This is hitting home today and I'm so scared

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two of my siblings and their families have CV. One who was shielding and still got it is now hospitalized. They live in different towns and have not seen one another, so no contact. They have been so careful as well. Just bloody bad luck, for both.

Don't know why I'm posting, really. I'm just so scared. I'm too far away to do anything - and know that even if I was there I could not do anything.

Bloody Covid.

its awful. Hoping for a speedy recovery for your siblings.

Handholding. Don't panic. They're going to be ok. Statistics show they're gonna come out the other side. Distract yourself x

Fingers crossed for your family - especially your sibling in hospital. I think treatment and care has improved massively and they are in the best place. I have tested positive but despite being over 55 and overweight have had relatively minor symptoms (a bit like flu); hopefully, your other sibling is the same. It is scary to receive a diagnosis.

Hope they get well quickly.

I’m sorry, sending best wishes for a quick recovery for both .

That must be really worrying for you. I hope they all make a speedy recovery.

Have you someone with you? I hope so because it's not nice being alone when you're worried. Hopefully they'll both fully recover, keep remembering that the medics knew far more about this virus compared to the earlier days of it. Make plans in your head for when you can all meet again and do nice things together. When they do recover please encourage them to take care of themselves and to get plenty rest, good food etc to try avoid longer lasting effects.

Thank your all. It helps to share the anxiety.

@Fuckitsstillraining my lovely DH is with me but we are 6000 miles away so as much use as chocolate teapots. Not that anyone else could help, even if next door.

Oh that's very scary. Are they in the UK? I really hope they recover. Just try to distract yourself as best you can, there's nothing you can do.

I'm sorry to hear this, it must be scary, but as pp said statistics are on their side and we are far better at treating this now than back in March.

It's a horrible feeling when a healthy loved one catches Covid, so I can't imagine the feeling if one has been shielding. But they are in good hands in hospital.

Sending you lots of positive thoughts

We know a lot more above covid now and there are a variety of treatments available to try. 2 of my family members have been hospitalised in the UK with covid and both have recovered. It’s scary but there’s a lot of hope so try not to think the worst.

They are in the uk, and you are all right not to give up hope. There is so much knowledge now as opposed to early in the year.

Thank you. I feel less panicked just reading your comments.

Wishing them a speedy recovery

Wishing them a speedy recovery

Some consolation for you OP. I’ve had it, as has my DH and DS at the same time. We’ve come through it fine (although still no taste or smell back 5 weeks later 😟. ) most people get through it absolutely fine. I realise one of your siblings is in hospital; they’re in the best place and hopefully will come through it okay. Remember, our PM was hospitalised - often its as a precautionary measure if breathing difficulties.

It’s very hard, understandably but try to be realistic, chances are in their favour they will be fine, care and information has advanced already since March so they are in better hands than before.

They have more chance of a full recovery than not, so hold on to that and take slow breaths

Treatment is very much improved, if my cousin had caught it now instead of April it’s fairly certain he would have survived. My uncle had numerous other issues so the outcome would have been the same sadly.

I am recovering from Covid now. The initial positive result is really scary to receive, I think it was more scary for my family than for me. They’ve been so worried about me, DH and our baby. All 3 of us had positive tests in the end. We’re getting there and your relatives will too.
One of my friends has serious underlying health issues and she has just been discharged from hospital following 3 weeks of covid. She said the doctors and nurses who treated her were amazing and never gave up on anyone (it was touch and go for her at one point) so I’m sure your relatives are in good hands.

I hope they will get better. The hospital care is so much better than it was in the first wave. There are now drugs available to ease the symptoms and they get people in earlier than before I think.

That said, looking around me, I do think the infections are going up again. I have now 2 teens self isolating at home. New cases are found different years daily in their school.

I am not going to mix with our older family members in those 5 open days for Christmas as I think there is too much virus going around in this cold weather.

If it makes you feel any better, in March, right at the start of lockdown, my 80yo grandparents both had it. My gran recovered perfectly well, my grandad ended up in hospital and we all thought he was going to die. The nurses told us that they were simply making him comfortable but that we should prepare ourselves for the worst.

After many many months, he is now living independently, driving, doing his own shopping, going to the pub, eating out on a Sunday.

We were planning his funeral, and thinking about which 15 people we would invite.

So much better to have got it now than in the first wave, I think. Now the health service knows so much more about how to treat it. I know someone who had it recently, was in hospital for five days (in the last three weeks) and is now back at work.