VIDEO: Sharon W’s husband leaves the hospital — 40 Comments
Sharon, Doug, and Neo
Thank you for sharing this wonderful moment.
Congratulations! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
And it’s kind of nice to know what some of our community actually looks like!
— without apples, that is — 😉
Bravo!! What a wonderful moment. Hard to put into words how really incredible this is. A brave and loving couple who have beat this ghastly virus. Bravo again!
Wonderful
Beautiful !! Teared me up !
Congratulations Doug and Sharon.
Keep your faith in the power of prayer!
That is a Victory and it causes tears and lumps in my throat to see them leave the hospital with all of the appreciation of the staff and Sharon, blessings for continued good health and healing. Thank you for sharing.
I can’t stop grinning. What a beautiful couple!
Congratulations and best of health!
Well, that brought tears. Sharon W, Doug and Neo, thank you so much for letting our little online community share in such a wonderful moment.
Wow. Just plain WOW.
Congratulations!
Only made it 30 seconds in or so and couldn’t finish it. Kept getting blurry. Dust in my eyes or something…
HUZZAH!
If I understand correctly, this video shows the first moment Sharon W. was able to see her husband since he was hospitalized. What a wonderful reunion!
My brother lives in Northridge, and I take the shuttle from LAX to Van Nuys when I visit. Good to know there is such a dedicated hospital staff nearby. This was a victory for them, too, as the video demonstrates.
BRAVO!!!!!
Kate:
I believe that’s correct.
What a wonderful moment. All our best wishes to Doug and Sharon.
And Kleenex was already in short supply. Mazel tov!
Congratulations are in order. Survival is a blessing.
YAY!!!!
Thanks to all three of you for sharing! A great moment.
Fantastic! Thank you, Sharon and Doug, and neo.
Just wonderful! Thankful for this answer to many prayers! Pretty awesome to see the way the staff celebrates! Thanks for posting this!
Lovely. God has blessed us mightily.
Seems like a good place to leave this other success story.
Leigh-Manuell’s son Gary says it was touch and go.
“The survival rate at 101 years old when you contract the disease… I didn’t think she had a chance,” he said.
Not only did Leigh-Manuell conquer COVID-19, she survived the Spanish flu the year she was born.
“1918. December 31st, 1918,” she said.
…
Leigh-Manuell had been eating out at restaurants three times a week until the virus hit. She says she feels fine now, however.
So was there a secret to her recovery?
“She loves any junk food. But her Oreo cookies, primarily vanilla or golden Oreos, are her favorite,” said her son.
Doesn’t tell anything specific about her illness or treatments, but I’m game for using Oreos as prophylactic meds.
Just don’t drink the bleach.
Thank you for sharing the images of such a moving moment.
The faces were masked, but the eyes spoke eloquently.
God blessed your union one more time.
This is really a special hospital, I would say: I never saw such a thing.
Sharon, Doug, and Neo!! Thank you for letting us share your wonderful VICTORY!! From tears to cheers—what a great joy!!
Tears. And happiness.
Thanks for the gift of sharing
Prayers answered…appreciation for sharing this victory.
Wonderful! Brought tears of joy to my eyes. Now on to a long and healthy life together.
I’ve never met either of you, and yet I was terribly worried, and then relieved. I’m trying to imagine a tiny fraction of how worried you were, and then how ecstatic, after that long anxious separation! Blessings on you both.
Another story of hope has emerged here in my county. A multi generational family – a husband and wife in their 60s with her father and mother in their 90s lived together. The wife caught the virus in early March. They had no idea she had COVID-19. She had a high fever for over a week, then began having breathing problems. She went to the ER and they diagnosed her as a bad case of flu. She worsened and they finally tested for the virus. She was positive. Her husband and parents were ordered to quarantine themselves and were tested soon after. They all tested positive. Soon the wife’s father had to be sent to the hospital and the wife had to be put on a ventilator. The son-in-law was in agony. His wife was on a ventilator an now his father-in-law was in ICU. He took care of himself and his mother-in-law as best he could. Their children and neighbors helped in whatever ways they could. They soldiered on.
After his wife had been on the ventilator for 16 days, the hospital asked if the family would accept the idea of taking her off the ventilator. The husband, who was a retired EMT, asked to see her once more. The hospital agreed. All kinds of precautions were taken as he went to his wife’s bedside. There he asked her some questions and saw very slight movements that indicated she heard him. He told the hospital that he believed his wife was still in there and to give it a few more days. They did. A day later she began to move on her own and could respond with finger movements to questions. After 22 days on a ventilator she was well enough to be taken off. In the meantime her father had recovered enough to be released from the hospital. Yesterday, after 42 days in the hospital, she came home.
