Michigan Woman Loses Entire Family To Coronavirus As Husband And Only Son Die Within Days
According to a report by The New York Post citing the Detroit News, a Michigan woman lost her entire family to coronavirus as her husband and her only child died within days of each other.
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Sandy Brown of Grand Blanc found the strength to share her story with the news site although she’s suffering from indescribable grief after losing her husband and son, Freddie Lee Brown Jr. and Freddie Lee Brown III, in a span of three days.
Sandy said that her 59-year-old husband came down with symptoms mid March. Her husband, who had a kidney transplant, began having trouble breathing and was later admitted to Ascension Genesys Hospital. From there, he tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on a ventilator, which required he be put in a medically-induced coma, the report said. A few days later, Sandy received a call that his lung collapsed and to rushed to the hospital to be by his side. Although doctors urged her to not go into his hospital room, she insisted, and put on protective gear to say her final goodbyes to her husband. “I’m going in that room,” she reportedly told them.
“I’m going in that room,” she reportedly told them. “I don’t care what I have to do. I’ll sign whatever I need to sign,” The Post quotes.
As hard as that was to deal with, Sandy got even more frustrating news. The next day, her 20-year-old son, Freddie III, who had asthma, became sick with a fever and a cough, the outlet reported. Sandy brought him to the same hospital, where his health seemed to improve. However, later he began struggling to breathe, the report said.
Just three days after her husband’s death, Sandy got the same call from the hospital asking her how quickly she could get there, the outlet reported. From there, she learned that her son had also succumbed to the virus.
Sandy told the newspaper:
“In three days, I lost my husband and son to an ugly plague.” She added, “I watched my son go from completely well and whole and happy to being gone in three days.”
Sandy buried her husband and son on Good Friday, according to the site. The Friday service, which was livestreamed over Sandy’s Facebook page, 25 local people wearing masks walked, one by one, into the empty funeral home. After paying their last respects, they cleaned their hands with sanitizer. Brown watched the burial through a car window.
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