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sinkingfeeling

(51,443 posts)
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 02:34 PM Jul 2021

My son has a 23 year old friend in Ukraine who was scheduled to come to the USA

at the end of April. She was notified she was positive for Covid when she took a PCR test to leave. She went into quarantine. Thought she was taking a cold around May 4. Was admitted to hospital the following week. She was on a ventilator and had two lung surgeries to remove tissue, dead from the inflammation. She's still in the hospital, improving and doing PT. As of this week, she might get released from the hospital by July 19.

Yes, the treatment in Ukraine might not stack-up to that in the US, but she is only 23! I don't think she would have survived at all if not for her age. We will be bringing her to America as soon as she is cleared for travel. We don't know what the long term effects will be, but she lost half a lung. And she will be paying for her treatment for decades.

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My son has a 23 year old friend in Ukraine who was scheduled to come to the USA (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 OP
She sounds like she is in delicate health... please be aware of the Delta variant, it's everywhere. secondwind Jul 2021 #1
That's what she had. sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 #2

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
1. She sounds like she is in delicate health... please be aware of the Delta variant, it's everywhere.
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 02:42 PM
Jul 2021

Just my two cents...

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