Usuku lweSizwe lwe-COVID-19

Ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwethu luyavuma ukuba i-COVID-19 ibuchaphazele ngokunzulu ubomi bethu ngo-2020 nango-2021. Ukuba senze uluhlu lweendlela ethe yatshintsha ngayo ubomi bethu, ndiqinisekile ukuba zininzi izinto eziya kulungelelanisa. Isenokuba ibangele ukuba umsebenzi wakho ume okanye ube kude, ubangele ukuba abantwana bakho baye esikolweni ekhaya okanye bahlale ekhaya ekunyamekeleni abantwana, okanye barhoxise uhambo olubalulekileyo okanye iziganeko. Ngezinto ezininzi ezivulwe kwakhona kwaye zibuyele emntwini ngonyaka ka-2024, ngamanye amaxesha kunokuziva ngathi i-COVID-19 "iphelile." Into ebendingayilindelanga yindlela le ntsholongwane ibisabutshintsha ubomi bam nangoku.

NgoDisemba ka-2022, ndandineenyanga ezintandathu ndikhulelwe unyana wam kwaye ndalahlekelwa ngumakhulu wam ngenxa yesifo sengqondo esiyingozi. Wayehlala eChicago, kwaye ndanikwa isibane esiluhlaza ngugqirha wam ukuba ndiye emngcwabeni wakhe. Ukukhulelwa kwam, yayiluhambo olunzima noludinisayo, kodwa ndandivuya gqitha kuba ndikwazile ukuvalelisa kumntu owayeyinxalenye enkulu yobomi bam. Noko ke, kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, ndagula. Ngeli xesha, bendicinga ukuba bendidiniwe, ndixinile, kwaye ndibuhlungu ngenxa yokukhulelwa kwam, kodwa xa ndibuyela emva, ndiqinisekile ukuba bendinayo i-COVID-19, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba ndiyifumene ikhontrakthi ngokuhamba ngexesha leholide exakekileyo. Kutheni ndicinga ukuba ndine-COVID-19? Kuba ndaphinda ndayifumana kwihlobo elilandelayo (ngelo xesha ndavavanywa ndine-HIV) kwaye ndineempawu ezifanayo kwaye ndaziva zifana kanye. Kwakhona, ngenxa yezizathu ndiza kucacisa ngokulandelayo.

Ukubeleka kwam unyana wam ngoFebruwari 2023, wazalwa kwiiveki ezintlanu ngaphambi kwexesha. Ngethamsanqa ukuzalwa kwakhe kwahamba kakuhle, kodwa emva koko, njengoko ugqirha ezama ukususa i-placenta, kwakukho imiba. Kwathatha ixesha elide kakhulu kwaye kwakukho iinkxalabo zokuba inxalenye yayingasuswanga, umba oza kuqhubeka uxhalabisa iinyanga kwaye ungabangela ukuba ndiphinde ndifakwe esibhedlele. Umbuzo wokuqala ovela koogqirha kunye nabongikazi wawusithi, "Ngaba wawunayo i-COVID-19 ngelixa wawukhulelwe?" Ndabaxelela ukuba andicingi njalo. Bandixelele ukuba babona eminye imiba efana nale nabasetyhini abakhulelweyo kwaye banenkontileka ye-COVID-19. Ngelixa ukuba naso nasiphi na isigulo ngexesha lokukhulelwa kwam bekuya kundikhathaza, oku ayisiyiyo isiphumo esinokuthi bendikhe ndacinga ngaso ngaphambili.

Ukongeza, sele nditshilo ukuba unyana wam wazalwa kwiiveki ezintlanu ngaphambi kwexesha. Rhoqo, umntwana uzalwa kwangoko ngenxa yengxaki ethile, kodwa amanzi am aqhawuka ngokuzenzekelayo. Ukuzalwa ngaphambi kwexesha kubangele imiba kwasekuqaleni kobomi bonyana wam. Nangona unikezelo lwakhe lwahamba kakuhle kakhulu, wayekwi-NICU iiveki ezintathu kuba wayengekakulungeli ukutya yedwa. Kwakhona kwafuneka anikwe i-oksijini encinci ngelixa e-NICU, kuba imiphunga yakhe yayingazange ikhule ngokupheleleyo kunye nokuphakama kweColorado, oku kunzima kakhulu kumntwana ongaphambi kwexesha. Ngapha koko, wakhutshwa kwioksijini ngaphambi kokuba agoduke, kodwa waphela ebuyele kwiSibhedlele saBantwana kangangeentsuku ezininzi ngoMatshi ka-2023 emva kokuba kufunyaniswe ngexesha lotyelelo lweofisi kagqirha wabantwana ukuba inqanaba lakhe lokuzalisa ioksijini lalihlala lingaphantsi kwama-80%. Xa wayeshiya iSibhedlele Sabantwana, kwafuneka simgcine esekhaya kangangeeveki eziliqela. Kwakunzima kwaye kusoyikeka ukuba naye ekhaya ephethe itanki yeoksijini, kodwa kwakungcono kunokuba aphinde abe esibhedlele. Konke oku kwakusukela, kwakhona, kwinto yokuba wazalwa kwangoko.

