Woman put in coma after contracting Covid aged just 22
Ffion Barnett was unvaccinated when she became deeply unwell with the virus
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Woman, 22, put in coma after contracting Covid-19 learns to walk and talk again
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Some COVID-19 survivors are losing the ability to walk and need to relearn motor skills — these patients are proof
For patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19, surviving the disease is often just the start of their troubles.
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I saw quite a few post on Tiktok where poster would detail their journey back to walking after covid. And not even reaching coma or ventilator.
So it was the virus not the coma? Because 5 days in a coma just doesn’t sound bad enough to unlearn all these things.
Some COVID-19 survivors are losing the ability to walk and need to relearn motor skills — these patients are proof
For patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19, surviving the disease is often just the start of their troubles.
I saw quite a few post on Tiktok where poster would detail their journey back to walking after covid. And not even reaching coma or ventilator.
Does say she had long COVID, but meh - just another story of hundreds. Who knows what is true anymore
Correct the virus.
Covid 19 has created some weird consequences.
At the beginning the lost of taste and smell did puzzled everyone but they found out quickly why.
Then they saw many case of blood clot (yes yes before the vax). That has not really been solved yet.
Then heart lesion. They found that covid, even non severe case, cause heart lesion that can take a few weeks to heal.
And now these cases where patient loose their mobility. Walk, talk... I haven't read anything on that yet I just saw that it affect some after their covid battle.
Covid is very selective. It attacks outdoor rallies and protests, but a BLM flag acts as a deterrent. It spares you on the city bus or subway, but attacks you at the Keg. It's a smart virus.
That's why it's so dramatic in the US particularly. Majority are close to that figure.
Yes, but aren't Canadians as overweight or obese as Americans? The main difference is that we have more people fully vaccinated.
I ran into a neighbour I see from time to time back in the spring. He got COVID (Delta) and was in the hospital for a while. He now gets around with the use of a walker and due to his long-COVID and he's had his driver's license taken away. Poor guy, he's not sure if he'll get it back. He's in his mid 70s and needs his car to take his wife to appointments, buy groceries etc. Another friend who's in his 50s, healthy as can be, got blood clots in both lungs from Delta. Doctor said he's lucky he got to Emerge when he did, could've died. These aren't rare cases, thousands have long-term issues.
These are the types of things the anti-vaxxers overlook. They only repeat the same crap. It's only the elderly and those with comorbidities that are affected. You have a 99.999999% chance of surviving COVID, bla bla bla...
I had my second shot at the end of July. I had flu-like symptoms for a few weeks. (Off and on which is strange). In August, I got a drive to the ER for help because I felt like I was going to collapse. That's what happened. I don't remember much of it. I woke up in a hospital bed and they told me I had been asleep for about 18 hours. Sedated to avoid swelling in my brain.
A sort of induced mini-coma.
The first two days in the hospital, the physiotherapist had me practicing walking up and down the hallway with me holding his arm in case I felt like I was going to fall. By the third day in hospital, I was practicing the stairs with the physiotherapist. I could not get discharged until they were sure I could walk. I was in for five and a half days.
I also had a shot in my left leg every day to prevent a blood clot from forming. Only my left leg....?
They tested me every day for for Covid. Negative. I have not gotten a straight answer.
I'm going to leave it at that. Plain and simple. Make of it what you will.
A sort of induced mini-coma.
The first two days in the hospital, the physiotherapist had me practicing walking up and down the hallway with me holding his arm in case I felt like I was going to fall. By the third day in hospital, I was practicing the stairs with the physiotherapist. I could not get discharged until they were sure I could walk. I was in for five and a half days.
I also had a shot in my left leg every day to prevent a blood clot from forming. Only my left leg....?
They tested me every day for for Covid. Negative. I have not gotten a straight answer.
I'm going to leave it at that. Plain and simple. Make of it what you will.
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That sounds really scary. I’m sorry you went through that.
I do have a question if you don’t mind. Were you “learning” to walk or weak and gaining strength again or were you ok walking, just a little slow and they were be cautious?
I think for me, maybe it is the language. I think “learning” to walk as Like a child actually learning to put one foot in front of the other. Or I’m just ignorant and that is exactly what it is. Learning to walk.
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It's a good question - I wasn't learning to walk but was having trouble walking. My legs (especially my left) weren't co-operating if that makes sense. I kept having a feeling of my legs giving out and falling. I fell a bit on the first two days.
Did they suggest any cause for those frightening symptoms?
I had flu like symptoms with difficulty breathing a couple of times last fall, but I shrugged it off as due to allergies. I had the same thing once before pre COVID. So I assumed it wasn't COVID. Both times, I was wheezy, low functioning - as in "could not walk to the corner store without gasping and needing to rest" - and very short of breath for a day or so each time.
