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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Nigerian Man Gives In Depth Account Of How COVID 19 Ravaged Every Cell In His Body..

Oh my GOD!!!!!






 AS COVID-19 "RAVAGED" EVERY CELL IN MY BODY: An in depth account of a vicious bout with 'Coronavirus'.


About 2 weeks ago, I started "feeling somehow". Normally, I'm that guy that would shake off anything with a warm bath and move on to the next episode. But this one just felt a little "extra" - I was getting weaker by the hour, losing appetite, losing vision. I called wifey, told her that I was feeling feverish & weak. [For some immunity perspective, what will give my wife "running stomach", will naturally send me to the ICU. So...I wasn't expecting her to be down just because "I was down"]


She quickly made this hot ginger drink, and later, smoothie. I took both in succession, and felt better. By the next day, the fever & weakness had gone up a notch. We started staring at each other with that innate thought: "No, it couldn't be COVID". Straight away, we started making frantic calls, including to our doctor - who said I should have COVID-19 test asap. But some friends also advised me to "take Hydroxychloroquine, zinc & Zypac, you'll be fine". 


Immediately, I got them and started taking them "as directed" By the very next day, I woke up feeling 60% dead. It definitely moved quickly from COVID-19 to "COVID 21". I was burning up, no taste, pain all over, very weak. I said "we have to call 911". So, we called 911. They came, took me to the hospital. At the ER, [...And this is why I believe so many are dying in the US from COVID-19] They took my temperature, my oxygen, EKG and chest X-ray. They concluded that my oxygen level was within 'acceptable limits', that my COVID results will be out in 3 days - likely Friday/Saturday. So, until that result comes out, they'll run some blood tests and send me home with AZITHROMYCIN 250mg - on instruction to return if the condition worsened. (Pls, note: I have full medical insurance. Imagine those that don't )


So the ambulance brought me back home Wednesday midnight.


By Thursday, I was 70% dead. We kept calling for the results; nothing! So wifey went back to her hot "ginger/garlic juice", I took as much as my appetite would allow, fell back into bed. By Friday evening, I was 80% dead. I couldn't breathe, It felt like my temperature was 200F, yet cold inside. Zero appetite, Just to get one dose of 'air' into my lungs was "Men at work". I looked at my wife and said "I'm not going to make it to 2am". It was already 11pm. So we called 911 - again!


When God wants to save you, HE will start with the person that answers the 911 call....to the EMT 'staffers' that get sent out to attend to you.
The guy on the 911 call was like he could see me, He read my address back at me (in the system already). He said "if at any point you can no longer respond to my questions, you don't have to". That was the last thing I heard from him. In a minute, the EMT knocked on the door. And in walked these highly professional duo. Straightaway they stuck the oxygen nasal cannula in my nostrils. Took my temperature, 104+. Attached all the 'medical attachables'. 



In a few minutes I was already on a stretcher, into the Ambulance and on our way. As I arrived, I was whisked straight into a room, stripped bare, to get air into me… IVs on both hands. They re-ran 2 COVID-19 tests, the long "elephant tusk" one, and the short one, blood work.

After about 30 minutes, this calm doctor came in & said "all your tests came back positive. You also have severe lung infection because of COVID-19, and pneumonia. We'll be running CAT scans, to further determine the extent of the lung damage. So we're going to be keeping you for a while". (In my mind: keeping me for a while? You might as well send me to the mortuary from here rather than send me home).

So they stabilised me a little, but I was still feeling very feverish, weak, breathless, coughing, etc.

Sunday 9am, a pulmonologist came to see me, he said "we'll be taking over your treatment because you're not responding positively to the treatments you're being given so far. And that might mean moving you to the ICU so we can keep an eye on every detail. We need to preserve your life, while we seriously attack the COVID-19 & pneumonia complications. I said: I noticed, because I still feel practically the same way. He said: "Yes, all the data shows no improvement. Your temperature is still hovering between 101 & 103. Your oxygen is struggling to go above 84. Sometimes, we get 71. We need to get it to the 90s". He said: "we have this trial antiviral drug that's showing positive signs, Remdesivir. We'll combine it with Cefuroxine another drug for your pneumonia, also steroids for the inflammation in your lungs, which we're going to administer through IV. We're also going to keep injecting you with blood thinners on alternative sides of your belly twice daily. - because one of the major complications of COVID-19 is that it causes blood clots. Which could lead to pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. We're also going to get other IV fluids into you, plus tablets. etc. Ok?"


