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Tag Archives: Long Covid
David Had His 2nd Round of Bloodwork
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day David had his 2nd round of blood work. My expectation with him and his treatment would be what the Doctor predicted. Two to three weeks on the medication would lead to a few … Continue reading
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Tagged David, Long Covid, Moon
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Waiting and Praying and Hoping and Trusting
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day there was more rain. I cannot remember a year where we have had so many cold fronts come crashing into the Cape as early in the winter as this. For the last few … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged David, Fish Hoek winter, Long Covid, Long covid treatment, Long-haul Covid
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Due Diligence
Tuesday Dear Elsie As you grow up you’ll eventually hear about the term ‘Due Diligence.’ I looked up the definition. It’s quite good to know because as we have a couple of units on Airbnb and as a result there … Continue reading
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Tagged Calcium, David, Long Covid, MenaCal7
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The Main Event
Thursday Dear Elsie The main event of the day was David’s return from Johannesburg. He arrived back safe and sound. We had gone to the airport in driving rain which is still falling. I met him at arrivals and we … Continue reading
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Tagged David, Long Covid, Long covid treatment
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David Arrived in Jo’burg
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day that began super early with Mike taking David to the airport. His long Covid results in him having energy in the morning and none in the afternoon. He also struggles to walk further … Continue reading
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Plans Unfold
Wednesday Dear Elsie We are going on a road trip and this weekend get to see you! We looked at prices last night to fly to PE for Monica’s memorial service on Friday, thinking we could fly in and out … Continue reading
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Tagged David, Fish Hoek rain, Long Covid, Long covid treatment, Long-haul Covid, rain
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Monica’s Passing & David’s Appointment
Tuesday Dear Elsie In the course of your life you will have sad days and bad days and sometimes those days will be turn out to be overwhelming days. Today was one of them for us. We woke up this … Continue reading
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Tagged David, Dr Jaco Laubscher, Long Covid, Long covid treatment, Monica
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David is Positive!
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was another day of work on what was a very rainy day. I did get out for a bit to go and buy a few things including birthday gifts for YOU Elsie! It’s not long before … Continue reading
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Tagged Long Covid, Long covid treatment, Long-haul Covid, Saint Helena Airport, Saint Helena Island
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Long Covid Info
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day David went for his Long Covid blood tests. The lady who took the blood said very few people who get to these rooms test negative for LC. By the time they have tracked … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Jaco Laubscher, Long Covid, Long covid treatment, Long-haul Covid, Microclots
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Events of the Day
Monday Dear Elsie, Today was an eventful day because two big things happened that were really good. To start with, first thing this morning we called the Doctor’s rooms in Stellenbosch to see if we could make an appointment for … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Jaco Laubscher, Fish Hoek dunes, Fish Hoek mountain, Long Covid
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Two Good Things
Sunday Dear Elsie Today two good things happened. We got to climb ‘your’ peak Elsie! One day I hope you will get to climb it with us. The other related to David. We were doing some online research about microclots … Continue reading
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Tagged A Hike Up Elsies Peak, Long Covid, Microclots
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A Tiny Bit More Energy
Wednesday Dear Elsie If yesterday was a better day, today we saw the tiniest iota of progress with David. Tiny to be sure. When he came up this morning, he said, not too loudly, that he felt he had a … Continue reading
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Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, Long Covid
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There’s Always a Better Day
Tuesday Dear Elsie There’s always a better day than yesterday and today was better. Last night, David came up and he was kaput after the ‘exercise’ in the afternoon but after dinner and an episode of Seinfeld (now on Netflix), … Continue reading
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Tagged Fish Hoek sunrise, L-Arginine, Long Covid
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