Take This Seriously Folks
I'm sharing an email from somebody I worked with. This thing is real.
"Last Friday my sister called me to tell me that she had Coronavirus. The following day, my bother-in-law exhibited symptoms and on Sunday, my nephew did as well. They live in Michigan in Ypsilanti Township, between Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor. They did not know how they contracted it but perhaps it was on a trip to Costco, and, once one was infected, the others followed. Their doctor told my sister and BIL to go to emergency on Sunday. They did chest x-rays and put them both on an IV. They ended up admitting my sister, who had viral pneumonia, and put her on oxygen which helped her breathing tremendously. They sent my BIL home. My sister was making some progress, but my brother-in-law’s symptoms got rapidly worse and he went back to ER on Tuesday night. Another part of the story is that he had been treated for prostate cancer with an experimental drug and had to be catheterized and developed a UTI, so when he got sick, he already had a low grade fever from that. So he was admitted and went directly to ICU where he was put on a ventilator. His condition deteriorated and his ventilator was on max level by Thursday, with the doctor saying it was touch and go. Friday afternoon we were told he had gone into renal failure and was dying. I looked it up, and in Italy there have been numerous studies of Coronavirus patients whose kidneys were attacked in a large percentage of cases.
He passed away at 1:17 am last night. By this time my nephew was also hospitalized. They allowed my sister and nephew to sit with him after they had removed the ventilator, and my niece and her family called in on facetime and they all had 3 hours of prayer and the opportunity to tell him what a difference he had made in their lives. I don’t know if he was conscious by this time or not, but at least they were present.
Needless to say we are devastated. The virus attacked so fast. Xxxx was a great guy, he and my sister had been married 38 years and leave two children and 5 grandchildren with one more on the way. The grandkids were his pride and joy, he loved playing piggy back and hide and seek, and there was always laughter in the house when they were around. I am praying that my sister Xxxxxx and nephew Xxxxxx are able to battle this and come home. My nephew is young, my sister is 69. While she was improving, the doctor told her that her stay at the hospital was not going to be days, but weeks, because sometimes the virus seems to be under control and then it flares up again, so they don’t want to send anyone home too soon.
I hear in Florida folks may not be taking this as seriously as in other places. It may help if you relate this story."
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