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debm55

(43,446 posts)
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 06:08 PM Sep 2023

Please keep me in your thought and good vibes. I have been feeling shitty all day. Got into a

coughing fit and couldn't breath. Husband did oxygen level --is at 85 , temp is at 96, negative for covid. Called hospital and they said to bring me in. I feel okay now. See you later.,Love, Debbie.I really don't want to go.

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Please keep me in your thought and good vibes. I have been feeling shitty all day. Got into a (Original Post) debm55 Sep 2023 OP
You take good care, debm! True Dough Sep 2023 #1
Good vibes and thoughts sent your way Rorey Sep 2023 #2
If you're oxygen keeps going below 90, Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #3
Thank you! True Blue American Sep 2023 #58
Good luck Farmer-Rick Sep 2023 #4
You hubbie did the right thing bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #5
I just kept coughing and couldn't stop. i feel better. Ox level is at 86 so it is going up. debm55 Sep 2023 #7
Feel better soon we can do it Sep 2023 #6
86 is TOO LOW MacKasey Sep 2023 #8
Go to the hospital, Debbie! Niagara Sep 2023 #9
Please Chi67 Sep 2023 #10
Good grief! Go to the hospital. Polly Hennessey Sep 2023 #11
debm55 stay strong! You are not alone. n/t TygrBright Sep 2023 #12
I will be thinking about you, get very good care Walleye Sep 2023 #13
Please go to hospital. Sending hugs. LoisB Sep 2023 #14
By all means, get to the hospital. Mr.Bill Sep 2023 #15
Go to the hospital! Your heart and body is telling you! Goddessartist Sep 2023 #16
Thanks! True Blue American Sep 2023 #59
Sending good thoughts your way! Alliepoo Sep 2023 #17
Do go.. raising2moredems Sep 2023 #18
Remember -- you can't help others if you dont take care of YOURSELF! 70sEraVet Sep 2023 #19
Sending you good wishes for your health. Maraya1969 Sep 2023 #20
Best wishes. A chest x-ray would show if it's pneumonia (had it in 1/2020) couldn't stop coughing Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #21
GO orangecrush Sep 2023 #22
Ugh and yuk Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 #23
Get to the ER vlyons Sep 2023 #24
Home tests are not reliable for negative results. Hope22 Sep 2023 #25
Debbie, an oxygen level.in the 80s needs to be checked out. Now. So do that. Please. highplainsdem Sep 2023 #26
I see it's at 86 now. That's still too low. Go to the ER! tblue37 Sep 2023 #27
Please, go to the hospital. Low O2 and temp are nothing to play around with. nt Phoenix61 Sep 2023 #28
Sending you good vibes, light and love. fierywoman Sep 2023 #29
Get your keister to the ER. Here is something to inform and promote this decision. Prairie_Seagull Sep 2023 #30
Any fever? multigraincracker Sep 2023 #31
Get better, debm MiHale Sep 2023 #32
Sending positive vibes your way. Please update DU on what ER doctor says. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2023 #33
Retake the Covid test just to be safe. live love laugh Sep 2023 #34
So sorry you are not well. Scottie Mom Sep 2023 #35
Best thoughts and vibes on their way! Permanut Sep 2023 #36
It sounds like you're going to the ER even though you don't want to. Good. femmedem Sep 2023 #37
85 oxygen is go to the doctor time, barbtries Sep 2023 #38
You're right to go in. I hope you feel better! yardwork Sep 2023 #39
Holding you in light and love. Your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as niyad Sep 2023 #40
I hope it's noting and you're right as rain soon. herding cats Sep 2023 #41
Hi Deb... GoldenMezzoDiva Sep 2023 #42
So glad your husband is taking you to ER, always and I mean always better safe than sorry. MLAA Sep 2023 #43
I am back. It is covid. debm55 Sep 2023 #44
Is your breathing better? I'm sorry you're going through this questionseverything Sep 2023 #47
Sending healing vibes and best wishes, Debbie! Niagara Sep 2023 #53
Hope you got in smoothly at the ER. On your own feet is better than the ambulance, I know. Ford_Prefect Sep 2023 #45
Yikes. Take care. I hope you got paxlovid or whatever the MD's recommend. usonian Sep 2023 #46
I did. thank you. I have been sweaty and cold last couple of days. They gave me a shot debm55 Sep 2023 #48
Can you help us with information? PlutosHeart Sep 2023 #60
I had all the shots and boosters, I have plans to get the new Covid shot in mid-September. For the debm55 Sep 2023 #65
Take care LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2023 #49
Glad at least you have a better idea of what ails you. calimary Sep 2023 #50
Sending good vibes malaise Sep 2023 #51
I am not expecting a reply to this any time soon. Take care of yourself. Prairie_Seagull Sep 2023 #52
Thanks for checking in! Visualizing your rapid recovery and thriving! n/t AlterAltar Sep 2023 #54
welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2023 #68
Don't take chances! murielm99 Sep 2023 #55
Always head to the ER with low oxygen levels. pandr32 Sep 2023 #56
Get yourself to the hospital now! True Blue American Sep 2023 #57
What they all said. Get well. twodogsbarking Sep 2023 #61
Thank you for getting checked out, Debbie. Sorry it's Covid! thatcrowwoman Sep 2023 #62
Good luck ybbor Sep 2023 #63
Take care of yourself debm55 blogslug Sep 2023 #64
I understand that you don't, but wisdom says you should. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2023 #66
You need to go to the hospital if your oxygen gets in the 80s. JUST GO! nt Trueblue Texan Sep 2023 #67
Get well soon. Emile Sep 2023 #69
My nose is still running like a faucet, and I go between hot and cold. but Blood Oxygen Level is at debm55 Sep 2023 #70

