@salvagingyouth Hey, friend! Lifelong vegetarian, recently working on reducing food budget, too. SUPER firm tofu is awesome if you cook the hell out of it in oil with salt and msg and sweetener of choice. Easy thing to build off. Anything less than super firm is too mushy to chew. @salvagingyouth I use a 9x12 pan in convection oven instead of dealing w skillet bc I can make more at a time. I just get 2-3 blocks of tofu from walmart and cut or break them into coconut oil in the oan and cook in convection oven for mb 30 min at 350. Flip them to crisp both sides if you want.

Resident in Dad's ICU says this test is inconclusive. She was annoyed earlier when we wouldn't agree to DNR him. A second resident came in and was utterly disinterested and said it wouldn't affect plan of care. He had significant turn a few days ago, so seems relevant to me.
I finally was able to talk to a respiratory resident who didn't cut me off, told her we'd been told diagnosis wouldn't affect plan of care, but explained we'd want any appropriate antivirals or antibody infusions Dad's eligible for, & she seemed stunned to recall those exist.

VA transport picked Dad up for remdesivir infusions. Were told if he had bad enough symptoms, he'd be admitted. He's in ICU now. Covid protocols. Good. First nurse, lovely. Then bc I was sitting by the glass door I overheard shift change staff start dissing my disabled Dad & fam— "Ugh—He has a catheter—& tube feed—& colostomy?" "Who brings a coma patient for infusions?" "...pull the oxygen—say it was mice"
Dad's not a coma patient, is aware. Has tube & colostomy to boost calories & hygiene to heal Stage 4 bedsore from hospital neglect. No supp. O2 but JFC

Dad went to hospital for small hip fracture after hall. Went in N100 (though has beard that fits under it). Staff complied w N95 request in room. But his mask got removed a few times & we don't know if surgeon wore one when putting in pins. He's a very high-risk disabled patient. I tested him after we got him settled in as a precaution. Hadn't taken respirators off yet but his was valved. Anyway... mom had negative test but she had taken a couple straw sips under mask in his room, so have them isolated separately and am wearing N100 to bring them stuff.😩

Dad in ER w/ vomiting, possible UTI, mb pneumonia. Mom headed in w/ her P100 & Taffix & KN95s for staff. I'm in parking lot waiting to learn if he got a room. We always send an info sheet w him to ER w info, code status (FULL), meds, & request for airborne precautions. So scared. @mom_spokane Idk if it's like that w teaching hospitals in other cities. I wonder.