The Russo's

Josh was sent home with an oxygen concentrator and portable tanks. It was hard for him to sit and rest at first, but that's what he needed to do. He took walks outside, sat in the sun, did crossword puzzles and caught up with people on the phone. Camo became very attached to Josh and sat with him all the time January 6th was his first follow up appointment with Dr. Padgett. His lungs sounded good and was pulling in good air. Continue to rest, hydrate and stay on oxygen to heal his lungs. Sitting his oxygen was about 95 and when he moved around it would drop.  We ate lunch with Jen and Cadie before the appointment. Josh had been craving sushi.  January 7th around 3:00 am he started having horrible joint pain in his knees and ankles. We tried pain meds, muscle relaxer and soaking in the tub. It finally let up by 10:00 a.m. and then started again. He called his doctor from the hospital and she said joint pain was common from the Covid and could last a few days. Dr. Padgett prescr...

 Josh got home on Tuesday, December 15th and wasn't feeling well. His chest was heavy and his body ached. He went to bed early and was running fever around 11 pm with the shakes. The next morning he had a terrible headache. We figured it may be Covid. It felt a lot like the flu to him. He went to get tested on the 17th at Lake After Hours and he was told it was too soon to test. He went back on Saturday, the 19th and tested positive. He wasn't examined or given anything. He was told to treat his symptoms at home. We quarantined him in the bedroom and he was taking all the supplements for immunity that was recommended for Covid. He continued to run low grade fever and more symptoms came like nausea and diarrhea. On December 22nd , we reached out to his primary doctor because Josh was not getting any better. They called in a Z Pak, steroid and antihistamine. He was coughing up blood that night on December 23rd. The next morning he continued to cough up blood and had trouble breat...

 Christmas was very different this year since Josh had Covid. We missed Christmas caroling, Christmas program, a party and our family plans. My side of the family cancelled all of the gatherings. Since Josh's family already had corona in October they were able to take our kids.  On Christmas Eve, we were at the ER and they were opening presents. They tried to wait for us, but I said it was fine to go ahead and open gifts. The kids needed something good to take their mind off of Josh. They sent us pictures. Maw Ella gave them gift cards Model car from Cadie Ballerina doll from Cadie  iPhone from Nana & Papa. Gianna was so excited!  The kids came home that night. Christmas morning Josh was able to watch them open their gifts and went right back to bed Gianna got a laptop and star stable Hudson got an accubow and mini bike  Camo had some toys too  Jennifer picked them up to go back for lunch on Christmas Day The guys were able to put Hudson's bike together...

We decorated around the house for Christmas on December 1 Josh and Hudson put some lights on the house the next day. Josh likes it to be cold when putting up lights.  Josh and I were going on a lunch date on December 4th. Right before we left Port Allen at the red light, a man said water was pouring from my Yukon. The radiator was cracked. We pulled in the Auto Zone parking lot and waited for a tow truck to come. Josh bought a new radiator and fixed it later that day. We still were able to go to lunch.  Gianna had trouble with the eye chart at her well check with the pediatrician. She recommended that she see an eye doctor for an exam. She got a slight prescription for glasses for near sided.  We went and picked out some glasses. She was totally fine with getting glasses. It's not that she needs them all the time, but she thinks it's cool to wear them.  Entergy had a dinner in Metairie for the employees on December 10th. We decided to stay overnight since it would be...