Tsiku la National COVID-19

Ndikuganiza kuti ambiri aife timavomereza kuti COVID-19 idakhudza kwambiri miyoyo yathu mu 2020 ndi 2021. Tikadalemba mndandanda wa njira zomwe zidasinthira miyoyo yathu, ndikutsimikiza kuti zinthu zambiri zingagwirizane. N’kutheka kuti zinachititsa kuti ntchito yanu iyime kaye kapena kuti ikhale kutali, zachititsa kuti ana anu azipita kusukulu kunyumba kapena kukakhala kunyumba kuchokera kusukulu yosamalira ana, kapena kusiya maulendo kapena zochitika zina zofunika. Zinthu zambiri zitatsegulidwanso ndikubwereranso m'chaka cha 2024, nthawi zina zimatha kumva ngati COVID-19 "yatha." Zomwe sindimayembekezera zinali njira zomwe kachilomboka kakadasinthirabe moyo wanga ngakhale pano.

Mu Disembala 2022, ndinali ndi pakati pa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ndi mwana wanga wamwamuna ndipo agogo anga aakazi anamwalira chifukwa cha dementia. Anakhala ku Chicago, ndipo dokotala wanga anandipatsa kuwala kobiriwira kuti ndipite kumaliro ake. Popeza ndinali ndi pakati, unali ulendo wovuta komanso wotopetsa, koma ndinasangalala kwambiri kuti ndinatsanzikana ndi munthu amene anali mbali yaikulu ya moyo wanga. Komabe, patapita masiku angapo, ndinadwala. Panthawiyo, ndimaganiza kuti ndinali wotopa, wotopa, komanso wowawa chifukwa chokhala ndi pakati, koma m'mbuyomu, ndikutsimikiza kuti ndinali ndi COVID-19, yomwe mwina ndidachita nayo chifukwa choyenda nthawi yatchuthi. Chifukwa chiyani ndikuganiza kuti ndinali ndi COVID-19? Chifukwa ndidachipezanso m'chilimwe chotsatira (nthawiyo ndidayezetsa) ndipo ndinali ndi zizindikiro zofanana ndikumva chimodzimodzi. Komanso, pazifukwa zomwe ndikufotokozera motsatira.

Nditabereka mwana wanga mu February 2023, anabadwa milungu isanu kusanachitike. Mwamwayi kubadwa kwake kunayenda bwino, koma pambuyo pake, pamene adokotala amayesa kuchotsa placenta, panali zovuta. Zinatenga nthawi yayitali kwambiri ndipo panali zodetsa nkhawa kuti gawo lina silinachotsedwe, nkhani yomwe ingapitirizebe kukhala yodetsa nkhawa kwa miyezi ingapo ndipo idzandipangitsa kuti ndigonekenso kuchipatala mwachidule. Funso loyamba kuchokera kwa madotolo ndi anamwino linali, "Kodi munali ndi COVID-19 mutakhala ndi pakati?" Ndinawauza kuti sindikuganiza choncho. Adandiuza kuti akuwona zambiri ngati izi ndi amayi omwe ali ndi pakati komanso omwe ali ndi COVID-19. Ngakhale kukhala ndi matenda aliwonse panthawi yomwe ndinali ndi pakati kukadandidetsa nkhawa, izi sizingakhale zotsatira zomwe ndikanaziganizirapo kale.

Kuonjezera apo, ndinanena kale kuti mwana wanga anabadwa masabata asanu oyambirira. Nthawi zambiri, mwana amabadwa msanga chifukwa cha zovuta zina, koma madzi anga adasweka. Kubadwa msanga kunayambitsa zovuta m'moyo wa mwana wanga. Ngakhale kuti kubereka kwake kunayenda bwino kwambiri, anali ku NICU kwa masabata atatu chifukwa anali asanakonzekere kudya yekha. Anayeneranso kupatsidwa mpweya wochepa pamene anali ku NICU, chifukwa mapapo ake anali asanakule bwino komanso kumtunda wa Colorado, izi zimakhala zovuta makamaka kwa mwana wosabadwa. M'malo mwake, adamuchotsa mpweyawo asanabwere kunyumba, koma adabwereranso ku Chipatala cha Ana kwa masiku angapo mu Marichi 2023 atapezeka pa ofesi ya dokotala wa ana kuti kuchuluka kwake kwa okosijeni kunali kosachepera 80%. Pamene anachoka m’Chipatala cha Ana, tinafunikira kumusunga m’nyumba kwa milungu ingapo. Zinali zovuta komanso zowopsya kukhala naye kunyumba ndi thanki ya okosijeni, koma zinali bwino kusiyana ndi kumugonekanso m'chipatala. Zonsezi zinachokera, kachiwiri, chakuti iye anabadwa msanga.

