I hate to post so often asking for prayers. But I just learned my oldest daughter tested positive for the new strain of COVID. She is the respiratory therapist that had a severe case of COVID back in 2020 before we even knew much about it. She caught it from a patient at the VA hospital where she works, and now again she caught it at work. This time she knows the patient, and when she was exposed. Her last bout with this illness left her with respiratory issues and heart arrythmia. She came home Monday night after work 6-12 hour shifts out of 7 days, and she could not move. Told her husband to move her things to the spare room. She was completely out of it for the past 3 days. She did one of the home test kits for Covid, but it showed negative. She called her primary doctor today, and they are not seeing patients in the office if they are sick.
They were going to do a Tele-visit this afternoon, but she went to ER for her heart rate was way up. Thank goodness they tested her and got her on some medications. This could have gone undetected by a tele-visit.
Please keep her in your prayers. She is so concerned about her dad and me now. She knows her dad's immune system is weakened now, but we have not been around her since she went back to work which was the 27th of December. When things are bad at work, and with the hours she worked the past week, she restricts her visits with us.
She only lives a few houses away from us on the same street. I guess if I want to see her, I go sit in her driveway and talk to her like I did before.
Secondly, bless all of you! I can't thank your daughter enough for caring so deeply as to work so hard and with so much heart.
I am praying fervently that she is not effected from this strain like she was the last and there are no long term symptoms left once she is well. I know your mother's heart is deeply saddened that you can't go take care of her. Care for yourself so if you are needed in a few days, you will be well rested and able to go.
Thank you all for your continued prayers and concerns.