So I went up yesterday and when we got there we found her nearly out of it. Had no idea where she was or what she is doing. But her leg which has a chronic fungal infection was bright red indicating cellulitis.
Neighbours who were dealing with her (one an ex nurse) realised they should have called an ambulance earlier but didn’t because of her insistence.
We called one. Managed to keep her in one place for the 90 minutes it took ( was surprised it was that quick)
Everyone suspected a stroke given her confusion.
She was whisked off to a and e at 2230
At midnight I called and she’d already been seen and triaged and sent for an mri. Doctor I spoke to said that the only good thing about covid was the general a and e job was easier because it was quiet.
This morning she is up in bed, talking, eating and moaning about the food.
Diagnosis - cellulitis causing an infection which was caught before it became sepsis.
She’ll be in for at least three days most likely five so I’ve come home and will go up again when she gets out for 3-4 days to make sure she’s ok. I can’t visit her anyway. I made sure she went with a phone and a charger so she can keep I. Touch.
Interesting thing - her lung x rays show damage consistent with covid. The doctors believe she has had it but with no symptoms. They don’t believe the damage will be long term. She’s had no temperature, no cough, no feeling grotty just the cellulistis caused by an insect bite she kept scratching on the fungal leg.
So she’s 76, underlying conditions, but symptomless and if she hadn’t had the cellulitis we would never have known.
Which reinforces my belief that at the end of this, when the post Mortem is done, we will find a LOT more people will have had this than not and whilst the death figures are horrible it’s because everyone is getting it at the same time.
I think the whole economic suicide will be shown to be an emotional reaction not a scientific one based on the final outcome.