Thursday, April 23, 2020

He was on a ventilator, fighting for his life. A stranger sent reinforcements

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/22/opinions/coronavirus-plasma-donor/index.html


He received the plasma transfusion on the night of April 8. Grasping for anything that might help, doctors also gave him various drugs with long and complicated names: hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, tocilizumab. After getting a little worse, he began to get better. The toxins in his liver decreased. He began to need less oxygen. On Easter Sunday, April 12, the doctors brought him out of his coma to see if his body was strong enough to function on its own. Stacie and the kids got to see him on FaceTime. He was still groggy and delirious. One by one, they told him who they were.
 

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