Ngakhale nkhani ziwirizi zisanachitike, ndinali nditapezeka kuti ndili ndi pakati preeclampsia. Ndi vuto lomwe lingakhale loopsa, ngakhale lakupha, lomwe limadziwika ndi kuthamanga kwa magazi, kuwonongeka kwa impso, ndi/kapena zizindikiro zina za kuwonongeka kwa chiwalo. Paulendo wanthawi zonse wa dokotala mu Januware 2023, dokotala wanga adawona kuti kuthamanga kwa magazi kwanga kunali kokwera modabwitsa. Kupimidwa kwa magazi kunatsimikizira kuti ndinali nditawonongeka kale chiwalo. Nditapita kwa dokotala, kuyezetsa zambiri, ndi chipwirikiti chambiri, adandipeza ndi matendawa. Ndinali wopsinjika ndikudera nkhawa za thanzi la mwana wanga, komanso wanga. Ndinagula kunyumba yotsekera kuthamanga kwa magazi ndikuyiyang'anira kawiri patsiku, tsiku lililonse pakadali pano. Mwamwayi, madzi anga adathyoka usiku utatha dokotala atanditulukira kuti ndili ndi preeclampsia koma izi zikanapanda kutero zikadayenda njira imodzi mwa njira ziwiri: kuthamanga kwa magazi kwanga kukanakwera kwambiri kundipangitsa kuti ndithamangire kuchipinda chodzidzimutsa ndikubereka msanga, kapena Ndikadakopeka ndili ndi pakati pa masabata 37. Ndinaganiza kuti zinali zodabwitsa kuti madzi anga anasweka mofulumira kwambiri, ndipo ndinafunsa madokotala chifukwa chake izi zikanachitikira. Kodi chinali chochita ndi preeclampsia? Iwo adati ayi, koma nthawi zina matenda amatha kuyambitsa madzi anu kusweka msanga. Iwo anamaliza kutsutsa zimenezo ndi mayesero ena. Kotero, pamapeto pake ndinalibe kufotokoza. Ndipo nthawi zonse zinkandivutitsa. Ngakhale kuti sindinapeze yankho, ndinapeza mfundo zina zomwe ndingathe kuzifotokoza.

Poyamba, dokotala wanga adapeza kuti ndizosamvetseka kuti ndidakhala ndi preeclampsia poyamba. Ngakhale ndidakumana ndi ziwopsezo zingapo za izi, panalibe mbiri m'banja langa, ndipo ichi ndichizindikiro chachikulu. Nditawerenga pang'ono pamutuwu, ndidapeza a phunziro mwa amayi oyembekezera m'maiko 18, omwe adachitika mu Okutobala 2020, adapeza kuti omwe ali ndi COVID-19 ali ndi chiopsezo chowirikiza kawiri cha preeclampsia, komanso zovuta zina, kuposa zomwe alibe COVID-19. Adapezanso kuti omwe ali ndi pakati omwe ali ndi COVID-19 anali ndi mwayi wobadwa asanakwane.

Ngakhale sindingathe kutsimikiza chifukwa chomwe ndinali ndi izi ndili ndi pakati, zinali zodabwitsa kuganiza kuti ngakhale patadutsa zaka zambiri zitachitika mliri, mliri, komanso kutsekeka - kachilomboka kangakhale kamene kanayambitsa nthawi yachipatala, nkhawa, kupsinjika, kusatsimikizika, komanso mavuto azaumoyo kwa ine ndi mwana wanga mchaka cha 2023. Zinali zodzutsa mwano kuti kachilomboka sikangakhale kakusintha dziko lapansi momwe idasinthira mu 2020, koma ikadali ndi ife, ikadali yowopsa, ndikuwonongabe anthu athu. Sitingathe kufooketsa chitetezo chathu chonse, ngakhale titayambiranso zochita zathu zambiri. Ndi chikumbutso chabwino kuti tipitilize kuchita zinthu zomwe tonsefe tingathe kuchita pofuna kutiteteza ku COVID-19. Nawa maupangiri ochokera ku Maziko a Kuletsa ndi Kuteteza Matenda momwe mungadzitetezere nokha ndi ena:

• Dziwani zambiri za katemera wanu wa COVID-19
• Pezani chithandizo ngati muli ndi COVID-19 ndipo muli pachiwopsezo chodwala kwambiri
• Pewani kulumikizana ndi anthu omwe akukayikira kapena kutsimikizira COVID-19
• Khalani kunyumba ngati mukukayikira kapena kutsimikizira COVID-19
• Yesani COVID-19 ngati mukuganiza kuti mutha kukhala ndi kachilomboka