True Dough

(22,157 posts)
1. You take good care, debm!
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 06:10 PM
Sep 2023

Us Loungers will be eagerly awaiting an update. You're a bright spot around here.

Elessar Zappa

(16,308 posts)
3. If you're oxygen keeps going below 90,
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 06:10 PM
Sep 2023

you need to go to the ER. Good vibes and best wishes, hope you feel better!

Farmer-Rick

(11,692 posts)
4. Good luck
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 06:11 PM
Sep 2023

They have some good therapies for COVID now. My son had it last month and was better in 3 days.

debm55

(43,446 posts)
7. I just kept coughing and couldn't stop. i feel better. Ox level is at 86 so it is going up.
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 06:15 PM
Sep 2023

MacKasey

(1,326 posts)
8. 86 is TOO LOW
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 06:17 PM
Sep 2023

Please get to hospital now!!

I have a watch that tells me my blood ox , just did it , 97

Polly Hennessey

(7,732 posts)
11. Good grief! Go to the hospital.
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 06:42 PM
Sep 2023

Let the doctor tell you you are ok. Take care of yourself or let your husband. He seems to be doing a good job.

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
15. By all means, get to the hospital.
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 07:09 PM
Sep 2023

They will know what to do. Keep us posted when you can. Love ya and get better soon!

Alliepoo

(2,664 posts)
17. Sending good thoughts your way!
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 07:09 PM
Sep 2023

I’m also thinking a trip to the hospital wouldn’t be a bad idee- just for them to give you a quick check. That oxygen level seems a little low so let them help you get it em where it needs to be!! Your DU family want you to be feeling tiptop and good!

raising2moredems

(732 posts)
18. Do go..
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 07:11 PM
Sep 2023

and may you not get treated like dirt. Hope the staff talks to you, not your husband in an area outside of your earshot. Women get treated like dirt by most of the healthcare "industry". Speak up for yourself, ask questions. Sending good vibes.

70sEraVet

(4,387 posts)
19. Remember -- you can't help others if you dont take care of YOURSELF!
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 07:15 PM
Sep 2023

Please keep us posted.

Evolve Dammit

(20,265 posts)
21. Best wishes. A chest x-ray would show if it's pneumonia (had it in 1/2020) couldn't stop coughing
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 07:20 PM
Sep 2023

Jilly_in_VA

(11,689 posts)
23. Ugh and yuk
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 07:27 PM
Sep 2023

Sending light and love (and prayer, if you don't mind those) in your direction. I've been in allergy hell for about 3.5 weeks myself, waking up coughing at night, so I feel your pain.

Hope22

(3,668 posts)
25. Home tests are not reliable for negative results.
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 07:28 PM
Sep 2023

Heed the warning about the low oxygen. Please take care and get checked out! Love to you!💗💗

multigraincracker

(35,071 posts)
31. Any fever?
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 07:50 PM
Sep 2023

I had just a little fever a couple years ago. Now my wife, the RN drags me to the ER at the drop of a hat. 3 test and it wasn’t Covid. Turned out it was sepsis. Getting it early might have saved my life.

