Most of our friends and family know that my mom got covid back in April and spent months and months in the hospital. But the thing that most people don't realize about covid, is the long lasting effects that can linger for a long time after.
It's not just the problems with breathing or the upper respiratory system, but it's the weak limbs-- the feeling that there is a weight constantly pushing against your body. Who would have thought that reaching for a drink would be so difficult? There's also the brain fog, and the constant forgetting one's own thoughts. Then there's the cough that just wont go away, no matter how long its been. And the fatigue and the feeling that you've just ran a marathon after walking halfway across the room.
And the cost of recovering is so expensive and frightening, and you worry that you won't be able to pay your hospital bills on top of your regular bills. Sure you may have just been making it by, pre-covid, but now? Now, you can't work and you can't pay the extra bills that are piling up from your five month hospital stay. $850 for your ambulance 'uber' alone, could have paid for your house bill. But the extra bills don't just stop there-- no. No, now there's all the extra doctor's visits every week, and the cost of more and more exams and bloodwork, and medicine that you HAVE TO HAVE in order to survive.
Psychologically? You worry every single day. What if I catch it again? What if covid does actually kill me this time? And then the PTSD and constant anxiety and panic attacks. You wake up in a cold sweat and you have to remind yourself that you are not there-- you are not in that hospital, you do not have covid anymore. YOU ARE SAFE. YOU ARE GETTING BETTER. You must tell yourself that a million times. But no matter; it still doesn't stop yourself from stressing over it.
I wish I could convey to you how scary this virus is and how expensive it has been during, and especially now that she no longer has covid. Our family appreciates every thought, prayers, and well wishes. Please share this-- so that others can see how virus still affects survives long after their diagnosis.
And if you are able to donate even a dollar, it would go such a long way to help with her recovery. Please consider sending get-well cards to her as well. Kind words can go a long way in raising one's spirits during such a hardship. Thank you all for your support and help during such a long hard fought battle.
Mom, you've been through so much this year and I am so thankful that you are still here with me and in my life. I could not imagine this world without you in it.
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