more effort at social distancing. Easy on planes now as looking about I think there are 10 of us on this 120ish seat plane. 2 rooms sold in a 200 room hotel is kinda crazy but also gives you a chance to stay healthy because staff is cut as well.
Perhaps not everywhere and everybody but there is a behavioral shift going on. Let’s just hope it is not too little to late and those cut workers survive until they can get back to work.
Also it is damn difficult to get a decent meal on the road these days!!
Be safe people
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@approxinfinity We go to the next town, the town I live in doesn’t even have a grocery store. Wal Mart has the order and pay online. Then the put it in your vehicle, but we are only getting like half the stuff we order with shortages. We are hoping to have enough to last a few weeks now. But these kids snack all day lol.
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@Kubie thanks for the insights. As much as I’m lucky to be able to stay home and wfh in isolation with the family, I feel out of touch and value these types of observations of how it is out there.
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They are making it as easy as possible to get loans.
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Special message from the team https://twitter.com/kuhoops/status/1246229912421314560?s=21
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Here in Topeka at the Walmart’s - -they have as of late this afternoon went to limiting the number of People in the store at one time, they have blocked area’s where non essential buying now is not allowed.
This morning as I waited for them to open at 7 to buy my groceries it came time at about 6:45 and line started to form by the time the store opened at 7 was about 40 people standing in line - -AND YES there I was wind whipping right in our face ninety to nothing lol freezing my chones off just another in line that is taking place.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
Special message from the team https://twitter.com/kuhoops/status/1246229912421314560?s=21
Sweet. -really solid by the boys, like they say guys , were ALL in this together. Please stay safe , we need you here Next year. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer73 I wish I was closer to you, I would bring you food and supplies.
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I’ve yet to spot any hand sanitizer or antibacterial wipes “in the wild” since mid March…if they’re currently being sold, I’m curious where people are buying them. Same deal with masks. We’re all supposed to be sanitizing and wearing masks…but at least where I am, this stuff hasn’t been available for weeks.
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@ajvan I got some sanitizer by waiting for cvs to open on a day I knew their trucks were delivering but that was back several weeks and the only reason I got some was because I stood at the door as the second person and chatted up the first, so she didn’t take all the few bottles that were there.
Inother news I have heard you can easily make your own though I have not looked, from rubbing alcohol and aloe. Those may be more readily available still.
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@jayballer73 hey I am curious does the Walmart in topeka deliver to your house? Topeka is 66617? Its worth a shot?
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@ajvan there are several places online that show you how to make simple masks, no sewing! Several people around here are making them, sewing, not me
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I got hand sanitizer at bath and body, scented little ones. Tiny ones. I bet I could have some one mail you a homemade mask for a reasonable price.
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Here are the CDC instructions for making a mask. The tshirt method requires no sewing. I believe you want tightknit cotton fabric, like a t-shirt.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html
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@approxinfinity Hmm, making your own sanitizer seems like the way to go. Thanks for the suggestion.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Thanks, that makes sense. I bet we have some old bandanas or scarves around the house, and making a mask seems pretty doable.
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@ajvan We went on a walk today, about 2.5 miles. Wore bandanas just to see what it was like and how comfortable they would be. (No one else out of probably 50 pedestrians and maybe 35 drivers was wearing a mask, but this was not inside.) We were on wide residential streets and it was very breezy, with no one even as close as 10 feet away, so no issues.
Felt like bandits and we were hoping people would toss us their wallets (I had gloves available!), but alas, no one did.
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@jayballer73 in my experience other stores have been much less crowded than walmart.
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@mayjay I’m all for wearing bandanas instead of those bland white masks. Fashion is important in times like this. All the more so if people started sliding wallets over.
We’re taking lots of walks too, mostly around our residential neighborhood with no one else in sight. The only time I think about masks, gloves, sanitization, is when I go shopping, have to handle a cart, pump gas, etc.
