Five goddamn days until they get his COVID-19 results, because they're not yet set up for in-house testing and have to send everything to the county DPH (he's not in SF), which is swamped.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
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JZ - Mar 24, 2020 8:03:53 am PDT #18580 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
-t - Mar 24, 2020 8:19:34 am PDT #18581 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Trudy, it sounds like y'all are doing about as much as you can. I hope none of your symptoms get worse.
Jesse - Mar 24, 2020 8:22:47 am PDT #18582 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh no, JZ! Poor you, your poor dad, poor everyone.
Yikes, Trudy. Sounds like staying in is all you can do.
sj and everyone else who can, maybe just sit outside alone for 15 minutes? For me at least, a change of scenery helps.
sj - Mar 24, 2020 8:27:00 am PDT #18583 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
TCG is taking ltc outside. I'm going to rest while they're outside because I'm not sleeping very well.
amyparker - Mar 24, 2020 8:38:04 am PDT #18584 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
JZ, I'm so sorry.
JZ - Mar 24, 2020 9:16:18 am PDT #18585 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Good update: Just talked to the ICU attending after rounds. She says his vitals all look good and his chest x-ray is totally clear. Over the next few days they'll be considering moving him off the vent to a less invasive form of support. No clear timetable yet, because they're still waiting for a lot of respiratory test results, but she said if he continues to look this good they may try him off the vent even before getting all the results.
DavidS - Mar 24, 2020 9:17:51 am PDT #18586 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and his chest x-ray is totally clear
That's the key right there. Really encouraging.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 24, 2020 9:27:00 am PDT #18587 of 30019
What is even happening?
Thank you for the good news update. I'm praying that he continues to move in the right direction.
Dana - Mar 24, 2020 9:31:55 am PDT #18588 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, thank god, JZ. That's good news.
I know my situation is way better than many people's, but I'm having the hardest time doing anything. I need to file for the last two weeks' unemployment on Sunday, and I tried to do it today, but the state's website has completely crashed under the new load.
I also have work I could be doing. Or I could be cleaning up the house. Or anything that isn't internet and TV. But it's just not happening. I feel like I'm about 10 minutes away from a panic attack at any given time, and I don't even have any family members who are sick.
Theodosia - Mar 24, 2020 9:33:41 am PDT #18589 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Oh no, Zmayhems!