I guess it's news. I'm a statistic.

[Joe Guy]

It's great to hear that you're doing better, MG.

Get weller soon....

[Long Run]

Thanks for the update and I am very glad to hear the good news.

[dales]

It's great to hear that you're doing better, MG.

Get weller soon....

A soldering gun?

[MajGenl.Meade]

[Bicycle Bill]

It's great to hear that you're doing better, MG.

Get weller soon....

A soldering gun?

Wen?



-"BB"-

[Econoline]

Wow, not just a status report but a GREAT NEWS status report. Hang in there, MGM...here's hoping things continue to look better and better—for both you and Mrs Mc.

[Gob]

Nice one mate

[ex-khobar Andy]

Great news, MGM.

[Guinevere]

I am so happy and grateful to read this MGM. Now be good, and safe, and heal the rest of the way.

[MGMcAnick]

I'm back on the 02, but minimally.. There is some liquid outside of my lungs that doesn't belong there. The Dr had a name it but I forget what she called it. The good news is she thinks they may kick me out of here Monday. (Now Fri 11/20/2020.)

[BoSoxGal]

Pleurisy? Sounds like it, and commonly associated with viral infection including covid19.

[Methuselah]

What skills should we polish?
The thing that terrifies me most about Covid19 is the social isolation of being in the hospital with no visitors allowed. I made some disparaging remarks about people our age being expected to use Apple iPhones, but I’m impressed by how well you are typing many posts with your thumbs to keep in contact with others. I’d better start practicing more on my iPhone in case I become one of those patients. Have you stuck to iPhone only, MGM, or were you allowed to bring in a laptop to save wear and tear on your thumbs?
I suspect your iPhone has been a great comfort to you for the in face capability, or whatever it’s called, that allows you to see the people you talk with, and the view of their kids. It also gives you something to do in those long hours of isolation. How about a primer on iPhone skills one should polish to be ready for a hospital bed in a quarantined ward? Do you have time to work on that before you are released to the world? Will you still be quarantined at home? I hope not, there must be lots of people you’d like to visit with then. Thuse
PS: In a hospital complex where my son worked for a while he couldn't use his cell phone in some buildings because the extensive reinforcing built into the walls blocked telephone signals. Did you have to solve transmission problems to take calls and call out? Any other coping skill hints?

[ex-khobar Andy]

Hospitals have a work around for their employees - doctors these days live on their phones. I think it uses the WiFi somehow, and I suspect that patients these days have some sort of limited access to it.

[MGMcAnick]

My phone works fine in here. They even have free WiFi, should I choose it over the Verizon phone's own system. Verizon says their's is very secure.

[MGMcAnick]

I'm home. Never so happy to be somewhere besides where I was. I feel about 75%.

They said I don't need oxygen during the day, but my pulse oxygen level will go below the magic 88% during the night as we don't breathe as deeply. They sent me home with an oxygen concentator which will make air into 100% 02. Set at only 2%, with a nasal cannula, it will keep me above 90% all night long. Believe me it's quieter than all the stuff they had in my hospital room. At least one item beeped three times every 15 seconds. I timed it.

Their advice on getting better is just take it easy. Don't push myself.

[Gob]

Then follow their advice, get well asap, and get back to kicking ass.

[MGMcAnick]

They said coughing was good for me, so I'm coughing more than enough to keep the Drs happy.
Mrs Mc got a small room humidifier today to augment the one connected to the main house heat pump. It hasn't even gone through its first (gallon?) container yet. There is also a small humidifier on the night time oxygen concentrater, just like in the hospital.
So far, so good.

[Long Run]

Reminds me of:

For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.

Steven Wright

[Methuselah]

The best news I got all week is that you are out of the hospital, MGM. Let me repeat a question of mine from a previous post. I'm doing all the preparation I can for when me or a relative has to stay in a Covid ward. "Have you stuck to iPhone only, MGM, or were you allowed to bring in a laptop to save wear and tear on your thumbs in a Covid ward? "

[MajGenl.Meade]

Keep coughing it up, MGM. Stay the course!