i am a healthy 69 gal  i am a quad  c5c6c7 c5 does affect your breathing and diaphram. i can not cough very good. i need help  thank goodness i am rarely sick 2009 last time

my care giver started working at a nursing home  came in yesterday and ask if i had  problem with her now working in either isolation or quartinee

i said well a little late now ur in the house  but you wear booties correct? no  they don/t have them  no case confirmed but they have several im isolation and  several in quartinee

i have not told my son and family as they long way away in ohio.    i am ****ed  but   what do i do  ?  

SCOTT hoping you will chime in where do i see what to look for but my body is sneaky i have dam neared die 2 times going septic  and had no 

fever nothing i just went to sleep uti gone septic and seriously no systoms  my spelling sucks eggs

What the heck! They, as care givers, need to take better precautions!

I hate that you are going through this.  What impressed me about you, Vicki, is that for years I was unaware you are quadriplegic.  Your brain is obviously functioning just fine and your attitude is impressive.  You sure have a lot of pis$ and vinegar.  
I digress.  To answer your question, obviously you need help.   Is she caring for any known Covid19 patients?  It's real hard to get a caregiver who has no possibility of exposure to Covid19. It's hard to completely isolate a caregiver from Covid19, so all he/she can do is be extremely assiduous about precautions....the ones everyone has been talking about.  If you have a good relationship with her, and if she is as fond of you as I would imagine, I trust she will be very careful.  Does she suction and bathe you?  As to those booties, honestly, I am not sure they do that much good, as far as Covid19 prevention. Anything that can stick to shoes can stick to the booties anyway.  Do you have hand sanitizer?  
Two suggestions: 

1.) Do you take vitamins?  There's some evidence/suggestion that Vitamin D and Vitamin C may be helpful with Covid19.  I'd take like 2000 IU of Vitamin D every day.  Also take 2000 mg of Vitamin C a day....to be clear, as with the common cold, the evidence of Vitamin C's effectiveness is weak, or even debunked, but it doesn't hurt. Get some zinc lozenges and suck on them all day.  Zinc might help.  In fact, zinc is included in some of the protocols that look at Hydrochloroquine and Azithromycin.  

2.) If anyone qualifies for compassionate use of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin, I would think it's you. I would think it's not a bad idea to get your doctor to give you a prescription for these.  IF you come up positive for Covid19, I'd consider starting these drugs.  All of this, of course, depends on how your doctor feels, but I don't think it's a bad idea to have it on hand, just in case.  The supply of these drugs is pretty thin in some areas, hence, grab it while you can.

For what it's worth, the odds of you coming down with Covid19 are still pretty thin.  

....and on the unimportant side, we can read your posts just fine.    

thank you  lol i have alway been full of it i am more humble now as i have to get help. but i am blessed so blessed i have enough hand function

that i am pretty independt  thank god no vent  i was off the vent thanks to my mom yelling at me breathe the first week.

malissa my caregiver assistme with bath  but then i am good to go.

thanks for reassuring me no cases yet where she works  and i am healthy seriusly never had the flue

Vent away Vicki!  Ill send a few of your way also to keep you healthy. 

I am glad that you are taking this seirous now Vicky, prayers that you stay healthy.

I work on a covid floor. We do the best we can but the truth is we are running out of equipment. Please don't shame the caregiver. 

no   i won/t  i like her to much 4 yearsd we have worked  but it throw me for a loop  i was not expecting that

good news  2 test came back negative  2 more waiting  

but   i am still out and about riding bike  we live rural by the gulf everyone is oout walking golf cart or riding bike. i am still on for friday for stone removal which for me is  very important

Miss Vicki you are amazing!!!!   Your attitude is wonderful and very inspiring.   

Brlracerchick can I ask your exact protocol as far as what you do when you leave the hospital to be safe around others?

I failed my mask fit and we are out of our capr supplies so I can no longer take those pts. I can only take our normal pcu pts and low risk. We change into hospital scrubs and change out/shower before we leave work. Our hospital doesn't require this but we do it because it makes us feel better. My boss told us we can if we want but I don't think upper management is impressed because at first they told us we couldn't because it was causing alarm. We do not get booties as it is not a cdc requirement. I personally just leave my shoes outside and change out/wash my scrubs as soon as I get home. Before this, I had a designated pair of hospital only tennis shoes and changed as soon as I walked in the door, so nothing has really changed for me there. My mom watches my dogs when I am at work and I no longer will go in her house before or after work. 

I'm glad she was transparent with you! Good luck with your stone removal on Friday! 

This sounds like what Lula Bell is doing. . . God bless you and keep you safe