I am DELIGHTED to report....

[fred.]

That is good news - glad she has got over it fairly quickly. Must have been a very stressful time for Sunray and the rest of his family. Would be good to see him back here soon.

[mollinary]

Excellent news - a great relief!

[paulr]

Great news - must be a real relief for her, family and friends

[GrumpyOldMan]

 

[Sunray]

Wow !   This is very humbling.  Can I thank Techno/Phil and you all for your kind thoughts, prayers and best wishes.

My wee girl - and her medical friends - did not take the viral attack passively, She fought it all the way with a range of medicines normally associated with high temperature and COPD- thus keeping temperature down and airways open. 

Anyway -  she has been given the all clear to be back on the ward on Wednesday.   Note - she is still testing "positive"  but that is just  the body  expelling dead cells. 

As a parent, the frustration was the distance separation and the powerlessness, 

I unreservedly apologise for losing off a few rounds of frustration at political Fig11s - not appropriate for this forum.   It won't happen again.

Best wishes.  Its good to be back.

Sunray/James

[petercooman]

A bit late, but hope everything is behind you and her very soon!

Same thing here, my wife works in a nursing home, that was struck hard. (currently at 40 passed away out of 200)

I still can't comprehend how she keeps going back!

[toxicpixie]

Splendid stuff! Albeit a little late in my congrats as well

[paulr]

Welcome back Sunray, great news and good to have you back

Peter, I also struggle to understand how all the people in roles such as your wife keep going back, I am eternally grateful that they do

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I unreservedly apologise for losing off a few rounds of frustration at political Fig11s - not appropriate for this forum.   It won't happen again.

Sunray/James

James I for one took no offence at your understandable frustration.

[FierceKitty]

I think right now we all know what it's like to walk in those tight shoes.

[Techno]

I can only imagine what that's like.
I really don't think I'd be able to do it, without becoming a gibbering wreck.

Hat's off to all the medical staff, whether in hospitals or care homes.....And all the rest !
Got nothing but admiration for them.

Cheers - Phil.......Welcome back, James. 

[Steve J]

Welcome back James. The frustration of distance seperation I can empathise with as we are having to maintain social distancing within our house, which is really, really hard to do. We've had no physical contact since the lockdown started, which is so hard on all of us, but especially our son who is a very touchy feely person.

[toxicpixie]

Social distancing *in home*? We looked at that in case it became necessary (I'm asthmatic, partner recently gave birth), and there's no way we could do it - hats off to you, and hope you can keep it going, as it looks bastard hard :/

[Westmarcher]

That's good news indeed, Sunray. Just keep your eye on her. My eldest daughter had it at roughly the same time as yours (at least we think she did - ticked all the boxes but not tested because not an essential worker so how can we be 100% certain?) but then had a 'relapse' becoming breathless and feeling knackered again. At the assessment centre she was told that the post-viral stage can take a long time to get over - so as I say, keep an eye on your own daughter if possible.  Like yours(?), she was also subjected to some unrealistic pressure to get back to work by bosses who thought this would be over 'at the flick of a switch' after a short time. Apart from the testing (and arguably having more specialist knowledge for fighting the symptoms), the difference between mine and yours is that my daughter was trying to avoid situations where she might catch it whereas your daughter has had to actively step into the frontline and so, I would imagine I would have been even more concerned than I was if I had been in your shoes. As Techno says, hats off to her and all of her fellow health workers for their dedication, professionalism and bravery. Hopefully, the PPE situation will have been sorted out by the time of her return to work and she will have acquired some form of immunity through her exposure to this bug. All the best. 

[Sunray]

That's good news indeed, Sunray. Just keep your eye on her. My eldest daughter had it at roughly the same time as yours (at least we think she did - ticked all the boxes but not tested because not an essential worker so how can we be 100% certain?) but then had a 'relapse' becoming breathless and feeling knackered again. At the assessment centre she was told that the post-viral stage can take a long time to get over - so as I say, keep an eye on your own daughter if possible.  Like yours(?), she was also subjected to some unrealistic pressure to get back to work by bosses who thought this would be over 'at the flick of a switch' after a short time. Apart from the testing (and arguably having more specialist knowledge for fighting the symptoms), the difference between mine and yours is that my daughter was trying to avoid situations where she might catch it whereas your daughter has had to actively step into the frontline and so, I would imagine I would have been even more concerned than I was if I had been in your shoes. As Techno says, hats off to her and all of her fellow health workers for their dedication, professionalism and bravery. Hopefully, the PPE situation will have been sorted out by the time of her return to work and she will have acquired some form of immunity through her exposure to this bug. All the best. 

Thanks for this.  I do appreciate the wisdom.   There is a thing that young people think they are bullet proof. - I was the same at their age.  There is also that sense of not letting your mates down,

Its a new virus in so many ways.  The health professionals are still in a steep learning curve. 

The worst aspect is not being able to see her and get to within a social distance where I can feel her heart beat.