If you or your close partner/household member has tested positive for COVID

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3. Sinus congestion/pressure & headache; slight sore throat.

My symptoms were mild and only lasted about 3-4 days. I was one of the lucky ones. I'm a 56 yr old female in overall good health. No comorbidities.

My husband, also 56 and in good health, was completely asymptomatic. Very, very lucky.

My mother was 85 yrs old and had lung cancer. She passed right before Thanksgiving after 12 days in the hospital. She had just started low dose chemo. My brother thought she was dehydrated so he took her to the emergency room. She was admitted with severe dehydration and pneumonia. We learned the next day her COVID test was positive. It was a constant struggle to keep her blood oxygen level up. One of the oddest effects of COVID was that it made her blood sugar spike - so much, in fact, that the hospital had to give her an insulin shot. She did not have diabetes and was barely eating, so it wasn't dietary. First 9 days were kind of mild; some good days, some bad. Then it hit like a freight train. She refused to go on a ventilator so they put her on a BiPAP, which was basically breathing for her. She had a DNR order so when she started pulling the breathing hoses off, they had to walk the fine line of trying to keep her alive without dishonoring her wishes.

Sorry for rambling on. Please, please, please everyone, be careful.