Loneliness, uncertainty for the next day and anxiety about whether they will finally be able to emerge victorious from the "battle" with coronavirus. Isolation, pressure and fear. These are the experiences of those who have become ill, are ill, need to be hospitalized or are in quarantine. The minutes are spent torturously, away from loved ones accompanied by a mask and many medicines. This is how 60-year-old Nikolas D. describes his own adventure, who was diagnosed positive on Sunday, September 6, had to stay in the hospital for more than 20 days and was discharged on October 1.
"I felt like I was leprous, I was constantly wearing a mask even in my sleep. I was counting the hours, the days and I was wondering if I will finally be able to see my family again "he explains speaking to newsbeast.gr obviously excited just a few days after the last test he did came out negative.
"This deadly virus exists" is the answer to those who talk about conspiracy theories. refuse to wear a mask and continue to hold an unrepentant attitude, despite the recommendations of experts and the testimonies of those who have been or are ill.
It all started on Sunday, September 6, when he found out that he had tithes. "I was only 37 and 2 and my eyes were burning like I had a very high fever and I fainted twice," he said, explaining that other people were found positive in the office where he works after the relevant tracking.
On Monday, however, the situation became even more difficult. He felt terribly weak and so he decided to call an EODY ladder to his house to submit to test. Before being informed of the result, he fainted again, hit his head and was bleeding. His wife rushed him to a private hospital for first aid and stitches. After explaining to the doctors what is happening and how he expects information about whether he is positive or not, he underwent a new diagnostic test. The answer did not take long, as long as he waited in a locked room he was told that he had coronavirus.
On Tuesday (8/9) he was transferred to the General State Hospital of Nice. All measures were observed during its transfer. They received him wearing uniforms, masks and he looked at them in fear. Fortunately, his examinations were clean but it was deemed necessary for him to stay in the hospital due to the head injury he had.
«I found myself in a large room with about 20 people. All positive to covid. Doctors, nurses came and went constantly, dressed in their special uniforms, gloves and masks. The room only had dividers where there were women" points out.
For the first few days he had a fever and needed oxygen. After two weeks, however, the test remained positive. On the CT scan, it was found that the coronavirus had attacked the lungs. "Doctors had to fight pneumonia. They gave me strong intravenous antibiotics so I felt pain in my veins. They changed my tubes ten times, my veins broke "he declares in a trembling voice while he remembers the difficult moments he experienced, explaining:
«I felt leprous, that they do not want to approach me, to transport me for axial they dressed me in a special uniform, I was not allowed to touch anything. I went to touch a door while I was sitting in the wheelchair and they immediately ran to clean the knob. I felt pressured. The psychological weight was enormous. I could not see mine. We only talked on the phone and whatever I asked for was brought to me, they handed it over to the nurses and they gave it to me ".
Talking about the moments he will never be able to forget, he focuses on the deaths of people who were treated next to him.
"It was night and I heard a commotion. The doctors ran and shouted. A woman about 67 years old who had gone to a wedding got stuck and. Died. They could not keep her alive. They covered her with a sheet, a nurse made her cross and took it after first placing it in a special bag and closing the zipper. An elderly man also died while other people had to be intubated and transported to the ICU ".
The food was all packaged. Breakfast included toast and jam while lunch as well as dinner were in a large package.
"We all wore masks even in our sleep. We could only take it out at meal time and when we went for a swim. There are only two toilets. The doctors and nurses were impeccable in their work. They were constantly thermometing us and taking our oxygen. They made every effort to be able to take care of us and to cheer us up. Unfortunately, the infrastructure does not help. It needs more space, more beds and rooms. But it is partly logical as our coronavirus "visited" without waiting for him ".
"The infectious disease specialist, director of the clinic at the General State Hospital of Nice, Olga Kosmopoulou was always there. Day and night. Next to her patients, next to all of us. I thank her for what she did and I will thank her for the rest of my life. "He was always by our side," he emphasizes.
"The coronavirus does not discriminate. He teaches the lesson that all people are the same "he answers to what the adventure he went through taught him.
"I felt like I had a virus with a little cough but intense exhaustion. I lost six kilos. My doctors recommended I do it Influenza vaccine and pneumococcus. I was lucky in my misfortune as I hit, I was hospitalized and I had the care of remarkable scientists. If I had not gone to the hospital, the coronavirus could have done me worse damage. In a month I will do an axial again to see the lungs. "Anyone who has the symptoms should be isolated so that they do not spread the virus."