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Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
So (1) covid-caused pneumonia really sucks and (2) the VA is incompetent. I spent Saturday in the ER at the DC VA. They did no tests other than a covid swab and then sent me home. On Tuesday, after feeling near death, I went to the Inova Fair Oaks Hospital ER where they took a chest x-ray, did blood work and put my on an IV with NaCl, Toradol and Zofran.
I still feel really bad, with a persistent cough, alternating chills and sweat, no appetite and constant dehydration, which make sleep hard since I wake up every 1-2 hours to piss.
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Hope you recover quickly.
I worked at the local VA about 1997-8 for a couple of shifts in the ER.
I'll never work there again nor will I go there as a patient. I know some people who have had a good experience
but from a professional viewpoint they don't meet the standards.