I finally got some positive news about my friend who is hospitalized with Covid

[Siwsan]

For the first time she was able to follow some commands, yesterday. This follows her first reaction to hearing her husband's voice, over Face Time. He's a physician so he's probably the best patient advocate she could have.

Things were looking really dire, just the other day. Hopefully she's going to be able to start recovering. To what point, who knows. It does sound like she's had some significant lung damage. She is pretty much one of the strongest, most determined women I've ever known, so if anyone can pull through, it will be her.

A side note from her physician. He's seeing increased pneumothorax and collapsed lungs in Covid patients now, more than in March/April.

[niyad]

1. That is some hopeful news. Thank you for sharing. How are you holding up?

[Siwsan]

3. I'm doing ok.

Thanks for asking!

This is the 2nd of my former co-workers to get Covid. The other one died from it so that just spikes the anxiety about my friend.

My brother is back at work as a school bus driver, and he said a student and one of the drivers has been diagnoses with Covid. He already had it, back in March so of course I'm worried about him being exposed again. The city district he drives for has had a big spike in cases. It does sound as if the school district is taking every precaution but that doesn't stop my worrying.

Add this to the worry about the election, I'm taking it as sign of strength that I'm even getting out of bed in the morning.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. You amaze me

Being able to cope when there is so much anxiety inducing stuff going on in your life.

I hope that all of it resolves and gets better.

[Siwsan]

6. I'm trying to remember the last stretch of low stress I've had, in the past 20 years

Lots of illness, deaths, family relationship traumas, toxic work environment, carbon monoxide poisoning, and finding myself to be the 'family matriarch' when the better qualified and capable women in the family all died. And then, just when things were settling down, along came trump* and Covid.

If it's true about 'that which does not kill us only makes us stronger', I intend to claim the title of Queen of the Warrior Woman, from here on out.

[niyad]

5. Sending virtual hugs, and vibes for strength and healing.

[SheltieLover]

2. So glad she is improving!

Hoping she makes a full recovery!

[jeffreyi]

7. Crap.

People have to take this seriously. Not happening so much in my community, which is rural, pretty republican, with hardly any health care. And yes, there are cases in this county.