Richburg (NY) woman survives COVID-19: ‘We had gotten ready to say goodbye’

[jmyrlefuller]

An inspiring story:

http://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/local/richburg-woman-survives-covid-19-we-had-gotten-ready-to-say-goodbye/article_554b4bd4-bbe4-5fa3-98a7-1b156226955f.html

by Cindy Wagner
April 25, 2020

Lene Jones was “at the brink.”

At 66, with the underlying health conditions of diabetes and COPD, she was lying in a Rochester General Hospital bed on a ventilator. A doctor told family members the outlook was “grim.”

But after 10 days on the ventilator and being given only a 20% chance of survival, Jones, a Richburg resident, is now in the Cuba Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility — well on her way to recovery.

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[libertybele]

An inspiring story:

http://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/local/richburg-woman-survives-covid-19-we-had-gotten-ready-to-say-goodbye/article_554b4bd4-bbe4-5fa3-98a7-1b156226955f.html

by Cindy Wagner
April 25, 2020

Lene Jones was “at the brink.”

At 66, with the underlying health conditions of diabetes and COPD, she was lying in a Rochester General Hospital bed on a ventilator. A doctor told family members the outlook was “grim.”

But after 10 days on the ventilator and being given only a 20% chance of survival, Jones, a Richburg resident, is now in the Cuba Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility — well on her way to recovery.

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Great news.  We need to read of more stories like this!

[jmyrlefuller]

Great news.  We need to read of more stories like this!

One thing that can give some hope is that even if you are older or high-risk, even if you are diagnosed as COVID+ you still have an 80% chance or more of surviving. It's not a death sentence and I hope stories like this can give some of our elders hope.

[Smokin Joe]

One thing that can give some hope is that even if you are older or high-risk, even if you are diagnosed as COVID+ you still have an 80% chance or more of surviving. It's not a death sentence and I hope stories like this can give some of our elders hope.

Me too...and dispell some of the panic.

I am sure there are still people with the image of the chinese guy walking down the sidewalk and going face down in their heads, fearful they will die in their tracks (just like some accounts of the Black Death).

Yes, this kills people, but it is neither guaranteed to infect one, nor is it necessarily a death sentence.