A Covid-19 Diary

This is a true story about Jack and Jill whose real names will not be used in this public diary due to potential repercussions that might come from their choices and their right to privacy concerning their medical information. Knowing that sooner or later they would get Covid-19, Jack and Jill had spent the entire pandemic preparing their immune system to fight disease by taking Vitamins D3, A, C, E, minerals zinc, and quercetin which are known to enhance the immune system. Early in the pandemic, Jack had ordered Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin through America's Frontline Doctors just in case it was needed. Ivermectin is still available from FLCCC.

Covid-19 Strikes

Day 1 (5/14/22) Jill woke up feeling a little under the weather with headache and body aches which got worse as the day continued. She used a home Covid-19 test (which had expired) to see if she had contracted the Rona. The test was positive. She developed a fever of 100.3oF, an uncomfortable throat, and nasal congestion. She started feeling pretty bad, so they went to the urgent care center to see if they could confirm the test and get drugs to treat the virus. The doctor said she would call in a prescription for Paxlovid, but the pharmacy did not receive the prescription.  Jill started her first dose of 18mg of Ivermectin at 5:25PM. The recommended dose is 18mg once a day with food for 5 days. At dinner she ate part of a burrito and took vitamins. Not long after dinner she felt nauseous and at 9:30PM she vomited. Almost immediately her fever broke and her temperature returned to near normal. That night and she slept well with the help of Nyquil. Jack started taking Hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic.

Day 2  The doctor finally called in the prescription around 5PM however, the pharmacy closed before it was filled. Jill felt better than the day before, but still felt achy and very tired all day. Her temperature remained below normal all day and her nasal/throat congestion continued. She took her second dose of Ivermectin at lunch.  Jack purchased some Povidone Iodine at CVS, diluted it to .9% and used it as nasal spray and gargle to lower nasal and throat viral loads. Jack felt fine all day.

Day 3 Jill continued to improve and Jack picked up the prescription of Paxlovid for Jill; however, Jill elected not to take Paxlovid because it is hard on the kidneys and it is under an emergency use authorization and therefore experimental. The improvement continued albeit she was still tired with nasal and throat congestion. Jack continued to take Hydroyxchloroquine, but started getting a headache and feeling body aches. Jack's temperature spikes to 99.8oF and nasal/throat congestion developed. Drat! Hydroxychloroquine failed to prevent the disease.

Day 4 Jill continued to improve and maintained her Ivermectin regime. Her nasal/throat congestion continued Jack felt very tired and achy all day but his temperature was normal and continued his Hydroxychloroquine regime.

Day 5 Jill continued to improve and her nasal/throat congestion disappeared before she took her last dose of Ivermectin. She felt better each day after her first dose but still had lingering fatigue with mild muscle ache in the back. Jack felt a little better and actually did a little gardening. His nasal/throat congestion developed into a cough that was rather persistent.  Nyquil allowed them both to sleep well.

Day 6 Jill woke up feeling fine but had mild sore back muscles and felt a bit tired mid day so she took a nap. Jack's cough improved and the nasal/throat congestionslowly subsided.

Day 7 Jill was pretty much back to normal. Jack had a mild lingering cough.

For Jack and Jill Covid-19 was no more than a cold. Ivermectin taken early seemed to eliminate progression of the disease and to allow the immune system to handle the virus. Hydroxychloroquine similarly lessened thesymptoms and made the disease quite tolerable. Both Jack and Jill believe that supporting the immune system lowers probability of serious disease and that earlytreatment with Ivermectin lessens the severity of disease.