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@kjayhawks said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 I wish I was closer to you, I would bring you food and supplies.
Mercy you have no idea how much that means to me. Just shows there are still good people left in this word , that come together in times such as this. That’s just awesome , thank you so much , makes my heart feel good. It’s call Compassion thank you again. - It’s ok we got it done w got groceries and essentials for the month , I’M DONE now for the month barricade myself in the house again for the month.
I’ll tell you what scares me the most my friends , my wife is on Oxygen 24/7 , doctors have said her lungs are pretty much shot - - severe COPD & I know this is not spelled right but please my friends in times like this please don’t be petty and try to be smug about grammer spelling save that for another time but anyways emphazema - so if she gets this Virus she is pretty much screwed, and what’s worse is I wouldn’t even be able to be with her - if she got put on a ventalitor she would have to go through this alone. - -I’m going on 66 - -SHE is 53 something happens to her I’d be lost/crushed. Soya I really worry about her.
Thank you again my friend that REALLY means a lot your a special person a special ROCK CHALK TO YOU MY FRIEND have a great day and stay safe
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@approxinfinity said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 hey I am curious does the Walmart in topeka deliver to your house? Topeka is 66617? Its worth a shot?
I’m not sure buddy. - - I know you can call your order in and they will pull it. I’m really not sure as far as delivery . our zip code though is 66605 - -hate those digits you know what I’m sayin. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer73 Where did you two meet, anyway? I hope things go well. We are bunkered down, too. Wife has asthma and atrial fibrillation, and I have high blood pressure and diabetes, so we are elevated risk even more than just being mid-60s. But your concern is even greater, and I wish you well in taking such care to protect your bride.
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Couple of interesting tidbits about the virus I heard and read about today:
1st : They did a survey and found that out of the top 25 cities in the US, - - -that more higher income families were staying home more then the lower income families. - -INTERSTING
2nd.Heard that NY had just purchased and would be receiving 1,000 ventalitors from CHINA TODAY. Just found this pretty interesting , I mean we are purchasing these things from a Country that has been said that is responsible for this in the 1st place. Just goes to show all it boils down to is a bidding war /price goucing - -situation is really sad.
3rd: Here in Kansas up 78 positive cases from yesterday, beginning to spread more quickly/more cases. We now have 698 cases UP from 620 yesterday & now have 21 deaths - -up three from yesterday. - -Hang on to your butts. gonna get worse my friends. Stay Safe
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@jayballer73 even if you can get them to pull it I think it’s really worth it if they bring it out to your car. The biggest threat is entering the store and inhaling droplets in the air. Just keep your distance from the person bringing it out and I would open the trunk for them so they only touch the bags. I highly recommend finding an option where you can avoid entering the store. Then it’s just a matter of disinfecting the food when you get home, which would still be critical. Another option is to set aside anything non perishable for a time (guidelines say 3 days on plastic. I set aside everything a week). Then you just need to disinfect perishables. Mitigating concerns about the shopper touching stuff.
Sorry if my advice here is heavy handed or preachy. Trying to help and maybe also I’m enumerating my steps to just talk about it even if we’ve already talked about it so much
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@mayjay said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 Where did you two meet, anyway? I hope things go well. We are bunkered down, too. Wife has asthma and atrial fibrillation, and I have high blood pressure and diabetes, so we are elevated risk even more than just being mid-60s. But your concern is even greater, and I wish you well in taking such care to protect your bride.
Ahh buddy , thank you soooo much. Believe it or not my wife and I met on a phone line dating site. I had like 3 minutes of time left on my account , and was just on a trial bases with the site and had 3 minute left on the trial. Pretty much had just had enough time to leave her a message with my phone number and said if she wanted to talk to me I left her my number. - About 1 hour later she called me lol.
