[ARC5] AB5S Kung Flu Update, 13 June

[Tom Lee]

Very relieved to see this post from you, Dave. As I said, anyone who can 
beat hantavirus is a force to be reckoned with!

I hope that the rest of your family takes the Kung Flu to school, too, 
and soon.

-- Best wishes,
Tom

-- 
Prof. Thomas H. Lee
Allen Ctr., Rm. 205
350 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4070
http://www-smirc.stanford.edu

On 6/13/2020 11:52, David Stinson wrote:
> Kung Flu Update
> 13 June.
> First- my family is grateful for everyone's thoughts
> and prayers.They've been a great comfort.
> May the good Lord remember your kindness.
>
> I'm better and slowly recovering my strength.
> Kay and Annabelle are still running fevers.
> Amber is just beginning to cough.
> Docs say to assume everyone
> in the house is now positive.
>
> I would probably no longer be contagious,
> except for the fact that I'm in the house with
>  three contagious people. I'm praying to God
>  I won't have a relapse. One "mild" round of this
>  is bad enough and they say the immunity is
> only good for 6 months. Oh joy.
> "Mild" Hantavirus illness was worse, but it was
>  confined to respiratory distress and I didn't
>  have to worry about giving it to the family.
> This monster attacks your whole body and can
> "turn on a dime," going from what feels
> like a cold to life-threatening over night.
>
> Multiple the "normal" flu. Then add terrible
> headaches, chills and tremors, lower backache
> so you can't sleep, and your sense of taste
> and smell disappears completely.
> Low to moderate fever. My fever has been gone for
>  a few days. Smell and Taste came back the day
> I left the hospital, but are now gone again.
> Probably from continual assault by the
> live virus still being shed
> from Kay and the babies.
>
> The doctors are surprised that neither Kay nor I
> are in the hospital on a ventilator. I credit
> the prayers of loved ones and friends, plus our
>  therapeutic regime of
> quinine (tonic water)/vita. C/ Zinc.
> Half a cup of the diet tonic water,
> morning and evening without fail.
> I recommend the diet because there's more sugar
>  in regular tonic water than in Cola, and you
>  really don't need that much sugar everyday.
> I know that certain medical authorities have
>  pooh-poohed the quinine, but as you've seen
>  the situation is evolving all the time
> and people are finding out what they believed
>  one minute turns out to be false and vice versa.
>  All I know is the results. I'm recovering,
> Kay is still active but recovering,
> and the doctors are scratching their heads-
> they tell us very few families with our
> health problems get away without being
> ventilated. That's good enough for me.
>
> Please say an extra prayer for Annabelle,
> who is having the worst time, and Amber,
>  who is just starting and we hope will
> miss the worst of it.
>
> Thank you again for your ongoing kindness.
>
> GL ES 73 OM DE Dave AB5S
>
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