{"id":25628,"date":"2020-03-30T20:52:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=25628"},"modified":"2020-03-30T20:52:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:52:57","slug":"my-covid-19-survival-story-osowodi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=25628","title":{"rendered":"My COVID-19 survival story – Osowodi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hours after been discharged from the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital, Lagos, an exemplary and brave COVID-19 survivor has taken to Twitter to tell her story.
\nOluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, one of the five discharged on Monday, tells her story:
\nLife finds ways of throwing LEMON at me. I\u2019ve struggled w\/ coming forward, but I want to inspire hope.<\/strong><\/em>
\nI returned to Nigeria from the UK post-Commonwealth event (I totally enjoyed) & fell ill. As a responsible person, I self-isolated.<\/strong><\/em>
\nDays after, I TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.<\/strong><\/em>
\nLife finds ways of throwing LEMON at me. I\u2019ve struggled w\/ coming forward, but I want to inspire hope. I returned to Nigeria from the UK post-Commonwealth event (I totally enjoyed) & fell ill. As a responsible person, I self-isolated. Days after, I TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.<\/strong><\/em>
\nBefore returning, I had planned several interviews, I was scheduled to start a fantastic consultancy job & was also expecting to sign a contract worth millions. I lost them all!!! I had to self-isolate and also inform people I came in close contact with to get tested.\u00a0#COVID19<\/strong><\/em>
\nMy friend & I kept calling\u00a0@NCDCgov\u00a0to get tested? What if we didn\u2019t persist? No info on my test result. At 12am, an ambulance was at my house. I woke from sleep & was crying. I got to isolation center, but no one was there to receive me. I waited in the ambulance for TWO HOURS.<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe nurses eventually came out & treated me like a plague. I sat in the ambulance feeling rejected. No questions about how I felt. So many questions about my travel history. Same information I had provided to NCDC & Lagos State Government during profiling. Lack of data sharing!<\/strong><\/em>
\nAfter two hours, I was taken to my space. I felt lonely, bored & disconnected from the outside world. Few days after, another patient came in. We bonded. Days later, patients trooped in. \u201cAre people observing self-isolation & social distancing?\u201d I was so scared for Nigeria.<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe next days were tough. No appetite. The nausea, vomit & stooling was unbearable. I\u2019m a blood type A &\u00a0#COVID19\u00a0dealt w\/ me. I\u2019ll share daily symptoms & recovery process in a video tomorrow.\u00a0I thought I was going to die & contemplated a succession plan for\u00a0@StandtoEndRape<\/strong><\/em>
\n.I was on drugs daily. Sometimes, I\u2018d take 8 tablets in the morning, 13 tablets in the afternoon, 10 at night. My system threw everything out! Water, food, soap & all disgusted me. But I\u2019d look at the wall & force myself to stay hydrated \u2014 drank ORS. I FOUGHT TO LIVE! I FOUGHT!!<\/strong><\/em>
\nDays after, the Doctors shared a goodnews that I tested negative. I shared this news w\/ family & friends! My blood sample was taken & I also tried to donate my plasmapheresis to help others. I hoped to be discharged. I waited to be discharged, but for two days, nothing happened.<\/strong><\/em>
\nI was unsure of what was going on. Why haven\u2019t I been discharged? Should I be in the same ward? Could I get reinfected? I was worried but remained calm. On the 3rd day, Doctors said, \u201cwell, we worked w\/ the info we had of you testing negative, but one result came back positive.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201c\u2026You\u2019ll stay a few more days. You know we take nose, mouth & sputum samples.\u201d \u201cAm I still positive?\u201d I asked. \u201cNo, you\u2019re negative,\u201d the Doctor replied. The Doctor apologised for the delay. I was anxious to go home but remained calm. I wanted to be free from this pain.<\/strong><\/em>
\nI continued the medication and asked to be in a separate ward. Sadly, I remained in the same ward as all others rooms were full. My ward had people who were positive. What if I get re-infected? For them, I was a beacon of hope & they needed me gone to register the progress.<\/strong><\/em>
\nMy family & friends were becoming anxious. People in my ward who earlier celebrated the news of my result suddenly lost hope. \u201cWhy are you still here?\u201d \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be here with us. You should be separated from us now\u2026\u201d People in my ward muttered. I tried to calm them<\/strong><\/em>
\nToday, I am PROUD to inform you that I MURDERED COVID-19 & have tested NEGATIVE TWICE! I HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED!\u00a0I bless God for His mercies.\u00a0The nurses at IDH Yaba were fab. They deserve accolades for their hardwork. Thank you Governor\u00a0@jidesanwoolu\u00a0for coming to see me<\/strong><\/em>
\nThanks to\u00a0@ProfAkinAbayomi, the health team at IDH + Lagos State. The food was good!\u00a0Thanks to\u00a0@dondekojofor helping me get help. Thanks to my chat buddy,\u00a0@akintonmide. Thank you\u00a0@KelechiAFC\u00a0&\u00a0@lailajohnsonsal\u00a0for the mental & material support. They protected my identity!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hours after been discharged from the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital, Lagos, an exemplary and brave COVID-19 survivor has taken to Twitter to tell her story. Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, one of the five discharged on Monday, tells her story: Life finds ways of throwing LEMON at me. I\u2019ve struggled w\/ coming forward, but I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5777,5773,7],"tags":[1180,1381,1382],"class_list":["post-25628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-features","category-health","category-news","tag-covid-19","tag-osowodi","tag-survivor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}