Yep, I was freed before going to the ER, probably shouldn't have, but I also took the time to take a shower so I was all-over clean as well. I was so sick that I could barely stand up and it took me much longer than usual to shower. My heart rate had climbed to over 90 and my O2 had dropped to 90. I was breathing like I'd just run a marathon, dizzy and feeling like I was going to puke.
I thought I had Covid...the ER thought so too- it was maybe three minutes and they had me in a negative-pressure room. Nobody looked at my junk. Nose swabs, urine sample, blood (oh, they took *lots* of blood), I had lines running into both arms and all kinds of IV bags hung up. Contrary to FarceBook idiots, they did NOT do a Covid test right off, they tested for flu and the urine sample and who knows what else...and it was *after* they diagnosed the UTI they asked if I wanted a Covid test too, which I declined because I was confident that they had it right.
But, there were never any questions as to how I might have gotten a UTI. Frankly, I'm still mystified myself.