Covid-19

It is now four weeks (July 11) since I came down with COVID-19 and it is nine days after getting home (July 31) from my three-day stint in the wonderful Memorial Hermann Sugar Land hospital. Here are some random thoughts. The 16 days that I was ill before I got hospital treatment were the sickest days I have ever been in my life. Sixteen days of fever, aches, loss of appetite, alien smells in my nostrils, night sweats, etc. About five years ago I had a really bad bronchial infection that laid me up for a week or so. The symptoms of that infection were rough, but antibiotics cleared it up. ...

Spoiler Alert - I will tell you the answer upfront. I wear a mask for you, my fellow sojourners through a strange new world. By wearing the mask, there is a slim possibility that I may protect someone from contracting this heinous virus. The mask makes me look stupid. The mask is annoying. It fogs up my glasses. It makes my face sweat. It is uncomfortable. After wearing the mask for about 20 minutes I feel short of breath. It muffles other peoples voices and it is harder to understand what they are saying. ...