Carl Sagan Institute

So, I’m being tested for #COVID19. I was turned away on Friday, but now my asthma has dramatically worsened. I don’t meet the typical testing criteria here (extremely severe symptoms or close contact with a positive case), but I qualified because of my history of severe asthma.

For severe asthma I am typically prescribed prednisone, but if this is #COVID19 I can’t take it because it suppresses the immune system. I am really really hoping this is just a particularly nasty upper respiratory infection with awful timing, but we won’t know for several days.

I won’t lie, this is scary for me. I’ve been rushed to the ER twice for bad upper respiratory infections before, and although I’m now on better medication and everything has been much better, I don’t know what’s happening to me right now. This rapid breathing decline is new.