I responded that I'm ready to do anything to get out of this mess.
At exactly 11:07 am Sunday morning, they administered the first dose(s). Plus Sulphur, Zinc, Vit C, Vit D, etc tabs. I kid you not: by 11: 23 I was 70% alive. My pain dropped. My eyes lit up, My fever dropped. Still weak, but could breathe much better even with the oxygen 'hose' running through my nostrils.


I said: this is unbelievable. I kept calm. All of a sudden, I felt like eating. I pushed the "call button", "Michelle" walks in: I said pls, I feel like drinking something sugary, and perhaps something to eat. She said; I'll give you water, then I'll get back to you on the drink. But your lunch is in 15 mins anyway. When the water came, I savored it, along with the sugary drink. Lunch came, and I actually ate, with APPETITE. I, however, didn't touch the tomato soup. Not today!


After the 'afternoon version' of the twice daily "4 Cups of blood" they take from me, the pulmonologist, accompanied by his team, walked in. They asked how I was feeling. I said "Night & day, between this morning and now". He said: "Great! You've responded positively to the trial drug. So we'll continue with it for a total of 5 days. You should be fine by Friday latest, baring any unforeseen circumstances. We'll be here to see you everyday till Friday". And that was exactly what happened. Everyday, I felt much better.


I was discharged on Friday.


They kept me on the pneumonia medication, Blood thinners (Eliquis) which I take twice a day. Plus Zinc, Vits, A, D, Muccinex, plus one Codeine-guaiFENesin for "cough strength". I've been religiously medicating.
They told me it would take about a month to fully get myself back.


So as I begin my "mandatory" quarantine in my room, I still can't get this question off my mind: why aren't they giving everyone with COVID-19 this trial drug now?

Much Love & thanks to God, wifey, brothers, sisters, inlaws, family, great friends for all your love & prayers. All the exceptional doctors, nurses at the Hospital. The 911 dispatcher, and the exceptionally "out of this world" EMT staff that attended to me.
May God bless you all, and save us all from the menace of this COVID-19 pandemic.

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41 comments:

  1. Thank God for you. When people keep playing politics with human lives, l just shake my head.
    That hydroxychloroquine, does not work.
    By the way, it’s the true, drugs that are saving a lot of people now.

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    1. On the contrary, Hydroxychloroquine has been proven to work mostly in the early stages of the infection and for mild cases.

      Please remember that this COVID19 affects different people in different ways therefore the medications will vary.

      Not all people who tested postive and developed symptoms are being treated in hospital. Some, like this guy, were sent back home with medication. He was only taken back because he was not improving- and this was proven to be as a result of complication with his lungs.

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    2. Reading this narrative took me back to March. I had all these treatments given and I scaled through but my sister was denied thesame treatment and left to die. Covid-19 caused me pain. Had to bury her with me as the only family member with her. Im in pain everyday.

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    3. So sorry dear for the loss of your sister. May the Lord comfort you.

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    4. Oh dear! So sorry for your loss. May the Great Comforter be with you all the way.

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    5. so sorry to hear about your loss. May God heal and restore you fully

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    6. It’s so sad to read this. I’m sorry. May God comfort you

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    7. Sorry for your loss, may her soul continue to rest in peace..

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  2. Wow! Your healing is permanent. God of a second chance. #spotremover#

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  3. πŸ₯ΆπŸ₯ΆπŸ₯ΆπŸ₯ΆπŸ₯ΆπŸ₯ΆπŸ₯ΆπŸ₯ΆπŸ₯ΆπŸ₯ΆπŸ₯Ά

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  4. Wow, thank God for quick recovery.'Remdesiver' trial drug cannot go out of U.S for now so I hear . Ajimobi's family tried so much to get it via connections and money all to no avail before the former governor passed on.

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    1. Yeah, that drug isn’t in abundance yet. But, it has saved lots of lives.

