Mental Health Help

In February and March of 2021, my husband was in the hospital with a bad reaction to aggressive chemo treatment for non-hodgkins lymphoma. It was also during the height of the covid pandemic. His white and red blood cells counts and his platelets counts were all dangerously low. He was in heart and kidney failure. Because of covid, hospitals were overcrowded. Hospital staff was spread thin, so he didn't get the attention he needed to make him comfortable. Also, hospital rules were strict. Visiting hours were from 10 am to 6 pm, and if you left the hospital, you couldn't get back in. Due to overcrowding, Tom was in an observation room for the entire three weeks he was here. There were no windows in his room or anywhere in the unit. From one day to the next, we didn't know if he would have to go on dialysis. His kidney function was very bad. He also contacted legionella somehow. The stress was overwhelming for me and because of covid restrictions, I had to cope with this completely on my own. When the Medicare coordinator made her monthly call to see how we were doing, I completely fell apart.
Within minutes, Dr. Zamani called me, asked some questions and put me on a mild medication to help me cope. I am still taking it today and it has helped me get through numerous crises with him since then.

Dr. Zamani also arranged for me to have counseling with a psychologist via telemed. I continued with the counseling until the beginning of this year. We were down to once every two months just to be sure everything was going smoothly.

I got covid on December 23 this year and he tested positive on December 27. We both took Paxlovid and we both had light cases. However, a few days later, Tom relapsed. He was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia on January 19. He's still here. Hopefully, he will be released to a skilled nursing home for rehab in the next few days.

Dr. Zamani helped me get to a place where it's not easy to get through this, but I can cope.