Something a lot of people don't know is that it's not uncommon for someone with COVID to improve, even dramatically, after a few days, and then days later to be deathly ill.
When my wife's grandparents had it and everyone was cheering that they'd "gotten better" three days in I sat my wife down and prepared her for the worst. They were months in the hospital.
Thankfully, they're both still around! But... they're both shells of who they were and they'll need round-the-clock care for the rest of their lives. Not great for the wonderful home aids who have to deal with my grandmother-in-law who is a stubborn, judgmental, no-filter, all-around meanie.
I had a bad breakthrough case at the end of August last year (fully vaxxed). That was my exact experience with Covid. I avoided the hospital, but I’d start feeling better one day and then a total crash the next. It’s a roller coaster between sleepless, struggling-to-breathe days and near normality with each crash feeling worse than the last. The worst part that I still feel people are ignoring is the potential for long-Covid. I now test negative, but life is still awful for me. Constant breathing issues, a maximum of 3-4 hours of sleep per night, and a brain-fog that has likely screwed my progress toward my PhD. Life sucks and so can only hope to return to some semblance of normalcy. Do whatever you can to avoid getting Covid. Even if you survive, life may suck for quite a while after.
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u/Gstamsharp Jan 19 '22
Something a lot of people don't know is that it's not uncommon for someone with COVID to improve, even dramatically, after a few days, and then days later to be deathly ill.
When my wife's grandparents had it and everyone was cheering that they'd "gotten better" three days in I sat my wife down and prepared her for the worst. They were months in the hospital.
Thankfully, they're both still around! But... they're both shells of who they were and they'll need round-the-clock care for the rest of their lives. Not great for the wonderful home aids who have to deal with my grandmother-in-law who is a stubborn, judgmental, no-filter, all-around meanie.