At Methodist here, it looks they’re going ahead with procedures that don’t require hospitalization and are unlikely to result in major complications. In other words, procedures that won’t take up a bed and use resources. So good luck with your wife’s line removal — I get my chemo port removed later this week.
The doc I saw today said they’re doing OK, largely because the people getting hospitalized with COVID now are younger and stronger, less likely to end up in the ICU, and average only 4 days in the hospital rather than weeks.
Link via a friend who works at Parkland hospital in Dallas.
"Dr. Matt Leveno, the Tactical Care Unit’s medical director, paused for a long time Saturday when asked how much worse things were than two weeks ago.
“I have not done anything other than take care of critically ill COVID patients since the end of February, and I’m just resigned that this is what I’m going to be doing all day for the foreseeable future,” he said."