Now my family doctor has a clinic in her office for those that aren’t sure if the need to go to the ER. No appointment needed. Went there last year and they sent me straight to the ER. I was dehydrated and going into kidney failure. Test said “unknown virus”..

GO TO the ER now.
And good luck.

femmedem

(8,491 posts)
37. It sounds like you're going to the ER even though you don't want to. Good.
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 08:27 PM
Sep 2023

Your DU family is sending you lots of love while they're figuring out what's wrong and how to treat it.

Please keep us posted when you can. You have a lot of people here that care about you.

barbtries

(30,235 posts)
38. 85 oxygen is go to the doctor time,
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 08:32 PM
Sep 2023

even though you don't want to. Normal is I believe 95-100, below 90 you should be seen.

Hope whatever it is passes quickly and you recover fully!

niyad

(122,587 posts)
40. Holding you in light and love. Your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 08:41 PM
Sep 2023

you need. Please keep us posted.

MLAA

(18,998 posts)
43. So glad your husband is taking you to ER, always and I mean always better safe than sorry.
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 08:54 PM
Sep 2023

Catching something early and getting treatment is so important. Sending hugs and healing energy your way. We need you at DU 💕.

Niagara

(10,291 posts)
53. Sending healing vibes and best wishes, Debbie!
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 10:50 AM
Sep 2023





Please keep us up to date when you're able to. We're worried about you!

usonian

(16,379 posts)
46. Yikes. Take care. I hope you got paxlovid or whatever the MD's recommend.
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 10:00 PM
Sep 2023

A friend called, and my ex called saying they tested positive.
I said to ask for paxlovid., and their MD"s agreed.

(not that I do diagnoses. I just wanted them to get checked out and drugs prescribed.)

debm55

(43,446 posts)
48. I did. thank you. I have been sweaty and cold last couple of days. They gave me a shot
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 10:34 PM
Sep 2023

PlutosHeart

(1,445 posts)
60. Can you help us with information?
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 04:40 PM
Sep 2023

Did you have recent shots or a booster? Did you mask? THX.

debm55

(43,446 posts)
65. I had all the shots and boosters, I have plans to get the new Covid shot in mid-September. For the
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 05:33 PM
Sep 2023

last two months I have been taking my sister to UPMC/Magee in Pittsburgh. I did not mask except for the day of surgery when I was there for 12 hours.

Prairie_Seagull

(3,995 posts)
52. I am not expecting a reply to this any time soon. Take care of yourself.
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 09:56 AM
Sep 2023

Have you figured out where you got it? Would be good for us all to hear and remind us what we are up against. Is it really time for us all to start re-masking. I have not started yet except for purposes of wildfire smoke. Some may be waiting for some perceived tipping point. Pointing the finger at myself only but assuming others are thinking the same way.

What you went through sounds scary as hell. Take good care. We can all wait for a good deb thread.

murielm99

(31,743 posts)
55. Don't take chances!
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 02:58 PM
Sep 2023

Go to the hospital pronto! We need you around here. I bet your family feels the same way.

Keep us posted.

pandr32

(12,706 posts)
56. Always head to the ER with low oxygen levels.
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 04:02 PM
Sep 2023

I went to the ER with low oxygen once and they said I had to stay. Good thing. An hour later I had a code blue and wound up in intensive care. Good thing I was already at the ER.

True Blue American

(18,430 posts)
57. Get yourself to the hospital now!
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 04:32 PM
Sep 2023

I just spent a week in the hospital because I IGNORED THOSE SYMPTOMS. Cardiologists saved me, but it was not fun. Today I feel better than I have in years. But low sodium caused it.
Get an EKG.

ONE OF MY cardiologists just gave me an EKG, that was perfect. Said he would see me in a year.

thatcrowwoman

(1,230 posts)
62. Thank you for getting checked out, Debbie. Sorry it's Covid!
Sun Sep 3, 2023, 04:59 PM
Sep 2023

Rest up as best as you can, and follow your doctor’s advice.
Sending you best wishes for a speedy recovery, love and hugs and sweet Shalom.
🕊🩵tcw

debm55

(43,446 posts)
70. My nose is still running like a faucet, and I go between hot and cold. but Blood Oxygen Level is at
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 03:03 PM
Sep 2023

94, a little tired but not like the weekend. thank you for your post.

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