Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
In case anyone is wondering what I have been up to, for just over a week, I have been in a local hospital battling COVID. Luckily, I now seem to be on the mend. However I think that the environment is getting to me.
Before now, I have never been an inpatient even for a night. I have actually found it very distressing.
I spent a week in Critical Care mostly wearing an Oxygen hood. I freaked out a couple of nights. I am now in Respiratory, the place you go before discharging. Almost as though to mock me, an enhancement patient has been placed in the bed right next to mine. He is up most of the night moaning and talking rubbish which keeps me awake. I am trying to get as much rest as possible so that I will be ready for discharge.
So sorry to hear, but glad you're making good progress and hope you'll be home soon. I've had both good and not so good experiences in hospitals, depending on in which country I've been in, at the time. Working with newborns in hospitals, supporting new mothers, has been an absolute joy.