Amid the alarming increase of the positive cases and deaths on coronavirus (COVID-19) here in the Philippines, there is still good news of recovery from the disease are being reported. Albeit very low due to inadequate medical tools, assistance and workers, the hope of being healed and finding a way to end this outbreak is still there.
And that is what Carlo Llanes Navarro, PH-4 wanted to manifest although he stated that his experience on battling with COVID-19 was traumatizing and ugly.
But in the desire of sharing light amid the darkness, he bravely recalls the times he thought he was going to die.
He shared his suspicions on how he contracted the virus. Although he and his family made sure to keep theirselves sanitized and safe althrough out their Japan trip, Navarro thinks he acquired it from a man who were coughing vigorously inside the airplane.
“Seven days later, on March 3, I came down with chills and a low-grade fever (sinat) of 37.7 C." Navarro shared.
."That night of March 3, I decided to play it safe and that I be immediately tested. He continued, but the St. Lukes found no reason for him to be insisted because of the mild symptoms he was showing.
“I insisted. I had to insist! I was tested. I was discharged. I went home in BGC." Navarro continued.
After tested positive, Navarro admitted that psychological pain was worst than his physical pain.
“For two weeks in the hospital, it was not the physical pain that is frightening! It was the psychological effect that made it difficult. I was vomiting endlessly and had diarrhea probably due to stress."
He also calls out for everyone to remain at home and follow the guidelines for their own safety.
He went on sharing his struggles and hardships as PH 4, and his realization after being confined.
Navarro also stated his journey towards recovery was no easy, for almost every hospitals are refusing to take him in, and none of them are capable to accommodate a patient like him.
But according to him, all with God's Grace, he and his family was able to survive this nightmare.
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SOURCE: PEP