The athletic director at one of our largest state high schools died last weekend. He was well loved and stadiums throughout the state, including universities, kept their football stadium lights on all night. It has been shocking for our city.
Apparently there was a regional game at the beginning of the month at another huge local high school. 5 people that attended that game have died, including the director above. I can’t believe people aren’t social distancing.
@Creekland If the bill turns out to be higher than you expect, do offer a lesser amount; the hospital will be happy with a payment of any kind! There should be a cash pay (no insurance) rate, but in these times, they might also agree to less than that.
My daughter has great insurance with a family deductible of $3K. Last year when she had her baby, she owed the hospital the entire deductible, even though she had already paid the OB the money up front. Someone else that delivered at the same hospital told her if you offer to pay by credit card on the phone when the bill came, you could have a discount. My daughter called and asked about paying right then on the phone, so they offered her a 30% discount. Every little bit helps and the money might as well stay in her pocket!
@conmama, the beginning of April? Astonishing
@deb922 my error. I meant the beginning of March.
The big sporting event where the athletic director was exposed occurred on March 6. Not much was closed down then.
@Creekland, I hope your son feels better very soon.
Feeling happy here today! I got the text that my lad is feeling better - and apparently he ran a low temperature when it was worse these past couple of days. That’s better now too.
Of course I’m still hoping for no regression and I’d still like answers to confirm it was (or wasn’t) Covid, but it feels good as a mama to read a “feeling better today” text!
I’ll feel even better when I see him getting back to his job (from home) - but who’s splitting hairs?
Happy to hear you got good news! Hope his recovery moves along swiftly.
Update:
H is Day 9 since symptom onset. Day 3 no pain killers & no fever. He is not as exhausted. Telemedicine appt. with his MD this morning & the doctor wants him symptom free for at least 3 days before going to work. He is still coughing.
I still feel like I’m fighting a cold. Pressure in throat, chest, ears. Still no fever. Less tired.
Appetite has not returned for either of us. Eating makes us feel a bit queasy.
One of his coworkers tested positive for C19. I’m assuming we both have it and are fortunate it’s not serious.
Have another student with a sick parent. Talked to him on a Zoom conference. His mom worked in healthcare and had inadequate PPE. She’s in the hospital now. I’m getting stories like that more and more.
And now my friend’s BIL has had a few bad days. He tested POSITIVE again (after a negative test) so they can’t move him, can’t do some of the procedures , oh and they don’t know what’s causing his current spiked fever. He can put his glasses on himself and work the TV remote. And with a lift, sit in a chair. So sad.
Saw the obit this morning for DH’s former physician who died of covid. He retired 19 years ago, but was very physically active, especially biking. He was 83yo.
H is on Day 11 & his 5th day without a fever. He will return to work on Weds or Thursday.
I’m on Day 6. Still no fever. Cold symptoms remain. Some pressure in chest. Appetite is poor. I was in bed all day yesterday and still slept about 10 hours overnight. So tired!
@Midwest67 We’re a little ahead of you timing-wise and with milder symptoms. Neither of us had a fever. Husband made it back into work Friday. He did our grocery run yesterday and it used pretty much all his spoons. Today he, and I, finally felt well enough to putter around the house. He purged old paint cans and organized the nonperishables down basement. I swept, dusted, and vacuumed a little bit, built a soup for dinner. We both felt as though we’d finally started emerging from hibernation. Keep resting, and keep feeling better – and hydrate!
One of my good friends from high school announced he has it. He does something with alcohol distribution so he’s been working this whole time.
He’s young, physically active, and it still knocked him out. In announcing it, he wrote a thing begging people to take this seriously.
My county has been hit hard but my city has been relatively spared. Largely this is probably because its an upper middle class community that contains mostly people who can work from home. (The working class community I grew up in has been hit extremely hard.) But the deaths to cases ratio is very high - about 15% mortality rate. I have no idea why this is because I don’t know where the cases are coming from. We have several senior homes but I’m not sure if they’re getting hit because our local news hasn’t been reporting anything.
That can be an artifact of testing availability & protocols. If the only people who are getting tested are the ones whose symptoms are severe enough to warrant hospital admission – while everyone else is simply told to stay at home – then that is going to show a higher mortality rate overall.
I learned last night that a friend probably was infected in March - she got sick at the beginning of the month, about 10 days or so with a bad headache & low-grade fever (around 101), and pretty much wiped out – she was told at the time that she didn’t meet criteria for testing as she hadn’t been traveling internationally, etc. But obviously her symptoms match others with reported “light” cases.
In our state, last I heard, you had to state which confirmed case you were exposed to and be exhibiting symptoms to get tested. Having symptoms alone was NOT enough. They have randomly been checking some of the flu samples to see if any of those are COVID 19 positive.
It’s possible they have relaxed the criteria, especially for providers, but I’m not sure.
@calmom you’re absolutely right and I should’ve put that caveat. But it’s still much higher than our surrounding similar communities which makes me wonder why.
It’s especially problematic since people are probably walking around asymptomatic or with mild symptoms. And considering my town is decidely not practicing proper social distancing, it’s worrisome.
Most folks we have encountered in my state have been wearing masks and practicing social distancing. I’m glad, since we have many elders in our state and many with chronic health conditions.
To the surprise of no one, my BIL’s test came back negative. It’s reassuring at least.