What a story! A 60 something year old couple and a 90 something year old couple have all survived the COVID-19 illness after going through the valley of death and back again. Stories like Doug and Sharon’s and these four people all give us hope and courage in the fight against this pandemic.
It also makes us ponder why the virus is so bad for some and not for others.
Great to see a victory! Congrats Sharon!
J.J.
Wow. What a story. Especially about the wife and the ventilator.
Thanks be to the Holy One, Blessed be His Name!
Congratulation on a wonderful recovery. It’s great to see … now that I have a system I can actually see it on.
And that, only gives special force to what Sharon had previously said regarding the unpredictable nature of the effects of the virus. For, in looking at her spouse sitting there in the chair, he shows no obvious sign of having any preexisting conditions, be they diagnosed or not. He’s about as fit and youthful looking as any normal man of his approximate age might be.
Kind of gives you pause to think.
How wonderful to see that video! Thanks for sharing with us (Sharon and Neo).
J.J.–Thank you for sharing that story. I can’t even imagine 22 days on the ventilator and recovery for all 4. Wow. What a blessing.
“It also makes us ponder why the virus is so bad for some and not for others.” J. J.
The research group asked twins participating in another study to upload their symptoms to an app that tracks the illness.
The team took into account whether the twins lived in the same household as well as whether they had contact with one other, the report said.
Researchers determined genes were 50 percent responsible for whether participants suffered symptoms such as fever, diarrhea and delirium — as well as the loss of taste and smell.
“This disease is very weird, the way it has a very different presentation in the population in different people — what we are showing is that isn’t random,” Spector told the Guardian. “It is not mainly due to where you live or who you have seen; a lot of it is something innate about you.
[G]enetic researcher Sharon Moalem, MD … spent years working with patients at both ends of the human life span — from babies in the neonatal intensive care unit to seniors grappling with Alzheimer’s. In both groups he noticed that his female patients were more resilient than males, better at fighting off infections and recovering from injuries.
Both of a female’s X chromosomes are present in all her cells. But within each cell, only one of the X’s calls the shots. Half of a woman’s cells are dominated by the X chromosome that came from her mother, half by the X contributed by her father.
“That genetic diversity is really valuable,” Moalem explained. “One of the immune system’s most important weapons is the ability to recognize a virus. Well, genes on the X chromosome are involved in viral recognition. Right away, women have two different populations of immune cells that are best at spotting invaders.
The cowboys of the Old West would just say, “That bullet didn’t have your name on it.”
Renewed prayers and wishes that Sharon W’s Doug is progressing well.
Just wanted to check back one last time 🙂 🙂 🙂
Here in the world, it feels like Spring. Kids are illegally playing with other kids. Young adults are making plans and starting to act. I see groups that cannot conceivably be families standing close without masks, talking to each other calmly. I think the Fear is subsiding. If this was a Valley of Fear, Welcome To All, here on the other side…
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Sharon, Doug, and Neo
Thank you for sharing this wonderful moment.
Congratulations! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
And it’s kind of nice to know what some of our community actually looks like!
— without apples, that is — 😉
Bravo!! What a wonderful moment. Hard to put into words how really incredible this is. A brave and loving couple who have beat this ghastly virus. Bravo again!
Wonderful
Beautiful !! Teared me up !
Congratulations Doug and Sharon.
Keep your faith in the power of prayer!
That is a Victory and it causes tears and lumps in my throat to see them leave the hospital with all of the appreciation of the staff and Sharon, blessings for continued good health and healing. Thank you for sharing.
I can’t stop grinning. What a beautiful couple!
Congratulations and best of health!
Well, that brought tears. Sharon W, Doug and Neo, thank you so much for letting our little online community share in such a wonderful moment.
Wow. Just plain WOW.
Congratulations!
Only made it 30 seconds in or so and couldn’t finish it. Kept getting blurry. Dust in my eyes or something…
HUZZAH!
If I understand correctly, this video shows the first moment Sharon W. was able to see her husband since he was hospitalized. What a wonderful reunion!
My brother lives in Northridge, and I take the shuttle from LAX to Van Nuys when I visit. Good to know there is such a dedicated hospital staff nearby. This was a victory for them, too, as the video demonstrates.
BRAVO!!!!!
Kate:
I believe that’s correct.
What a wonderful moment. All our best wishes to Doug and Sharon.
And Kleenex was already in short supply. Mazel tov!
