Thanks, Karl. He self isolates pretty well, so that’s not an issue. He didn’t present with any respiratory issues. If he has what the wife brought home, it’s not so much diarrhea as things are just really loose. That’s why I was saying I was surprised that all of the known stuff I threw at it seemed to have little to no effect. It’s just gradually gotten more normal over a week’s time.
We’ll keep a close eye, for sure. Again, thank you! Dan > On Mar 28, 2020, at 4:36 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > It could easily be covid 19 unfortunately. Diarrhea is one of the known > presenting symptoms in a significant minority of patients. Of course it > could be tens of other viruses or bacteria also. > > The doc probably doesnt have any access to a test for non hospitalized > patients. That is changing rapidly, but we are still not at that level of > test availability. So thay have no way to rule out covid 19. > > You can get one forecast for hospital bed shortages here. Florida peaks > later I think: > > https://covid19.healthdata.org/?fbclid=IwAR22wuagEnK_CIc2Httm1vTDRU8LAE7QQK6wNlq4McYnbqOt3CFk5vp5Mao > > Either way chicken soup, sleep and keep a weather eye out in 5-7 days if he > isnt looking right. Significant shortness of breath is about the only > reason to go to an ER. > > That's the tough part of this thing - variable presentation. Many people > seem to not get super sick at all, and the ones who do have a variety of > symptoms. Might not be a bad idea to isolate him from you if he has any > respiratory stuff at all. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 11:18 AM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:54:48 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Mom was kind enough to bring something like this into the house >>> recently, which I’ve been dealing with as well. No fever, but >>> definitely tearing up the lower GI. Nothing, I mean nothing, has >>> affected the symptoms. Yogurt, cheese, anything that would normally >>> slow or stop things up has absolutely no effect. >> >> When Shirley was a Registered Dietitian, she used the A-B-C diet of >> applesauce, bananas, and cottage cheese on the hospital floor. >> >> >> Craig >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
