We’re getting better. But it’s taken more than two weeks to say that, and that was with the “mild” version, meaning no trouble breathing. This virus is absolutely brutal. “Mild” is not mild by any normal definition. Thread: 1/x
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On top of the fever and cough, he had chills, fatigue, headaches, and nausea. Promethazine helped with the nausea, but not enough. He barely ate anything. He lost 15 pounds in two weeks. 8/x
It did START mild. I got a cough and a low-grade fever on Tuesday, March 24. My fever only lasted three days. On Friday, March 27, I felt fine and thought I was over it. I wasn’t. 9/x
Fun fact: Panic attacks make you feel like you can’t breathe. This is bad when you’ve been told to stay home “unless you have trouble breathing.” 14/x
I said, “But they’re not bothering me — they’re reminding me that things still exist outside this apartment,” and started crying so hard I couldn’t speak. 16/x
- FEVER: Tylenol
- COUGH: benzonatate (Rx) and anything with dextromethorphan (Robitussin, Mucinex DM, Delsym, whatever was in stock at the bodega that delivered to us, and yes, we tipped a ton)
- NAUSEA: promethazine (Rx)
Please take this thing seriously and stay inside.