Paphitis wrote:Kikapu wrote:I got a call about an hour ago, that my 68 year old brother in London with the coronavirus has finally been taken off the ventilator after 16 days and is able to breath on his own, but still asleep with oxygen mask on. He should wake up sometime tomorrow. Family very happy at last, but he will remain in the hospital for further 2-3 weeks longer to recover.
That's great news Kikapu and all the best with a speedy recovery period. he made it and pulled through.
Thank you, Paphitis.
Just to give an insight to the seriousness to the coronavirus, my brother was home for 10 days thinking he just had the flu and I spoke to him few times and asked him whether he had some of the symptoms of coronavirus which he said “no”. Even his doctor only subscribed him antibiotics over the phone not believing he had the virus. The night before taken to the hospital, he ate well and rested, but from midnight to 5 am in the morning, he had difficulty in breathing, and by the time the ambulance came to collect him after refusing to come to the earlier 3 calls because his condition was deemed not too serious enough by the emergency, they came on the fourth call, which his wife was told that he was grave enough that they expected for him to die. Such rapid change to his condition from midnight to 5 am is frightening. The fact that his wife was never tested for the virus after the fact is also puzzling to me. The fact that she didn’t get sick, is also puzzling to me. She is 64 years old who had chemo treatment last year for breast cancer. I also questioned whether she was the carried who might have infected him while she remained healthy. No follow up by the NHS, which has surprised me totally.
