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Why you don& #39;t want to get Covid. Thread.
Husband now has my cold. I was under the weather. He can& #39;t breathe, racked by the most devastating cough that rends my heart. Last 2 times he& #39;s had a cold he& #39;s ended up with pneumonia.
12 years ago, he picked up a bad cold in Japan. 1/
Husband now has my cold. I was under the weather. He can& #39;t breathe, racked by the most devastating cough that rends my heart. Last 2 times he& #39;s had a cold he& #39;s ended up with pneumonia.
12 years ago, he picked up a bad cold in Japan. 1/
He came back with a high fever and an overwhelming hacking cough. He also, bizarrely, lost his sense of smell for 6 months.
Sound familiar? Looking back on it he had all the symptoms of a coronavirus similar to Covid (though obviously not Covid 19). 2/
Sound familiar? Looking back on it he had all the symptoms of a coronavirus similar to Covid (though obviously not Covid 19). 2/
He had the cough for a month, and his lungs never recovered. Having been healthy before, he has had chronic asthma ever since. His lungs are susceptible to every URTI going; we have to try very hard not to give him our colds. Worse though: 3/
9 years ago I had to take an emergency flight from Malaysia back to London because Paul, having had a week of horrendous muscle pain, and finding he could no longer pick up our 18-month-old son, had been rushed into hospital, where he stayed for a week. 4/
My husband& #39;s immune system had turned on him and was attacking his muscles. He nearly died. If he hadn& #39;t been in sole charge of our toddler, he might have left it until it was too late.
It was diagnosed as postviral. 5/
It was diagnosed as postviral. 5/
Did I mention he can& #39;t breathe? There has been a growth in his nose since about that time, and it& #39;s slowly but surely been stopping him breathing through his nose properly.
It turns out there is a large mass growing in his sinuses -- the consultant thinks NOT malignant... 6/
It turns out there is a large mass growing in his sinuses -- the consultant thinks NOT malignant... 6/
because it& #39;s been there for such a long time, growing slowly. But it has to come out, which will mean very difficult surgery through his soft palate.
And every time he gets a cold, we are scared that he will get pneumonia again. 7/
And every time he gets a cold, we are scared that he will get pneumonia again. 7/
There is nothing we can do for him, no comfort for him as he struggles to catch a breath through the coughing.
The worst part about it all is knowing that this is probably how he is going to die, struggling for breath. 8/
The worst part about it all is knowing that this is probably how he is going to die, struggling for breath. 8/
