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A young teenage boy from Dublin has spoken about his terrifying experience at Mater Hospital after contracting the murderer COVID-19 and has begged other young men to pay attention and to stay at the doors.
Brandon Fay, from the northern inner city, bounced back fortunately, but was not always so sure to come out the other side, admitting that he thought he would die alone in isolation.
The 17-year-old described the brutal symptoms that brought him to the hospital 30 minutes after being examined during a routine checkup.
He told Dublin Live: “I don’t know how I got it and I don’t think half the people who have it or knew it know where they got it from. It’s a virus, you can’t see it.”
“I got my first symptoms on Wednesday, March 25 and went for a regular routine check-up at the hospital on the 26th.
“I had a cough and was short of breath, but I thought it was my asthma at work. I thought it was pollen in the air, but my consultant heard me cough and had me checked by a nurse. My blood pressure and oxygen levels were high and in 30 minutes they isolated me in a room.
“I couldn’t eat, I lost my appetite, it was hard for me to breathe and I was short of breath. However, I wasn’t in the ICU, so I didn’t have any special machinery.
“I spent three days alone and another three days in a room with two other men who also had COVID-19. I was extremely nervous, I felt isolated from the world since nobody could come to visit or see me.”
Brandon said the Mater Hospital staff was “phenomenal.”
He continued: “The only people who could come were nurses and doctors, it was a terrifying experience. But the Mater Hospital staff treated me like one of their own children and comforted me when I needed them the most.”
“They are phenomenal and the work they are doing is just amazing. In my opinion in 2021, drop the Grammy and IFTA Awards and every award show you can think of and reward all the front-line staff.”
Within a couple of days, Brandon was released from the hospital with health care personnel able to monitor him while he continued to isolate himself at home.
“After my few days in the hospital, I was discharged because I had my own room and bathroom to isolate myself and they gave me a pulse oximeter that connected to my mobile phone via Bluetooth.
“This allowed me to monitor my heart rate and oxygen levels, which would send the results directly to the hospital to monitor me.”
Dark thoughts continued to run through Brandon’s head during the time he was in the hospital as he battled the terrifying virus.
He added: “When I first entered the hospital, all sorts of things went through my head. I thought about death, I thought I would die alone with no one by my side. But, I was one of the lucky patients, I got over that.
“I thought as a teenager I was untouchable that I would never get the virus, I thought I would never knock on my door.”
“For teenagers who have sleepovers, ride bicycles in groups, go to the beaches and get together, ask yourself, is it worth it?
“Is the virus worth spreading? You may be able to fight it, but the people you catch it with like your grandparents or parents, will they?
“Is it worth losing the life of a person for the fact that you are on the street or avoid the established rules? No.”
Brandon also asks other young people to use social media in a positive way during this pandemic.
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“It is time to use Snapchat and Facebook correctly and use them to socialize with our friends through FaceTime, WhatsApp and other applications. Do not go out and put your family at risk because if I am 17 years old and I can get the virus, you are vulnerable too . “
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