The Retiring Data Dude

Saturday, January 16, 2021 This is repeat info for some of you. Trying to capture everyone… I’m at Presbyterian Hospital in Plano in the ER area. They’re going to check me in so they can run a full screening and possibly chest X-rays. Linda is having to wait outside in her van. We’ll update when…

Friday, January 15, 2021 Mostly positive day, although I have pretty much run a fever the whole day. I slept very little at all again last night. I was able to nap for a couple hours in a recliner, so that’s going to become my bed tonight. I’m praying that it does the trick. I…

Thursday, January 14, 2021 Today was OK – not great, not bad. We tried sleeping in the same bed, with very mixed results for both of us. I got a couple hours of sleep in a slightly inclined position, but that didn’t work real well for breathing. I ended up sitting up – I have…

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Today was much better. While I barely slept at all (as some of you had predicted with my starting on the steroids), my fever broke a couple hours after last night’s dispatch. I was fever-free until late this afternoon. My temp topped out at 99.4, so nothing like yesterday. My pulse…

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Unless something changes, I won’t be including an update on Linda. She appears to be done with this. Today was a crap day. I felt rotten almost all day. The fatigue was gone, but I was nauseous. I started having a dry cough. My yoga breathing was more labored, like the…

Monday, January 11, 2021 Linda is recovering quickly. She did some coughing this morning, but that was all. We both got a good night’s sleep. I had a stomach ache again this morning. It took a bit longer to get rid of it today. I also had a fever (still 100.2 at the highest) on…

Sunday, January 10, 2021 Not so much to report today. We both slept better. I had a slight fever at bedtime, but it was gone by the time I got up for my first potty break of many. I had a 99.2 temperature a little while ago – this seems to be the daily pattern….

Saturday, January 9, 2021 We’re feeling fine, well loved and cared for. The girls ordered a couple of deliveries for us: flowers and ice cream. Raychel went grocery shopping and dropped the bags off at our door. Kurt & Meghan brought over chicken noodle soup, a humidifier, and a birthday cake for Linda – very…

Friday, January 8, 2021 If you’re thinking, “Hey, this is the first dispatch I’ve received, but it’s day 4”, this is the first dispatch. You haven’t missed anything. I started the count with the first day I had a fever, which was Tuesday. The bad news: Linda just received her results and she’s positive, too….

Introduction On the evening of Tuesday, January 5th, 2021, I felt my first undeniable symptom of the Coronavirus. There were some that I successfully denied in the 2 days prior. I felt chills on my drive home from work. When I got home, I did, indeed, have a low-grade fever, 99.8 degrees. That fever broke…