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My Grandfather is in hospital with Covid 19, he's 98.
It's been a rollercoaster of a ride for the last 10days. Confusion, panic and despair have all reared their ugly heads since we called the ambulance last week.
He's been put on IV drips of antibiotics and the appropriate drugs and steroids and is improving daily. The doctors are saying that he will make a full, but slow recovery and is likely to be allowed back to his home next week.
It's an odd illness, he has been tested for Covid four times and not once has it been positive. Turns out, you can only test positive for a limited number of days during the incubation period. The only certain way of establishing that it is Covid is the appearance of chest x-rays once you are in the grips of the disease.
As he was vulnerable, we kept him completely isolated from unnecessary human interactions and always wore masks when we visited to deliver shopping. We cannot fathom when or where he picked it up. He had few visitors and they were always masked. We are rapidly coming to the conclusion that he picked it up from a delivery he had.
All things considered it's looking very positive for him. We're lucky, the doctors and nurses and NHS in general have been outstanding and it's not cost us one penny.
Take the best care of your crew and look after yourselves people, this is some serious shit.
- Wow 98, he is one tough cookie. I hope that he pulls through!utopian
- I remember seeing a 95 year old recover early on in Italy, so hopefully they've got better at treating it by now. Good luck to him and your family.PhanLo
- Yeah, what utopian said! wow!
Best wishes for a full recovery!Krassy - All the best, hope he recovers quickly and fully!ben_
- Thank you.Morning_star
- Best wishes!!!!oey_oey
- Old dogs, this won't be the last battle mate, the will is strong! Best of luck and quick recovery!grafician
- Wishing your Grandfather well, What a fighter!microkorg
- Prayers are coming your way Star - stay strongtimeless
- Best of luck to your family and your grandfather.BusterBoy
- I love this story. My aunt is 95 and living with my cousin who's guarding her like a samurai.CyBrainX
- Sorry to hear.garbage
- Best wishes! I read about a woman, 100+ years who survived C19 and then cracked open a beer!janne76
- Best wishes! I read somewhere a 100+ years old lady survived C19 and then cracked open a beer!janne76
- Best of luck!janne
- where was he before this and how often did you visit?deathboy
- is this not a good a thing? personally locked up in a home hoping for visits and plottin my escape id think covid is a mercy killingdeathboy
- but maybe me projecting i cut my grandparents as dead when they lost mental capacities and went into homesdeathboy
- i just think how much cleaner a death is vs internal family politics personallydeathboy
- db. for real? seriously. fuck off already.
thx.pango - db just when I think you can't go lower, you prove me wrong.Nutter
- What a great story. Wishing him a full recovery.mort_
- Good to hear he's doing well Morning_star. My grandparents are a similar age and I worry about them during this.yuekit
- Am I the only one who already knew db was the lowest form of human? Welcome.monospaced
- unbelievable monofadein11
- and yep all the best to your grandpa morning starfadein11
- I'm actually curious. Your real thoughts morning.deathboy
- If it costed money would u think different? The end of life stuff is black box people never want to talk real aboutdeathboy
- ^ Wut a cuntpango