Congratulations are in order. Survival is a blessing.
YAY!!!!
Thanks to all three of you for sharing! A great moment.
Fantastic! Thank you, Sharon and Doug, and neo.
Just wonderful! Thankful for this answer to many prayers! Pretty awesome to see the way the staff celebrates! Thanks for posting this!
Lovely. God has blessed us mightily.
Seems like a good place to leave this other success story.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/04/28/101-year-old-survives-coronavirus/
Doesn’t tell anything specific about her illness or treatments, but I’m game for using Oreos as prophylactic meds.
Just don’t drink the bleach.
Thank you for sharing the images of such a moving moment.
The faces were masked, but the eyes spoke eloquently.
God blessed your union one more time.
This is really a special hospital, I would say: I never saw such a thing.
Sharon, Doug, and Neo!! Thank you for letting us share your wonderful VICTORY!! From tears to cheers—what a great joy!!
Tears. And happiness.
Thanks for the gift of sharing
Prayers answered…appreciation for sharing this victory.
Wonderful! Brought tears of joy to my eyes. Now on to a long and healthy life together.
I’ve never met either of you, and yet I was terribly worried, and then relieved. I’m trying to imagine a tiny fraction of how worried you were, and then how ecstatic, after that long anxious separation! Blessings on you both.
Another story of hope has emerged here in my county. A multi generational family – a husband and wife in their 60s with her father and mother in their 90s lived together. The wife caught the virus in early March. They had no idea she had COVID-19. She had a high fever for over a week, then began having breathing problems. She went to the ER and they diagnosed her as a bad case of flu. She worsened and they finally tested for the virus. She was positive. Her husband and parents were ordered to quarantine themselves and were tested soon after. They all tested positive. Soon the wife’s father had to be sent to the hospital and the wife had to be put on a ventilator. The son-in-law was in agony. His wife was on a ventilator an now his father-in-law was in ICU. He took care of himself and his mother-in-law as best he could. Their children and neighbors helped in whatever ways they could. They soldiered on.
After his wife had been on the ventilator for 16 days, the hospital asked if the family would accept the idea of taking her off the ventilator. The husband, who was a retired EMT, asked to see her once more. The hospital agreed. All kinds of precautions were taken as he went to his wife’s bedside. There he asked her some questions and saw very slight movements that indicated she heard him. He told the hospital that he believed his wife was still in there and to give it a few more days. They did. A day later she began to move on her own and could respond with finger movements to questions. After 22 days on a ventilator she was well enough to be taken off. In the meantime her father had recovered enough to be released from the hospital. Yesterday, after 42 days in the hospital, she came home.
What a story! A 60 something year old couple and a 90 something year old couple have all survived the COVID-19 illness after going through the valley of death and back again. Stories like Doug and Sharon’s and these four people all give us hope and courage in the fight against this pandemic.
It also makes us ponder why the virus is so bad for some and not for others.
Great to see a victory! Congrats Sharon!
J.J.
Wow. What a story. Especially about the wife and the ventilator.
Thanks be to the Holy One, Blessed be His Name!
Congratulation on a wonderful recovery. It’s great to see … now that I have a system I can actually see it on.
And that, only gives special force to what Sharon had previously said regarding the unpredictable nature of the effects of the virus. For, in looking at her spouse sitting there in the chair, he shows no obvious sign of having any preexisting conditions, be they diagnosed or not. He’s about as fit and youthful looking as any normal man of his approximate age might be.
Kind of gives you pause to think.
How wonderful to see that video! Thanks for sharing with us (Sharon and Neo).
J.J.–Thank you for sharing that story. I can’t even imagine 22 days on the ventilator and recovery for all 4. Wow. What a blessing.
“It also makes us ponder why the virus is so bad for some and not for others.” J. J.
There are some ideas about genetics being involved; I’m sure that will be studied.
https://nypost.com/2020/04/27/study-of-twins-reveals-genetic-impact-on-coronavus-symptoms/
https://libertyunyielding.com/2020/04/04/biology-why-women-are-faring-better-than-men-against-the-coronavirus/
The cowboys of the Old West would just say, “That bullet didn’t have your name on it.”
Renewed prayers and wishes that Sharon W’s Doug is progressing well.
Just wanted to check back one last time 🙂 🙂 🙂
Here in the world, it feels like Spring. Kids are illegally playing with other kids. Young adults are making plans and starting to act. I see groups that cannot conceivably be families standing close without masks, talking to each other calmly. I think the Fear is subsiding. If this was a Valley of Fear, Welcome To All, here on the other side…