Thread by @Hootspa

I don't have tons of followers, but this needs to be amplified.

If you're wondering about #coronavirus care in #Kihei, #Maui, talk to me. I'd say talk to my friend, but she is too exhausted, angry, and scared. This is her story so far.

March 13th she saw her primary care doc with some symptoms & was prescribed the z-pac and steroids as a first step. They had no effect.

Followup phone consult last week: More steroids and cough syrup. "If your cough does not improve by the end of the steroids, come in for a chest X-ray. Orders are on file."

Her condition deteriorates: Husband calls the medical center: "Yes, the orders are on file for your wife, but call the doctor first."

Her doctor was not working today. Despite x-ray orders being on file, his replacement said 1) No X-ray 4U ) How about another zpac & phone chat?

But wait. It gets better. Replacement doc looks at her chart, sees she has had therapy in the past & asks: "Gee. Do you think you might simply be depressed?"

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(An aside from me, her friendly scribe:

"F*&# you, Doc. Preferably with a long nasal swab.")

Two weeks of fever, cough, terrible headaches and brain fog, no taste and complete fatigue.

Despite these classic symptoms, she's been denied a Corona test twice because she's had "no known exposure to a confirmed case."

She's a breath away from 60, has asthma (usually well controlled) and her husband--in his mid-60s--has COPD.

She's following the rules. Quarantining. NOT going to Maui Memorial Hospital (where staff is now starting to test positive.)

So you tell me: What the hell is she supposed to be doing?

Kihei-Wailea Medical Center, this is on you.

Maui Diagnostic Imaging: What are her next steps? You have an ORDER ON FILE.

I don't think I've ever asked for one of my Tweets to be shared. But I'm asking now.

Will some of you brilliant and caring folk help get her story out there?

On behalf of my friend--and others in the Islands who need reassurance, guidance, and help--I thank you.

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