{"id":1062,"date":"2021-03-20T12:30:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T17:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2021-03-20T12:30:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T17:30:44","slug":"day-3-extreme-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2021\/03\/20\/day-3-extreme-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Day +3: Extreme lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So at someone\u2019s instinct (whose name starts with an S and ends with with a Y :),  I happened to mention to the doctor yesterday that I had a bit of a cough and runny nose first thing in the morning. He is not concerned but commented that \u201cprotocols\u201d would likely kick in. Oh yeah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First up, another COVID swab, this one deeper than usual if that\u2019s possible. Then I\u2019m on room isolation and not allowed to cross the green curtain (bathroom included). People coming in now need to gown, mask, face shield, glove, pretty much the maximum protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE-scaled.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"1063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2021\/03\/20\/day-3-extreme-lockdown\/8175b752-e5cb-4193-ad4e-97ef196d88de\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C945&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE-scaled.jpeg?fit=525%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE-1024x378.jpeg?resize=525%2C194\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C378&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C284&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C567&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8175B752-E5CB-4193-AD4E-97EF196D88DE-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C756&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>My Kingdom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fatigue continues and my temperature is up &amp; down like a rocket ship, mainly up, but a few drops here and there. It\u2019s been as high as 39.3 for brief time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"719\" data-attachment-id=\"1065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2021\/03\/20\/day-3-extreme-lockdown\/4f32d871-24df-4cf5-8cb2-e35024ca5609\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609.jpeg?fit=1120%2C1534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1120,1534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609.jpeg?fit=525%2C719&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609-748x1024.jpeg?resize=525%2C719\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609.jpeg?resize=748%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 748w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609.jpeg?resize=219%2C300&amp;ssl=1 219w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609.jpeg?resize=768%2C1052&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609.jpeg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4F32D871-24DF-4CF5-8CB2-E35024CA5609.jpeg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new excitement for today is extreme dizziness. During the 8am vitals my lying BP was quite low, so they wanted to do a standing BP.  A few seconds in I had to sit down and then I involuntarily laid down on the bed. I\u2019m getting some additional IV fluid, but apparently too much IV fluid is not good for the CAR-T cells.  Can you say \u201cmore close monitoring\u201d? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the positive side at about 11am I\u2019m feeling pretty good, sitting up in bed and perhaps I\u2019ll move to the chair for a while for a little excitement. My roommate was just discharged and I\u2019m making a play for the window bed, very exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, yeah I with all the testing about the cough, I have a Rhino Virus (aka common cold). I hardly notice it, but these days it\u2019s keeping me on room isolation. \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late breaking news! They won&#8217;t move my bed to the window but because of my &#8221; special status&#8221; (I have a cold) the room has been designated as private and it&#8217;s all mine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" data-attachment-id=\"1069\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2021\/03\/20\/day-3-extreme-lockdown\/72c354dd-2f2e-4033-8403-8f74ac7f57f6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1616241898&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg?fit=525%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-1024x1024.jpeg?resize=525%2C525\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/72C354DD-2F2E-4033-8403-8F74AC7F57F6-scaled.jpeg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>My new view. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So at someone\u2019s instinct (whose name starts with an S and ends with with a Y :), I happened to mention to the doctor yesterday that I had a bit of a cough and runny nose first thing in the morning. He is not concerned but commented that \u201cprotocols\u201d would likely kick in. Oh yeah! &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2021\/03\/20\/day-3-extreme-lockdown\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Day +3: Extreme lockdown&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1072,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}