A man from North Texas hopes he shares his experience with COVID-19 encouraging others to take the virus seriously when he recovers from the hospital.
Andre Terry, a father and Dallas-based designer, is being treated at Irving’s Boiler Scott and White after testing positive for COVID-19 last Saturday. Terry said doctors have confirmed he also has pneumonia.
Terry said he did not initially show symptoms such as cough or fever, but he did experience fatigue.
He said, ‘I’m a fashion designer, so I worked from home.’ “Then I started to get really tired, literally had to stop in between projects, and ‘God, I had to fall.’
“I was too tired to get back in my car. I had to sit on the park bench and my car was in the parking lot. I had to sit there and I thought, ‘Something’s not good.’ “
Andre Terry, hospitalized in Irving with Covid-19
Terry said the purpose for the quick break was to turn to rest for hours at a time. Knowing “something” was wrong but didn’t know what it was, he said he got the COVID-19 test last Thursday.
“I was too tired to get back in my car. I had to sit on a park bench and my car was just in the parking lot. I had to sit there and I thought, ‘Something’s not good,’ “Terry said.
The test confirmed that he was COVID-19 positive on Saturday. Still, Terry said his symptoms were mild. He started to feel better by Monday, which is when he decided to go to the hospital.
He saw pain next to his body.
“At first I thought, ‘Maybe I’ve been sleeping for too long and sleeping on the wrong side.’ But then there was a slight cough here and there. When I took a deep breath, I almost felt like a cracked rib or something. “He said,” They did a little X-ray on my chest, told me I had a fever. Glad I came in, but it looks like they needed to keep me. I said ‘why?’ They said, ‘Your chest is full of pneumonia.’
Viruses, bacteria and fungi can all cause pneumonia, according to the CDC. In the United States, the most common causes of viral pneumonia are influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and SARS-CoV-2, the viruses that cause CoV-19.
“Who would have thought that would happen to me? I was not sick. I wasn’t around anyone who was sick. I was paying attention to the cough, ”Terry said.
He said Friday feels better than when he arrived at the hospital for the first time on Monday. However, she could not be sure when she would be able to go home.
“I’m all trying to be skilled and think, ‘This is nothing.’ As soon as I start moving around, I’m holding my breath. I’m still saying, ‘Oh, I’m overweight. I’ll be fine.’ They’re like, ‘No, when you’re talking you You’re breathing hard. ‘ ”He said.
He said he hopes people will take precautions, pay attention to any symptoms, and test to protect themselves and those around them.
“I want people to be aware of what I want to know,” he said. “It’s really important, I think even with this gathering, especially when you’re around your friends.”
This week, the Dallas-Fort Worth H Hospital Hospital Council noted that more than 2,400 patients are being treated at COVID-19 in North Texas hospitals.
* Map locations are approximately central locations for the city and not to show where the actual infected people live.
** The counties below count not only Colin, Dallas, Denton and Trent, but also 32 North Texas counties.
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