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Covid-19 victim 592 - BostonCard - 03-19-2020

I wouldn’t read this before going to bed...

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html?__twitter_impression=true

Two minor details... dialysis is used for kidney failure, not liver failure, and there’s no way “you” are going on ECMO when you are already in liver failure.  Otherwise, it’s chilling.


BC

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RE: Covid-19 victim 592 - cardcrimson - 03-19-2020

(03-19-2020, 11:14 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  I wouldn’t read this before going to bed...

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html?__twitter_impression=true

Two minor details... dialysis is used for kidney failure, not liver failure, and there’s no way “you” are going on ECMO when you are already in liver failure.  Otherwise, it’s chilling.


BC

Then why did you post it at 11:15 pm pacific?

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RE: Covid-19 victim 592 - BostonCard - 03-20-2020

Nobody warned me!

Thankfully, I did not have any Covid-19 related nightmares.

BC

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RE: Covid-19 victim 592 - 82lsju - 03-21-2020

not for the squeamish

Quote:A Medical Worker Describes Terrifying Lung Failure From COVID-19 — Even in His Young Patients

“It first struck me how different it was when I saw my first coronavirus patient go bad. I was like, Holy shit, this is not the flu. Watching this relatively young guy, gasping for air, pink frothy secretions coming out of his tube.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-medical-worker-describes--terrifying-lung-failure-from-covid19-even-in-his-young-patients?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations

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