We talked that night for quite some time. This was all totally sight un seen with one another. We talked for oh about a week. I live here in Topeka & she lived in Winfield. We talked and I said well if we really wanted to see if this was going to develop into anything we needed to meet, & I didn’t have any transportation at the time & she didn’t either. A buddy of mine told me he would drive me down to Winfield to pick her up , she was going to stay for the weekend. - - she NEVER went back lol , been with me every since. Going to be married 10 years this coming August, got married on my Birthday. We stay together for about a month then after our 1st month we got married lol - - Crazy I know BUT it worked. - she wanted me lmao - -I’m pretty hot lol… - I told her from the get go I said if your a woman looking for a guy that has a lot of Money then you need TO KEEP LOOKING. I’ve NEVER had a lot of money - - never have - - never will. Thank you for asking my friend , sorry I got carried away telling my story.
I hear you though with her condition and me and my heart conditions with my Pace Maker and Blood pressure issues very high risk. You take care my friend , you take care of your lil lady too. Life is precious even more so with that special someone. Take care my friend
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Very sweet story. I met my wife face to face (at the Smithsonian in D.C.) but shockingly she still wanted to start dating!
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@Ret said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
Couple of interesting tidbits about the virus I heard and read about today:
1st : They did a survey and found that out of the top 25 cities in the US, - - -that more higher income families were staying home more then the lower income families. - -INTERSTING
2nd.Heard that NY had just purchased and would be receiving 1,000 ventalitors from CHINA TODAY. Just found this pretty interesting , I mean we are purchasing these things from a Country that has been said that is responsible for this in the 1st place. Just goes to show all it boils down to is a bidding war /price goucing - -situation is really sad.
3rd: Here in Kansas up 78 positive cases from yesterday, beginning to spread more quickly/more cases. We now have 698 cases UP from 620 yesterday & now have 21 deaths - -up three from yesterday. - -Hang on to your butts. gonna get worse my friends. Stay Safe
Please read or just watch the video. DONATED not purchased
https://time.com/5815687/cuomo-ventilators-china-coronavirus/
DUDE one more time, back up this is a time I patience is VERY SHORT. - Dam man bottom line is donated, purchased - - it’s fricken CHINA - you don’t need to tell me - -CHINA CHINA CHINA the same dam country that withheld information about this, kept it from us check your facts there buddy. - We shouldn’t be doing squat with these idiots in any way shape or form.
Dealing with China in ANY WAY should not be allowed , almost as bad as 3m selling to china. - -Oh wait that’s not right either right? - - I’m sure you will feel the urge to try and correct me on this too huh? - - Good looking out , way to step up, thank you so much - -Dam people like you wear me out.
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@jayballer73 If we are not going to deal with idiots, who is left?
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@mayjay said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 If we are not going to deal with idiots, who is left?
That’s true.
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@jayballer73 I don’t have a problem with taking something from China. The donation came from Jack Ma and the owner of the Nets. Why would we not accept a private donation of ventillators? Good on them to make it happen.
The problem is that we even NEEDED someone to donate them. We weren’t prepared. We should not be dependant internationally for ventillators.
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@approxinfinity said in Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.:
@jayballer73 I don’t have a problem with taking something from China. The donation came from Jack Ma and the owner of the Nets. Why would we not accept a private donation of ventillators? Good on them to make it happen.
The problem is that we even NEEDED someone to donate them. We weren’t prepared. We should not be dependant internationally for ventillators.
Well, then you run into this problem of how much excess of any medical supply do we need to be prepared for a situation. Because normally I would have to think a large number of ventilators aren’t even being used. So how do you justify the cost of making a bunch more that won’t be used (before covid). Do you then do this for all medical equipment? Idk.
In general we were ill-prepared for a viral pandemic despite epidemiologists harping on this for awhile now.
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@BShark I wonder to what extent we can be more prepared to pivot and produce ventillators for future pandemic preparedness. So we wouldnt need a huge stockpile so much as a larger stockpile as well as companies be able to switch production to ventillators quickly. We could make medical supply producers have the capacity to switch over and have a coordinated plan for production, distribution, and assembly of components all locally.
