About a month ago, I (Michelle) got sick, most likely with COVID-19. It was the sickest I had ever been, but I recovered after about 10 days with lots of rest, fluids, Vit C, Vit D, Zinc and more rest.
Then my husband, c.b., came down with it. He went to bed feeling ill on Monday, August 2nd. By the next day he was running a fever. I put him on Zinc, Vit D, and Vit C immediately. For the most part, we just let him rest.
I figured since I got better with that treatment, that would be all he would need also. Mistake #1. Lesson learned: If you start feeling sick, IMMEDIATELY start this protocol. If you don’t, then, like my husband, you run the risk of a full-blown inflammation of your vital organs – the immune system hyper-responds to the virus and THAT is what causes people to die from this virus. Nip it in the bud in the first week with the FLCCC protocol above.
By day 10 of his illness, it was clear that c.b. was getting worse. I was able to consult with a brother in Christ who is also an ER doctor. He prescribed Fluvoxamine (no longer recommended by FLCCC!) and human Ivermectin (we were taking the injectable animal Ivermectin orally). I picked those up at a pharmacy and started c.b. on them. Two days later, we were able to source a used oxygen concentrator on Craigslist. But he continued to decline. By this point, he was on supplemental oxygen, had had an in-home IV treatment, and was on food-grade hydrogen peroxide, Ivermectin, glutathione, vitamin C, vitamin D, homeopathic remedies, anti-viral essential oils (via humidifier),… basically you name it….
On Sunday, August 15, I could see that c.b. was failing. He was mostly unconscious. I had to yell at him in order to get him to respond. Even though I felt that taking him to an ER could only end in his death, I made a few calls to local ERs. What I discovered was that (1) we would absolutely be separated and I would be unable to monitor what was administered to him and would be unable to advocate for him. (2) I was told by 3 ERs that due to the ICUs being full, he would be waiting in the ER (on a bed) for at least seven hours and up to 24, with only getting supplemental oxygen before getting into the ICU. He would likely die before ever even getting admitted to the ICU.
At that point (Sunday early evening), in desperation, I sent out an SOS to a local online group I’m part of. Within minutes, two women I’d never met in person independently contacted me, saying, “Send me your address. I’m coming.” They showed up within minutes of each other. One brought a nebulizer and Albuterol; the other brought a steroid called Budesonide.
At 2 a.m., within 4 hours of the first dose, c.b. was able to be sat up again (by our 18 year old Joshua and myself) and drank veggie juice through a straw. He still was not completely conscious. I gave him another dose of Budesonide with the nebulizer. By 8 a.m. the next morning (when I gave the third dose), he was lucid again. By noon, he finally noticed the oxygen machine that he had been on for 2 days.
Later on that same day (Monday), I had a phone consult with a nurse practitioner who faxed in a prescription for more Budesonide, Albuterol, Prednisone (mistake!), and a higher capacity new oxygen concentrator to rent.
On Tuesday, we carried c.b. to the Suburban and drove him to Marble Falls for an IV infusion – ozone, 20 grams of Vitamin C, 1,000 mg of glutathione, Vit B and a Vit D shot. I believe this played a huge role in his fast recovery over the next weeks.
For the rest of the week, I poured myself into his rehabilitation – PEMF sessions several times a day for the severe neuropathy, freshly juiced veggies/fruits, supplements several times a day, etc. By the end of the week, he walked to the bathroom by himself and shaved.
At that point, while I still continued to care for c.b., that care no longer required every bit of my energy and time. So, I turned my attention to our dire finances. I had spent every penny of our meager savings over the last month on treatments for him, and we had had no income for over a month from either of our businesses. My husband, though he wants to work, really, needs to rest for the next few months. My income is all we have going forward. (Residential & commercial painting company and real estate). A dear friend set up a crowdfunding request and the donations there covered our mortgage and utilities for August (thank you!!!)
I have been moved to pay it forward – without those precious women’s timely help, I would be a widow now. So, I have been helping others in my community with COVID – bringing them hard to find medications and supplements (Ivermectin, etc), nebulizers, oxygen machines, and also have been advocating for people in hospitals to try to get them the proper care. In addition to several people in my community I have helped at home so far, I know I’ve played a role in saving the lives of at least two people who were headed down the mostly one-way road of ventilators and dialysis.
This is costing me money and time every week – I’m coming out of pocket to help people and to buy more equipment and supplements to loan out, but the personal reward of saving people makes it more than worth it. If I had more financial resources, I could help people who can’t afford in-home IV treatments (about $500 each) and I could buy more supplements and medications to have on hand for people in need.
I’ve been so frustrated with seeing the huge need but being limited by my own finances in what I can do. And so I had the idea of a crowdfunding campaign. The funds raised will go 100% towards items that will help those in the Central Texas community with COVID care and recovery. My time will continue to be given on a volunteer basis (i.e., I will not use any of the funds to pay for my time).
If the Lord leads, you can donate here:
https://givesendgo.com/covidcare
If you would like to help my family’s finances, we would be grateful for real estate referrals or residential/commercial paint referrals. (Though my real estate specialties are probate and raw land development, I can help any buyer or seller – a ‘regular’ listing is a piece of cake compared to the challenges with probate that I’m accustomed to navigating.)