Dad and sister just got tested positive for covid.

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07 Jan 2021, 4:18 pm

Dad is old and has diabetes. Mom is treating for cancer and has asthma, not tester yet tho.
Sister is doing fine.

I am very worried, for dad especially.

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07 Jan 2021, 5:13 pm

I'm so sorry. I hope they get better with no long-term effects. :heart:

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07 Jan 2021, 5:18 pm

Oh no, that's bad news. Sorry to hear that.

Hope they start to feel better soon.

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08 Jan 2021, 5:08 pm

Sorry to hear, Boo. Though the virus has been devastating to those over 80, many are surviving. Hope they receive good care throughout.

Some reading on those who are older and have conditions placing them at greater risk ...

Anna Marie Bresnan, who lives at Philadelphia Protestant Home, a retirement community in Northeast Philadelphia, is 84 and has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Hydration and sleeping position are important.

John and Kitty Stagliano, of Exton, are both 82 and have diabetes and high blood pressure.

Norma Cammisa is 93, has dementia, takes medicine for high cholesterol, and lives in a nursing home in Collingswood.

All of them caught the coronavirus. All of them survived.

Read in Full ...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-coronavirus-devastating-people-surviving.html

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08 Jan 2021, 6:08 pm

I am sorry to hear, Boo.

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08 Jan 2021, 6:16 pm

Tell them to try to sleep on their stomachs if they have trouble breathing.

I hope they just have a mild case, and recover quickly.

Like Juliette said, even many older people only get mild cases of COVID.

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08 Jan 2021, 6:18 pm

Sorry to hear that, sending good thoughts, healing wishes, and virtual dragon hugs.

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08 Jan 2021, 6:31 pm

Are you in touch with your dad and sister via Skype or some other media?

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08 Jan 2021, 7:16 pm

Sorry to hear this. Good thoughts are being sent to you and your family right this moment.

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09 Jan 2021, 8:59 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

Are you in touch with your dad and sister via Skype or some other media?

Yes we are apart in different apartments now.

I tested “closely positive” - I got a 36 which is very close to the lower end of what’s considered negative. Sister and dad had it under 20; I suspect each caught it from a different source.

The lab worker was puzzled; she asked me whether I had covid or not before - told her no and no symptoms at all; because this result is as if someone just recovered from it... or I still have it in the very beginning. I hope it is the former; so far I have no symptoms at all*.

*Except yesterday night I felt a freezing chill lasted for 10 mins; but my temp showed very low as 36.4 then back to 37. This chilling usually is indicative of temp is going up, for fever; but it didn’t so far. Surely it must be the covid tho.

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09 Jan 2021, 9:25 am

For us, either you’re positive, or you’re negative. No in-between. We have no “numbers.” Any SARS 2 virus—-positive!

I had COVID. Never had a positive test, but was positive for antibodies in May.

I hope you don’t develop symptoms. I had somewhat mild symptoms.

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09 Jan 2021, 10:09 am

^ Yes I did got listed as positive.

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09 Jan 2021, 10:33 am

Wishing you all healing and recovery.

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