COVID-19 Infection Party

I started out my December in the department of Pulmonology. My rotations were with a professor specializing in allergies, but, nonetheless, I did have to see some pneumonia patients as well.

I especially remember a certain patient admitted for pneumonia and pleural effusion. He was about ready to leave the hospital after a few days, however, on a certain morning, I found his chest x-ray to be near white. Something happened, and his condition just plummeted. He and his family was discussed for POLST. Later, we found out that his caretaker was tested positive for COVID-19. I guess I never realized how quickly the disease could bring someone down.

Thankfully, the patient is holding onto his life. I really have no idea if he'll ever be fine enough to walk out the hospital, but he is definitely surviving.

On the other hand, this was my first time ever to catch COVID-19. It's funny how I was in and out of the isolation ward for so long to have caught it now. In any case, I guess the bright side of it all was that I was excused from work. Though only for a week, it was great to stay home and relax. The symptoms were really tough. Sore throat really killed in the mornings. 

I'm hoping the rest of the month is easy going. Hopefully.