Originally Posted by
CrashAxe
I got 4 680L E tanks with Aviation Oxygen and Regulators early this summer to top off my capabilities just in case me or mine ended up with Covid and the local small hospital was at overflow. We had not been hit hard at the time, which meant it was coming this fall. It is bad here now.
I also have the equivalent of an urgent care clinic at my house to be able to treat minor injuries and illnesses of folks I trust so they don't have to go to the ER and risk getting COVID. I can at least get people through the weekend so that they can go see their regular doctor, optometrist, or dentist.
My two 20 somethings both got it Nov 18-19, mild cases, fortunately. One is better now, one still has the cough but is trending well. I have had them on the Eastern Virginia Medical School protocol with a few tweaks in dosages.
A hospitalist friend of mine's 20 y/o niece had COVID at college. She was in her dorm room. Her fever had just broken and she was feeling much better when she spoke with her parents at 2100. She was found dead in her dorm room the next morning, no signs of distress. Massive clots found in heart, lung, and brain, among other locations at autopsy. Apparently her blood was just full of clots.
My kiddos are taking 2 325 mg aspirin per day for at least 30 days following end of all symptoms with concurrence of every doc I know. I know of too many stories of current and recovered COVID pts with no thromboprophylaxis that have had sudden death from massive emboli, and multiple studies point to aspirin as being potentially of tremendous benefit as both a clot preventer and an anti inflammatory with little downside for those that can tolerate it.
NOTE: I AM NOT GIVING ADVICE HERE. MY KIDS ARE NOT CHILDREN. ASPIRIN IN CHILDREN IS USUALLY NOT ADVISED DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF REYE'S SYNDROME. PLEASE DON'T EAT A BOTTLE OF ASPIRIN OR GIVE YOUR 6 Y/O ASPIRIN BECAUSE CRASHAXE ON THE INTERNET TALKED ABOUT IT. I WILL BE THE FIRST TO CURSE YOU OUT AND CALL YOU A DUMBASS IF YOU DO. I HAVE ADVANCED MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND AM WORKING WITH MULTIPLE PHYSICIANS' ADVICE AND CONCURRANCE. FOLLOW YOUR DOCTOR'S ADVICE OR MEDICAL GUIDANCE THAT YOU TRUST.
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