Kwanangaphambi kokuba kuvele le miba mibini, bendifunyaniswe ndinemeko yokukhulelwa ebizwa preeclampsia. Yimeko enokuba yingozi, nokuba iyabulala, ebonakala luxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu, ukonakala kwezintso, kunye/okanye ezinye iimpawu zomonakalo wamalungu. Ngexesha lotyelelo lukagqirha ngoJanuwari ka-2023, ugqirha wam waqaphela ukuba uxinzelelo lwam lwegazi luphezulu ngendlela engaqhelekanga. Uvavanyo lwegazi lwafumanisa ukuba ndinokonakala kwamalungu kwangethuba. Emva kokutyelela ingcali, iimvavanyo ezingakumbi, kunye nezidubedube ezininzi, kwafunyaniswa ukuba ndinesi sifo ngokusemthethweni. Ndandine stress ndixhalabele impilo yosana lwam, neyam. Ndathenga icuff yoxinzelelo lwegazi ekhaya ndaza ndayijonga kabini ngemini, yonke imihla okwangoku. Ngelihlo, amanzi am aphuka ngobusuku emva kokuba ingcali indifumene ngokusesikweni ukuba ndine-preeclampsia kodwa ukuba oko akuzange kwenzeke ngekuhambe enye yeendlela ezimbini: uxinzelelo lwegazi lwam belunokwenyuka lubangela ukuba ndileqe ukuya kwigumbi likaxakeka kwaye ndibeleke kwangoko, okanye Bendiya kunyanzelwa kwiiveki ezingama-37 ndikhulelwe. Ndacinga ukuba kwakungaqhelekanga kakhulu ukuba amanzi am aphuke kwangoko, kwaye ndabuza oogqirha ukuba kutheni le nto yayiza kwenzeka. Ngaba yayinento yokwenza ne-preeclampsia? Bathi hayi, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha usulelo lunokubangela ukuba amanzi akho aphuke kwangoko. Baye bagqiba ekubeni bakhuphe iimvavanyo ezithile. Ngoko ke, ekugqibeleni ndandingenayo ingcaciso. Kwaye yayisoloko indikhathaza. Nangona ndingazange ndifumane mpendulo, ndiye ndafumanisa ezinye iinyani ezinokuzicacisa.

Okokuqala, ugqirha wam wafumanisa ukuba ayiqhelekanga into yokuba ndibe ne-preeclampsia kwasekuqaleni. Ngelixa ndiye ndadibana nezinto ezimbalwa zomngcipheko kuyo, kwakungekho mbali kusapho lwam, kwaye oku kusalathiso esikhulu ngokubanzi. Emva kokufunda kancinci ngesihloko, ndiye ndafumanisa i isifundo Abantu abakhulelweyo kumazwe ali-18, enziwe ngo-Okthobha ka-2020, bafumanise ukuba abo bane-COVID-19 baphantse baphinda kabini umngcipheko wokuba ne-preeclampsia, kunye nezinye iimeko ezingathandekiyo, kunezo zingenayo i-COVID-19. Ikwafumanise ukuba abantu abakhulelweyo abane-COVID-19 banemeko ephezulu yokuzalwa kwangaphambi kwexesha.

Ngelixa ndingasokuze ndiqiniseke ukuba kutheni ndibe nale miba ngexesha lokukhulelwa kwam, kwakumangalisa ukucinga ukuba neminyaka emva kokuqhambuka kokuqala, ubhubhane, kunye nokuvalwa- le ntsholongwane inokuba yingcambu yexesha esibhedlele, xhala, Uxinzelelo, ukungaqiniseki, kunye neengxaki zempilo kum nosana lwam ngonyaka ka-2023. Yayiluvukelo olukrwada ukuba le ntsholongwane isenokungawutshintshi umhlaba ngendlela enzulu eyawenza ngayo ngo-2020, kodwa isekunye nathi, iseyingozi. kwaye isenza umonakalo kuluntu lwethu. Asinakuyeka ngokupheleleyo ukulinda kwethu, nokuba sele siphinde saphinda saqalisa imisebenzi yethu eqhelekileyo. Sisikhumbuzo esihle sokuqhubeka nokwenza izinto ezinoxanduva esinokuzenza sonke ukuzama ukusigcina sikhuselekile kwi-COVID-19. Nazi ezinye iingcebiso ezivela kwi Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ngendlela yokuzikhusela wena nabanye:

• Hlala usazi ngogonyo lwakho lwe-COVID-19
• Funa unyango ukuba une-COVID-19 kwaye usemngciphekweni omkhulu wokugula kakhulu
• Kuphephe ukunxibelelana nabantu abarhanelayo okanye abaqinisekise i-COVID-19
• Hlala ekhaya ukuba uyarhanela okanye uqinisekise i-COVID-19
• Thatha uvavanyo lwe-COVID-19 ukuba ucinga ukuba unokuba nayo intsholongwane