Beach Cities Health District Trustee Poster urges caution after she, husband, 93-year-old dad get COVID-19
David Poster, 93, of Redondo Beach, attributes his quick recovery from COVID-19 to breathing exercises he had been doing to recover from seven broken ribs. Photo courtesy of Vanessa Poster Vanessa Poster, who was recently elected to her sixth four-year term on the Beach Cities Health District board, has been meticulous about avoiding COVID-19. Her father David, who is 93, lives with her and her husband Johnny in Redondo Beach. “We’ve been in a bubble,” Poster said over the phone, several days after contracting the novel coronavirus. “But our bubble contains caregivers.” One of her father’s caregivers became infected after contact with someone who had attended a Halloween party where people weren’t wearing masks. When Poster heard about the caregiver testing positive for COVID-19, she began monitoring her father’s oxygen levels with an oximeter purchased for $20 on Amazon. When the levels dropped, she called his doctor. “My dad was like I’m fine, I don’t want to go to the hospital, I’m fine,” Poster said. “The doctor said, bring him to the emergency room right now. That’s probably why a lot of people are dying, because they feel fine, and then their oxygen drops.” Her father was…
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