COVID-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus)
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Trouble breathing, can’t stand for long? fukk all that FamYahoo is now a part of Verizon Media
A 44-year-old marathon runner says he now has to sit on a plastic stool in the shower, unable to stand for long after being on a ventilator for a severe case of COVID-19
salarshani@businessinsider.com (Sarah Al-Arshani)
INSIDERApril 10, 2020, 2:42 AM EDT
David Lat
In mid-March, David Lat, a 44-year-old legal recruiter and blogger, revealed on Twitter that he'd been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus and was suffering from terrible flu-like symptoms.
- David Lat described what it was like being placed on a ventilator for six days after having trouble breathing from COVID-19 in a Washington Post op-ed.
- Lat is a 44-year-old legal recruiter and blogger who previously ran marathons.
- He suffered from asthma as a child and later had exercise-induced asthma that was managed with an inhaler as an adult.
- Now he says his life won't be the same after being on a ventilator.
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Lat said that while he's grateful to be among the few who are saved by ventilators, his life won't be the same.
David Lat, a 44-year-old legal writer, is in critical condition, his husband said on Saturday.
"For those of us lucky enough to get off ventilators, our lives are not the same. Many patients who come off ventilators suffer lasting physical, mental, and emotional issues, including cognitive deficits, lost jobs and psychological issues, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder," Lat wrote.
Lat described difficulty breathing while doing small, simple movements and an inability to carry out everyday tasks without extra help or feeling winded.
"I used to run marathons; now I can't walk across a room or up a flight of stairs without getting winded. I can't go around the block for fresh air unless my husband pushes me in a wheelchair. When I shower, I can't stand the entire time; I take breaks from standing to sit down on a plastic stool I have placed inside my bathtub," he wrote.
Lat said he felt fortunate to have not experienced any hallucinations or nightmares when he was sedated, like most patients on ventilators.
He was also grateful that he didn't need a tracheostomy, where an incision is made in the neck and breathing tube is placed directly in the windpipe, and that he was able to breathe with supplement oxygen after being extubated.
He's not sure how long it will take him to recover, or if he will entirely, but Lat said he's just grateful to still be alive.
"I'm not complaining. I am incredibly grateful to be alive. And for that, I have the ventilator to thank," he concluded.
. Bro went for a jog through the park and came back to the crib Darth Vader.
Majestic
Believe in myself and the Coles and Kendricks
so trump was right about this?
can't go around the block for fresh air unless my husband pushes me in a wheelchairTrouble breathing, can’t stand for long? fukk all that Fam
look like we know what that pre existing was talking about
I have no issues with Hydroxochloroquine being prescribed.
My issue is the lack of clinical test, people already dependent on the drug for other uses missing out because there is a rush on the market, and idiots taking it without a doctor.
It would be dangerous for any person to talk about the drug the way Trump did from his position.
My issue is the lack of clinical test, people already dependent on the drug for other uses missing out because there is a rush on the market, and idiots taking it without a doctor.
It would be dangerous for any person to talk about the drug the way Trump did from his position.
Trouble breathing, can’t stand for long? fukk all that Fam
I mean dude was in icu less than a week ago what did he expect to be 100 percent
FukkaPaidEmail
Retired Hoodrat whisperer
That was a good answer from the Surgeon General
Yeah he cleaned it up nice. The reporter tried to bait him as if those terms aren’t used.
G-Zeus
G-Zeus Chrystler...the brehsident
Once i saw us canadians dojng hydroxycloriquin test..
Knew it was a wrap....
At least we got a cure for it.
Knew it was a wrap....
At least we got a cure for it.
CreepyMcCreeperson
Veteran
FukkaPaidEmail
Retired Hoodrat whisperer
nikkas is not gonna like this