My husband and I both got covid around Aug 16 2021 we were getting better he was feeling better first so he was going to try and work  that day on Aug 20 but when he got up he was dizzy and had fallen and hit his head. I told him with not eating much he is probably dehydrated. I wanted him to get his head checked and hoped they would give him some fluids.  He called me and said they would be keeping him.  He said they were going to start him on the remdesivir and he thought that would be a good thing. We didn’t realize that there was now a different covid and this medication didn’t help and was very dangerous after a period of time of being sick.

The DR taking care of my husband called me at home and said he felt I should bring myself to the hospital  and be admitted I can be in the same room with my husband.   I told him I would think about it.  I no sooner hung up and my husband called and said FOR NO REASON come to this hospital   They will not let you go and I truly believe they are trying to kill me. Nurses right from the start wouldn’t answer calls when my husband would use the call button. He said it a few times to me, but we figured he would be home in a few days.  By day two he could hardly get out of bed. He couldn’t breath every day because they were upping his oxygen. I think it was like day four (hard to remember), but they said they would do trial medications on him. Then they came back and said they couldn’t use the medication because he was up with the oxygen and they are not to use it if they have been using that much oxygen.

I just didn’t understand why they wouldn’t have used that medication before upping the oxygen so high. No one would answer me. None of us were allowed in, but my one daughter who was vaccinated. For two hours I believe.  I had her take him in some small snacking things apples grapes crackers etc. so he would have something to eat if they kept doing that to him.  I also had her take water because he was so thirsty. He was lucky if they brought ice water in once a day. Right away they started trying to get him to go on the ventilator and my husband refused.  The Dr. told me he was up 100% oxygen. I didn’t even think they would be allowed to do 100% oxygen. Finally, after many many days they got him to agree.  At least that’s what they tell me.  Only reason he agreed is they crystallized his lungs and he no longer could breath.  They put him on the ventilator and I got to see my husband for barely 2 minutes they made me leave.  My daughter was still in the ventilator room. No one realized.

When they vented him, my daughter said he started shaking and jolting terrible.  She screamed at them what are you doing to him.  The Dr. yelled who are you she said I am his daughter.  The Dr. screamed at her to get out.  They forcefully removed my daughter. My daughter found me and said they are already talking about taking him off mom. I said what? She told me what happened.  In the medical records, it shows GI damage and bleeding. I know it was done when they vented him.  They also told me that even though my husband from his own mouth said he did not want to be a DNR THE DR said I have no say he does and he will not revive my husband if he were to start cardiac arrest.  He feels he is too weak.  I watched my husband decline and decline every day they wanted to take him off.

I told the nurse I wanted his shoulder checked it looks broken. I was with my husband every day morning to evening it took them two days to tell me that yes it was dislocated. He had students in the room when he was telling me and told the students you hear about it in the medical schooling, but he has never seen it in his career.  Then in his records it says that his shoulder rotated and turned.  He could have it check once he gets discharged.  If they could rotate it and turn it.  It was because he was vented and sedated and paralyzed.  I feel they could have been hurting him, but all they ever said was no he is fine he doesn’t feel it.
The Dr. came in one evening and said now I want you to know he may seem like he is doing ok to yo, but it could be any time he could take a turn for the worst.  I said why do you feel like that.  Because his lungs are not taking on oxygen your husband’s lungs are crystallized.  That’s what the Covid does to them.  I said well he wasn’t like that when he came in here.  You guys treat him and PUMP him with 100% oxygen for DAYS, are you going to tell me it isn’t from that?  She dropped her head and said well that definitely contributed to it.  She said just remember you can see him do good one day and take a bad turn the next.

My husband seemed to be doing really good on Sept 4th. My son and I both were with him and his numbers weren’t too bad. He seemed a little bit responsive so we were hopeful.  They had said they were slowly unparallizing him. Just before I left that evening all the machines started going like crazy.  I didn’t know what was going on.  The Dr. comes up to me and she said this may be the time that I talked to you about. I said he did good all day. She said well he isn’t now.  I went home it was like 10. I was sitting at home and the Dr. called and said he was going to take him off. I said you can’t, my children haven’t even got to see him.  He said ok call them in and they can see him and then we will take him off.  I called them all. My one daughter lives in Ohio so we didn’t all get there till after midnight.   We all saw him and the Dr. said he won’t even make it till morning.  My son was like me furious tell me even though he is doing good he can turn at any time. then ALL of a sudden who knows what they gave him or did.  He is done they said.  My son said then you leave him till morning. My son so bad wanted to try and get a second opinion.

Unfortunately, through  the night of us all talking I believe we should have got the second opinion WAY BEFORE they got their hands on him.  The next morning we went up Sept 5th 2021 and spent a very short time with him and they took him off the ventilator.  I also don’t understand why on all the paper work my husband signed nothing every thing says verbal?   My husband was in total shape to sign when he got there, but yet he signed nothing.  I don’t know if you can help me get justice for my husband and my family or even just AWARENESS. This has devastated us and I so badly want people to know this is so wrong.  Thank you.