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COVID-19 hits too close to home for Carlyle family By Deb Andrew A candid interview with Jenn Sedor shed light in wonder of what it might be like to contract the COVID-19 virus or any of its variants. Sedor, Carlyle’s mayor, was very transparent as she detailed her family’s ordeal with the B117 U.K. variant of the virus as she said early in the interview, “You cannot safely judge the health of someone else by looking at them, and you definitely cannot keep six feet away from a toddler.” The Sedor family had a niece come and stay with grandma and grandpa, who found out days later that the niece had a confirmed COVID child in her class back home. This began the barrage of phone calls, isolation and testing of which the youngest Sedor was the only one out of the five in the family who tested positive. Even though, Tim, Jenn, Lily and Tayo tested negative, Jenn volunteered to isolate in
a room in the house, just June and her. Although June tested positive, her symptoms were none other than the occasional sneeze and a bit of a runny nose, “Nothing that any parent would even think was odd for every day in a toddler’s life,” Jenn Sedor said. Three days into their isolation, Tim’s regular temperature check showed a fever. One tool Jenn said was a godsend is called a pulse oximeter. Pulse oximetry is a method of monitoring a person’s blood oxygen levels without the invasiveness of arterial blood gas analysis, and it can be done at home. With Tim’s rising temperature, he was tested again, and this time had a positive result. “Things happened so quickly from there. The pulse oximeter showed a quickly dropping oxygen level and the virus quickly attacked his lungs. It wasn’t long before they were treating him for pneumonia.”
The picture Jenn painted of the situation was strained. The continual calling to Redvers Hospital for reporting, for help, for advice, and then having the entire staff of health care professionals weigh the dangers of having them come to the hospital and spread infection, or stay home and continue to get increasingly sick. How sick do you let people get? “You don’t just get to say ‘Hmm, I feel sick so I will run to the doctor or hospital and get things checked out’. There are so many factors at play. There is just so much that we don’t know,” Jenn said with a tremble in her voice as she recalled the severe suffering and death of some. “I know people are saying it is just a flu/cold so I will risk it. Well, I am telling you this didn’t feel like any other illness we have ever had. It came on so fast and hit so hard. The symptoms were the weirdest and most painful we have
Carlyle Mayor Jenn Sedor is reflecting on her family’s experiences while battling the COVID-19 virus. Photo submitted ever had, and they continued to come and go for days.” Jenn explained that days seven to 14 of isolation were the worst for her. “I was fine and looking after everyone and then my body did a 180. I could not get out of bed. I was so tired and in so much pain. It
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hurt to breathe.” The Sedors spent a full 30 days in isolation. During this time, Jenn was testing positive and negative for the virus and Lily and Tayo never did test positive but got very sick. Their symptoms included extreme fatigue, pain, difficulty breathing, brain fog, insomnia and anxiety.
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Today, they are having complications/side effects show up every day such as nose bleeds, bronchitis, blood clotting, fatigue, pneumonia and problems with other bodily functions that come and go. COVID-19 is a full systemic infection and will affect everyone differently. A3 » SEDOR
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