Mother, son share coronavirus battle in BrazilRecovered COVID-19 patient Ricardo Garroux, 57, shows a picture of him on his phone while he was in hospitalSAO PAULO - Last month, as the coronavirus pandemic exploded in Brazil, Ricardo Garroux rode with his mother in the ambulance that rushed her to the emergency room with a severe case of COVID-19. But it was a bittersweet escape: his 88-year-old mother was not so lucky. It shows hospital staff applauding him as he is wheeled down the corridor, tears in his eyes, to leave intensive care for a standard room. His mother, Alzira, who contracted the virus in the retirement home where she lived, died as Garroux recovered. Garroux says he now wants to donate his own blood plasma, which contains the precious antibodies that could help another patient survive.

Source: Bangkok Post June 05, 2020 16:07 UTC