Kate, Oceanside

“So, it all started in the middle of March. My parents had gotten sick and tested positive for COVID-19. They were both hospitalized and my mother was on life support for a week. My father was on the oxygen machine to help him breathe. During that time I also experienced symptoms of fever, headache, nausea, sore throat, muscle weakness, congestion, and chills. I decided to get tested once I got the symptoms, and I tested positive. I am also pregnant, so I was very worried and scared. Every day my symptoms got worse. I just felt super sick. I couldn’t even get out of bed. My parents are okay now and they don’t have COVID anymore. A week after my symptoms started they went away, so my doctor told me that I shouldn’t have it anymore, so they tested me again to make sure. When I got my results, they were positive, and ever since then I’ve been testing positive for  COVID-19 and it’s been two months already. I am very worried and stressed because I don’t know why I still carry it and what’s going to happen when I deliver my baby.”

Kate, 20
Oceanside
5/29/2020

 

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