CNN's Chris Cuomo Has Coronavirus

[musiclady]

Again, me too.  Stay well.  Please.

You're BOTH heroes!

Take care of yourselves!

[Formerly Once-Ler]

I'm no hero.  Just trying to earn a paycheck, serve my customer, and support my family.

@Hoodat @Lando Lincoln 
Like most heroes you are modest about the risks you take improving the lives of your customers.

[Victoria33]

@Applewood

You said, "Well, after a couple of months the choking feeling got so bad, I ended up having emergency surgery to remove the fungus.  Better now, but what an awful experience!  I hope and pray no one else on a ventilator has to go through the same thing.  In fact, I pray people can avoid the ventilator if at all possible."

I am sorry that happened to you. With so many on ventilators, are there enough nurses to watch these patients in case something goes wrong?  Who determines which patients should come off a ventilator?

What we have is "group care", not "individual care".

Stay home, Apple.

[musiclady]

@Hoodat @Lando Lincoln 
Like most heroes you are modest about the risks you take improving the lives of your customers.

I've never met a real hero that thought he or she was a hero.

[Applewood]

@Applewood

You said, "Well, after a couple of months the choking feeling got so bad, I ended up having emergency surgery to remove the fungus.  Better now, but what an awful experience!  I hope and pray no one else on a ventilator has to go through the same thing.  In fact, I pray people can avoid the ventilator if at all possible."

I am sorry that happened to you. With so many on ventilators, are there enough nurses to watch these patients in case something goes wrong?  Who determines which patients should come off a ventilator?

What we have is "group care", not "individual care".

Stay home, Apple.

Thanks @Victoria33   As I understood it at the time -- it was up to the cardiologist or one of his partners in the practice to order removal of the breathing tube.  Now he or one of his colleagues was in an out of my room for days.  Surely in that time one would have thought that someone in that group would have said, gee, she is breathing well on her own; maybe it's time to remove the ventilator?  But no.  It took this young resident to finally say something. 

And I was by myself in coronary ICU with a tube down my throat, so I couldn't say anything, plus it was a lousy winter that year. Family and friends were snowed in, so no one could speak up for me because they weren't there. 

Fun.   

And yes, ma'am, I am staying home as much as I can.  You stay safe too.

[Cyber Liberty]

Thanks @Victoria33   As I understood it at the time -- it was up to the cardiologist or one of his partners in the practice to order removal of the breathing tube.  Now he or one of his colleagues was in an out of my room for days.  Surely in that time one would have thought that someone in that group would have said, gee, she is breathing well on her own; maybe it's time to remove the ventilator?  But no.  It took this young resident to finally say something. 

And I was by myself in coronary ICU with a tube down my throat, so I couldn't say anything, plus it was a lousy winter that year. Family and friends were snowed in, so no one could speak up for me because they weren't there. 

Fun.   

And yes, ma'am, I am staying home as much as I can.  You stay safe too.

Specialists can be real dumbasses outside of their area of expertise.  That's why most Hospitals have MD "Hospitalists," their specialty is watching things like when it's time to remove a ventilator and if you're responding to the medication properly.  Orthopod replaces your hip, the Hospitalist sees to it you get the proper support from the floor staff while you convalesce.

[Applewood]

Specialists can be real dumbasses outside of their area of expertise.  That's why most Hospitals have MD "Hospitalists," their specialty is watching things like when it's time to remove a ventilator and if you're responding to the medication properly.  Orthopod replaces your hip, the Hospitalist sees to it you get the proper support from the floor staff while you convalesce.

Well, I guess there wasn't a hospitalist back then, or if there was, he or she dropped the ball too. 

What was really funny was after I was moved out of coronary ICU to a regular room, I was visited by just about the entire hospital and then some.  Dozens of doctors, nurses, student nurses, nurse practitioners, student nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, dietitians and cafeteria people, custodians, social workers, you name it.   One doctor who moonlighted teaching pharmacology brought in his students to see me.  I was never alone.  I believe I found out the reason why I was so popular later after I was discharged and it may not have necessarily had anything to do with padding the bill.  Cardiac arrest survivors are a small club -- something like only 5-7% survive.  Guess I was a novelty.  LOL