AIBU to want to know what to do re CV test results and hospital?

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Maybe someone else has been in this position and could shed some light?

Last week 111 advised DD (19) to go back to hospital a week after an operation as she had chest pain, faintness, breathlessness (NONE of the three main cv symptoms though). She was seen in A and E and bloods showed a raised D Dime(?) so they assumed it was a post op PE, gave her an anti clotting injection and sent her home to come back the next day for a scan.

Next day we went back and spent a day in clinic (now this is a short version as the whole hospital treatment is a whole other thread ...) Her temperature was taken pre A and E entry and numerous times in the clinic as part of obs. All under fever threshold, although in the clinic she had lots of variable temps and they used the thermometer on various nurses to check and at one point got a different thermometer as they didn't trust it she also had a lot of different BP readings between very low, low and normal.

Eventually after the scan they realised she did not have a PE - and then on the obs check after the scan she had a temperature and was discharged to get a CV test with a diagnosis of possible covid or respiratory infection. Obviously we were all told to isolate etc, and to ring 111/return to A and E if she got worse.

She had a drive through test at 5ish on Friday. No results yet. She seemed better yesterday but worse again today. I don't think bad enough to go to A and E but I'm worried if she gets worse quickly what would happen - surely she can't rock up to A and E with suspicion of CV?

I'm really worried anyway as she is so poorly and I worry if is CV will she get worse, and if it isn't CV, what the problem is. I know it's not been 48 hours yet but we are Tier 3 and apparently the testing system here is overwhelmed and results could take up to five days (official advice). Has anyone been in this position of being poorly in between test and results? What would happen if she, or I, had to visit A and E?

(Apart from my big worry about DD, if it takes so long surely her T and T contacts will be walking around potentially exposed and exposing others (taxi, in hospital and of course us, and I can be an emergency A and E visitor myself and also in the shielding category!). DH will lose his job if he can't go in tomorrow (another whole thread) and the implications of this after a horrific summer employment wise is fucking dire)

I'm so fucking worried and so stressed (which ironically increases my risk of visiting A and E myself). I don't think I'm BU in asking if anyone else has been in the same position or can advise?

That's interesting about the PPE. At A and E they had disposable masks on and some wore gloves, but no aprons or gowns. In the clinic a couple wore gloves and they wore masks near the patients, but took them down to talk to each other...

When one child broke a bone (at home) while SI because another child had symptoms and was waiting to have a test (thankfully negative) they just went through a different covid route so yes you can get treatment.

OP, stop saying your DH will lose his job if he can’t go to work tomorrow and then later than you will not break the rules. He can’t go to work, it is not an «if».

@NoSleepInTheHeat if you read the thread properly, you will see I made it very clear DH wouldn't go to work if he wasn't allowed to - the "if" he went in phrasing was because it was an if - if the test came back negative before tomorrow he could go in, obviously. Why are some people so quick to assume others are going to break the rules?

As it is, I literally just got a text confirming she is negative. Thank god. I really hope she gets much better quickly and it was perhaps due to recovering from surgery on top of a chest infection. She has more colour in her cheeks today at least. Onwards and upwards...

And thank you to everyone who replied!

It's really shown me the importance of quick turnarounds etc as because if she had been positive, the taxi drivers we had last week would have been driving people around and possibly infectious...also the clinic staff asked us to let them know the results as soon as we got them as the tracing service apparently would have taken a few days to advise them (their words...)

There is no red and green anymore. Our hospital is amber. They treated me who was cv19 positive with blue masks and no gloves- they didnt seem worried and so neither was I. In an out in 10 minutes in my case.

I've had a couple of visits to paediatric A&E with my DC. 1st visit was non Calpol responsive fever with outstanding Covid result (had got test at start of fever before it got higher and stopped responding, and being Scotland before term started the tests were readily available). 2nd visit was 2 days later, after results - went in the same (normal) entrance.

3rd visit was totally unrelated to Covid (normally sensible 5 year old stupidly put a piece of Lego up her nose) and we were triaged at the door to go around to what would normally be an outpatient clinic, with what looked like mostly orthopaedic injuries (lots of slings).

Our local 111 OOH GPs is doing a lot of triage - I had appendicitis (with temperature) and went straight from 111 to the surgical assessment ward isolation room with staff in full PPE.

Good luck, but don't worry about hospital - they have options. Hope the test comes back soon!

There is no red and green anymore

My a and e a fortnight ago had red and green zones, based in triage.

I'm so glad to see your update that it was negative op.
What a relief for your husband too!
I hope your DD recovers quickly from whatever is ailing her. You're right about it taking T&T a few days, we were called 4&5 days after DC had been in contact with a positive case, thankfully the school were on the ball and contacted us before the next school day so within 6 hours of being notified

Please to read that she's had a negative result. Equally hope she starts to feel better soon.

You seem to really be overthinking the whole W&E situation. If she needs it, she needs it, A&E treat everyone with a variety of health conditions that they have to take precautions for at some point or another. In terms of Covid tests unless it’s a rapid one for the purpose of surgery then most A&E’s turnaround is a few days minimum. If you need an ambulance they have protocols in place to protect staff and patients. You really need to take a breath, if A&E or an ambulance is needed they will deal with it.

I'm so relieved! After everything DD has been through this year too. She definitely deserves some good news instead of bad news all the time.

I have a condition that affects my lungs that put me in the shielding category and I had pneumonia this year so DD was also really worried that she would pass it on to me (I absolutely did not want her to feel like that, as though she was responsible for that in any way) It's been an eye opener for me though about hospital procedures (or lack of) and the fucking nightmare of tracing and tracking. No wonder it is spreading so much.

I'm also wondering now which is riskier, buses or taxis? I usually get buses for financial reasons but DD was so poorly we got taxis last week. It's a more confined space than a bus though for sure (and I had to ask two drivers to please put their masks on )

Oh eeyore I know, I'm a total worrier. It's because I've had so much time on my hands recently to sit and worry but also it's been the most unbelievably stressful couple of months I have ever had (and there is good competition for that!) I need a change of scenery I know but it's so difficult.

At least there has been some good news and hopefully DD will improve rapidly.

I hope your DD feels better soon and your family's life becomes easier.

Thank you, and and to all!