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  5. Why is it na only abroad them dey experience this life threatening covid 19, Abi na covid 9 dey naija, in Kara their covid patient resume 6 am ,eat twice and go back to their house to sleep in the night, to resume the next day. I know Coro dey but not this deay in naija

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    1. covid is real.

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    2. Na lie o. I had the severe one here in Naija and months after I’m still not fully recovered. I thought I was dead. It’s real my people.

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    3. Anon 10:32 didn’t u hear of prominent people in Nigeria dying of Covid or are u deaf or blind?

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    4. Stop it. Someone I know died last week Friday in abuja, from covid. With same symptoms. He was playing it down and treating himself at home until it was too late, he only spent 2 days at the isolation center when they finally took him there. That u don't see the victims doesn't make the virus a joke

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  6. Wow,I really thank God for your life Sir.This Remdsvr drug is truly working for covid treatments then.

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  7. My sister in law is a nurse in a primary health center and she doesnt believe in coro existence

    She really dey fall my hand

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  8. God be praised for your testimony. Thank God for a working system too. This Covid needs to be wiped out completely

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  9. Thank God for his life.....

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  10. What's making me not believe this story?
    But is there any research that shows that when a human being is 80% dead, he/she tends to keep accurate record of everything and every word said to him/her?
    Please someone enlighten me.......

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    1. Thomas Didimos

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    2. Just pray that Covid19 does not enlighten you.

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    3. Jesse,just pray that you don't get there. There is nothing a horrific as you seeing your life going and not being able to do anything about it. With covid 19, once it gets into your lungs, nobody will tell you where you are heading until God says no. And while you are struggling with your lungs, pray it does not get to your kidneys. Somethings are hard to believe until you experience it but i don't wish for my worst enemy to have it.

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    4. Jesse when I was about writing my WAEC back in the days, I had severe typhiod and malaria. At the Emergency room the doctor on call was playing it down until I was almost collapsing before he rushed out to attend to me. The last thing I heard was pass me that drip before we lose her. That was him talking to the nurses that were begging him to attend to me. I woke up hours late and I remember vividly till that those words of his. I can categorically say I was over 80% dead. Meanwhile, it is in our Naija here this happened.

      Stop being ignorant people are dying from Covid everyday. The ones not recorded are more in Nigeria.

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  11. I thank God they don’t have this kind of acute corona here in naija.

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  12. Scary , thank God for your life. We need to create more awareness for the sake of those who still doubt thy covid-19 is real.

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  13. We really dont know the great miracle God is doing for us in Nigeria. I've had several people who tested positive to Covid 19 and all they complained of is mild headache and fever.
    My colleague at work who even sits directly beside me is currently recovering from the virus, but he feels very fine. Its only God's mercies that made my 2 test results to come out negative, despite several people around my work space getting infected.

    Fact is Covid 19 is very real. But i think the one in US and some of these Western countries is far more severe than what we have here.

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    1. I think environment helps to and some resistance within the body that most people living abroad don't have again ie malaria.

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    2. Yes, we have different strains

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  14. All thanks to God Almighty πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ. Life is beautiful and precious cherish it sir.

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  15. Thank God for his life. This Covid-19 is not a joke at all. I read about a friend's experience yesterday and it wasn't funny. God help us all.

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  16. Some people will still not believe this guy now. My mum saw shege with Covid-19, I thank God she's getting better everyday. We are waiting for her negative results.
    Please why is the government still lying that they are paying for all the medications of Covid-19 patients na

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  17. This is exactly why I take heavy preventative measures. The way this illness hits you is awful, plus so many longterm problems in survivors. Prevention is always better than a cure.

    All the best to him on his healing journey.

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  18. Our air is very dusty and dirty. An average Nigerian catches the flu every month. Our immune system is solid. In the west they take flu shots. These vaccines with time weaken the immune system. A typical rugged Nigerian in the west that has lived there for a few years will survive covid. Those that die in Naija are mostly the house aircondition to car/office aircondition, super rich who barely get to breath fresh a d organic air outside.

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  19. 90%of we Nigerians self medicate with malaria drugs,we take this malaria drugs sometimes 3 times in a year ,maybe,just maybe this is why our body built resistance to covid,but all thanks to God cos it would have been terrible here

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