Saint Thomas ICU nurse dies from COVID-19, With no pre-existing health conditions.

[Robert59]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Saint Thomas ICU nurse has died from COVID-19.

Gary Woodward was the ICU team leader at Ascension Saint Thomas West Hospital. With no pre-existing health conditions, Woodward's time in critical care and on a ventilator for the virus was his first time as an overnight patient, according to his family.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/st-thomas-icu-nurse-dies-from-covid-19

 

[Aunt Marg]

My heart goes out to Mr. Woodward's family.

The sobering reality, we're going to see a whole lot more death and carnage related to Covid.

 

[Robert59]

This nurse was 64. I just wonder if age might be the cause of his death?

 

[Aunt Marg]

This nurse was in his 50's. I just wonder if age might be the cause of his death?

I was giving through to that, Robert.

One possibility, Mr. Woodward, had pneumonia in the past, reducing his lung function and capacity.

 

[MarciKS]

Not necessarily. I think this virus has gone beyond age prejudice. I feel like this thing is on a shopping spree and it's running down the store aisles grabbing what it can.

 

[MarciKS]

Most of the COVID deaths we're seeing at the hospital are patients who are in their 80s and 90s that didn't survive the ventilator.

 

[StarSong]

I was giving through to that, Robert.

One possibility, Mr. Woodward, had pneumonia in the past, reducing his lung function and capacity.

What makes you think that he had pneumonia in the past? I didn't see that in the linked report or its source article.

BTW, he and his wife just celebrated their 45th anniversary. He was 64 according to the obituary.
https://www.radio.com/news/nurse-dies-from-covid-19-at-same-hospital-where-he-worked

 

[Remy]

Very sad and not the only health care worker who has died. I wonder if they were over worked. Working overtime at a very hard job, They became run down and the virus took over.

 

[Aunt Marg]

What makes you think that he had pneumonia in the past? I didn't see that in the linked report or its source article.

BTW, he and his wife just celebrated their 45th anniversary. He was 64 according to the obituary.
https://www.radio.com/news/nurse-dies-from-covid-19-at-same-hospital-where-he-worked

Why so touchy, Star?

Did you miss my point and the wording in my reply quote to Robert, "one possibility"?

I didn't affirmatively state that Mr. Woodward, had pneumonia, I simply suggested that he may have had an underlying health issue outside that of typical health woes among older people, hence my wording, "one possibility".

Possibility: a thing that may happen or be the case, the state or fact of being likely or possible.

 

[Tish]

So very very sad, my condolences to the family.

 

[StarSong]

Why so touchy, Star?

Did you miss my point and the wording in my reply quote to Robert, "one possibility"?

I didn't affirmatively state that Mr. Woodward, had pneumonia, I simply suggested that he may have had an underlying health issue outside that of typical health woes among older people, hence my wording, "one possibility".

Possibility: a thing that may happen or be the case, the state or fact of being likely or possible.

Sorry, I must have misunderstood your original meaning.

I though you were saying that he had, in fact, previously had pneumonia and his severe Covid illness could have been due to lung damage from that pneumonia.

I didn't realize that you were speculating that maybe sometime earlier in his life he might have had pneumonia and that it might possibly have affected him with Covid.

I wasn't being touchy, was just trying to keep the facts straight and learn. (I had pneumonia some years back and hadn't previously heard that it could be an underlying condition making one more susceptible to severe Covid. You could see how, if true, this would be concerning to me.)

 

[Aunt Marg]

Sorry, I must have misunderstood your original meaning.

I though you were saying that he had, in fact, previously had pneumonia and his severe Covid illness could have been due to lung damage from that pneumonia.

I didn't realize that you were speculating that maybe sometime earlier in his life he might have had pneumonia and that it might possibly have affected him with Covid.

I wasn't being touchy, was just trying to keep the facts straight and learn. (I had pneumonia some years back and hadn't previously heard that it could be an underlying condition making one more susceptible to severe Covid. You could see how, if true, this would be concerning to me.)

No apology necessary.

It's my understanding that each bought of pneumonia permanently damages a persons lungs by 25%, and by age 20-25, our lungs have matured, however, after around the age of 35, it is normal for ones lung function to decline gradually with age.

Turning back the hands of time for a moment, as a young child I don't ever recall feeling like I went through bouts where I struggled to breathe whenever I'd get sick with a common cold and stuffed-up, but over the past 10 years there have been times where I have awoken in the middle of the night in a panic, because I just wasn't getting the oxygen needed, so while I have never suffered a case of pneumonia, it just goes to show how even perfectly healthy people with full lung function could struggle to breathe when stricken with the Covid virus.