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spinbaby

(15,088 posts) Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:41 AM Nov 2020

Damn it all

My baby brother is about to have emergency cancer surgery in a Texas hospital that’s overrun with Covid.

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Damn it all (Original Post) spinbaby Nov 2020 OP

Best wishes on the out come.. CentralMass Nov 2020 #1

Sending 💖💖💕💕 MLAA Nov 2020 #2

Whoa! Faux pas Nov 2020 #3

Healing vibes on the way! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #4

Hopefully they can segregate him from those infected. Best wishes for a complete and rapid recovery. walkingman Nov 2020 #5

Oh jeez that's scary. Prayers he remains safe. pnwest Nov 2020 #6

Good thoughts for your brother MissB Nov 2020 #7

... Nevilledog Nov 2020 #8

Nowhere, even in already super cautious hospitals--are precautions more rigorous than with hlthe2b Nov 2020 #9

Best wishes flying-skeleton Nov 2020 #10

Best wishes. Nt Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #11

Best wishes for your brother. StarryNite Nov 2020 #12

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

1. Best wishes on the out come..

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MLAA

(17,285 posts)

2. Sending 💖💖💕💕

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My husband has hip surgery a couple months ago. I asked about COVID patients and was told they have a separate dedicated wing.

Faux pas

(14,668 posts)

3. Whoa!

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Sending the best vibes for a safe speedy recovery with no complications spinbaby.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

4. Healing vibes on the way!

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walkingman

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5. Hopefully they can segregate him from those infected. Best wishes for a complete and rapid recovery.

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pnwest

(3,266 posts)

6. Oh jeez that's scary. Prayers he remains safe.

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Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:51 AM

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MissB

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7. Good thoughts for your brother

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Nevilledog

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8. ...

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hlthe2b

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9. Nowhere, even in already super cautious hospitals--are precautions more rigorous than with

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Sat Nov 7, 2020, 12:18 PM

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cancer patients, so try to keep that in mind. I have gone from ER to ICU to surgical and cancer floors and though everyone is doing the right things in the hospitals I've worked in/observed (granted only in CO, but my colleagues tell me similar across the country), the latter has the extra peer-surveillance activated that will come down on you like a nuclear bomb if you break infection control technique.

Try to be reassured. Best wishes.