Hospital or not?

[wheresmymojo]

My uncle has COVID.

He's been double jabbed but only had his second jab just before catching it due to a bad reaction to the first one.

He is CEV

• About 30 stone
• Has MS

His oxygen SATs are 94 which is pretty borderline.

He's a single Dad to a 14 year old who also has COVID (little shit refused to have the vaccine and this is how his Dad caught it) so if he goes into hospital the 14 year old might be on their own for a few days (I'm 200 miles away and my Mum is also CEV so she's not super keen to have him until the end of his 7 days)

Uncle is likely to try and hold out from going to hospital because of son...however I know that the stats say the sooner you get treatment the better the outcome and given the context he needs the odds in his favour

DM is wondering whether to call an ambulance if SATs go below 93...

We tried calling 111 but because we're not with my uncle they won't help us! (Useful)

When would you call an ambulance?

(He will go in it...he's not going to refuse to go when it turns up)

Even if child had vacs he would off still caught covid!

And if you plan on calling an ambulance I hope you also plan on sorting childcare for the son especially since you wouldn't know how long uncle might be in hospital for.

Definitely call the ambulance/ take him to hospital, but also sort childcare

It’s not your nephew’s fault and he’s not a little shit for taking the same decision as many others up and down the country

@WheelieBinPrincess

How the fuck can you be so sure the DS passed covid on? Does he also have covid?

The OP states that the 14y has covid. Depending in what else the father has been doing then it might be very obvious where his covid infection has come from. Household contact is likely the most common place for transmission after all.

[quote wheresmymojo]@Waxonwaxoff0

Nice fat shaming. Even if he wasn't obese he has multiple sclerosis which is in the OP so he would be CEV either way.
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Fat shaming. Give over. If you are obese, you are at higher risk of Covid, and that's no one else's fault. I'm an overweight person myself.

@UhOhOops

I'm not saying it's not a good thing to be a healthy weight as obviously it is, just that it doesn't always make a difference.

It is widely acknowledged (and proven, given the horrifying numbers of hospitalizations and deaths) that obesity is statistically likely to worsen symptoms of coronavirus, make breathing more difficult, make ventilation harder and reduce successful outcomes. It could very much make a difference to his situation.

In this case, the uncle should acknowledge his part in failing to reduce his risk, rather than blaming the nephew for failing to have the (only recently available to his age group) vaccine.

I was replying to a poster talking about people with MS. Being a healthy weight made no difference for my Dad and as time went on he couldn't help the weight gain.

Definitely call the ambulance/ take him to hospital, but also sort childcare

OP states she lives 200 miles away. She can't speak on behalf of her uncle, nor take him to hospital. He needs to sort it himself if he feels he needs an ambulance.

If I remember correctly there was going to be a new tablet for vulnerable people who get covid, an antiviral. I think it can be taken at home. I'd think steroid can be taken at home too?

Could you persuade your uncle to phone his gp or out of hours for advice and possibly a prescription?

I have a friend with MS who wasn't classed as clinically vulnerable. It might be that your uncles age and weight are the main risks for him.

If I remember correctly there was going to be a new tablet for vulnerable people who get covid, an antiviral. I think it can be taken at home. I'd think steroid can be taken at home too?

Could you persuade your uncle to phone his gp or out of hours for advice and possibly a prescription?

I have a friend with MS who wasn't classed as clinically vulnerable. It might be that your uncles age and weight are the main risks for him.

We are not at the point yet of the antiviral medications (from Merck and Pfizer) being available on prescription from pharmacists across the land. They've only just been approved for use.

Perhaps some hospitals have supplies already though?

@WheelieBinPrincess

The teenagers in your extended family stab people?

Goodness.

It probably starts because of all the name calling and bullying they do in the family

@wheresmymojo

All due regard you don't know my nephew...

My uncle allows him to do whatever he likes with no boundaries or discipline at all.

Unfortunately this has resulted in an entitled bratty attitude.

So yes, he's a little shit.

I find it bizarre that people live in a world where all teenage boys are lovely, caring and kind.

This is not how it is in my extended family. They tend to have ASBOs, try to burn down houses and stab people.

If your uncle has failed to parent his child then its the adult’s fault here not the child’s.