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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHealthy 39-year-old woman dies waiting for coronavirus test results
NY POST
March 22, 2020 | 1:09pm |
A healthy 39-year-old social worker died days after initially turning down a coronavirus test because she was told she was low risk, her boyfriend said in a heartbreaking Facebook post.
Josh Anderson says he found girlfriend Natasha Ott dead in her apartment in New Orleans on Friday as she still awaited news on whether her sickness and fever were actually COVID-19.
He said Ott who helped people who are HIV-positive had first told him on March 10 that she had a respiratory cold and tiny fever.
They sent her home, but didnt test her she was told she was low-risk, he wrote, calling his partner a profoundly kind, passionate, funny and loving 39-year-old woman in good health.
Her own clinic only had five test kits available, he said, saying she told him, I declined to take one so someone else could.
After her condition deteriorated, she finally got tested on March 16 almost a week after first falling sick but was told the results would take at least five days, with a further delay meaning they are still not ready, he said.
Anderson detailed Otts worsening mood and health, as well as her attempts to reassure him that she would be fine if she just drank whiskey.
He finally found her dead in her kitchen at 8 p.m. Friday while checking up because she failed to respond to texts or calls.
For those of you not fortunate enough to have known her know this: its an immeasurable loss, he wrote.
And seeing a woman I knew to be so full of life lying on the floor lifeless was devastating. I was afraid to touch her. I held her anyway, he said.
Josh Anderson says he found girlfriend Natasha Ott dead in her apartment in New Orleans on Friday as she still awaited news on whether her sickness and fever were actually COVID-19.
He said Ott who helped people who are HIV-positive had first told him on March 10 that she had a respiratory cold and tiny fever.
They sent her home, but didnt test her she was told she was low-risk, he wrote, calling his partner a profoundly kind, passionate, funny and loving 39-year-old woman in good health.
Her own clinic only had five test kits available, he said, saying she told him, I declined to take one so someone else could.
After her condition deteriorated, she finally got tested on March 16 almost a week after first falling sick but was told the results would take at least five days, with a further delay meaning they are still not ready, he said.
Anderson detailed Otts worsening mood and health, as well as her attempts to reassure him that she would be fine if she just drank whiskey.
He finally found her dead in her kitchen at 8 p.m. Friday while checking up because she failed to respond to texts or calls.
For those of you not fortunate enough to have known her know this: its an immeasurable loss, he wrote.
And seeing a woman I knew to be so full of life lying on the floor lifeless was devastating. I was afraid to touch her. I held her anyway, he said.
A bit more at link: https://nypost.com/2020/03/22/39-year-old-woman-dies-waiting-for-coronavirus-test-results/
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Healthy 39-year-old woman dies waiting for coronavirus test results (Original Post)
Mike 03
Mar 2020
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Been out there in DU land, good to repost I guess for those who missed it the first time.
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2020
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SWBTATTReg
(22,133 posts)1. Been out there in DU land, good to repost I guess for those who missed it the first time.
Peregrine Took
(7,414 posts)2. My 50 yr old niece has a bad cough and her lungs ache but no fever.
I read that its possible to have Covid 19 without a fever but she can't get tested in her area without a fever.
Very frustrating for her.