Good News ! My Fever has Broken. I’m feeling more Energetic and am ready for a short thirty minute, I-so-lated Walk into the Deep Woods ! I have a strong urge to Hug one of my favorite Oak Trees - ha !
However, there has been a Turn of the Screw regarding the Study I agreed to participate in. I should have asked more questions, but I Trusted the Dr. I was dealing with, I was running a Fever and felt just awful while being swabbed and gagged outside the Dr.’s office in the parking lot, in a car that was stuffy and hot.
So, I nodded and signed to get it all over with so that I could get back Home and into Bed. That was a Mis-take.
I got a call from the Dr. telling me that I had a Haemophilus Bacterial (not Viral) Infection in Flu form, that had led to the pneumonia I was suffering from. However, I was left hanging on to whether or not I was cleared from the Killer Covid-19.
That made no Sense to me, and made me Doubt the Folks in Lubbock involved with the Study I had agreed to participate in.
All of the other Family members of my Elder were cleared of Covid-19 fears that very same day. Why not me ?
In my Mind, if I were running such a Test, I would focus on the primary concern - the Covid-19 info to the Patient, first. To relieve their stress, and so that they could Plan ahead for the Future. So that they would know for a Fact what their Quarantine Period should be. So, I took a Deep Breath, and let that percolate for a while.
Don’t get me wrong. I am glad to know about the surprising Haemophilus Infection. I’m glad I was given the appropriate Antibiotics for it the day I left the Dr.’s office for the overall Testing.
I am deeply appreciative of the dangerous work the Dr. and her Staff are Doing for our overall Community. Deeply Appreciative.
However, I do not condone the way the Lubbock Group, running the Testing Group, treats their
Rats !
So, I texted the Dr. and let them know that I was dropping out of the Testing Study, and that I needed to know how much the Covid-19 Test cost so that I could pay for it out of pocket, because Medicare had taken care of the rest.
I was informed that the Test was $125.00, but had been reduced to
$95.00. My eyebrows raised. I immediately thought, “How would anyone poorer than Little Old I, possibly pay for this Covid-19 Test ?”
It’s just another one of the myriad of ways that the Trumpty Regime Machine, and his full of baloney cronies, are Profiteering off of and Mis-Managing the Covid-19 Dilemma, and the Suffering of Others.
So, if I have Viral Covid-19, along with this other Bacterial Flu Bug, I am one of the Lucky Ones who have thus far Survived It, and the other Bug, and is swimming with either Short-term or Long-Term Antibodies throughout my restless Body.
And due to that Knowledge, I’m going to be taking my Body filled with Active Antibodies out for an I-so-lated short Walk in the Deep Woods. Hug a few Trees, and Breathe Deeply (with a Face Mask on, of course) !