The Good Stuff: 99 days of Heaven 53-year-old Terry Roberson smiles with Willis Knighton registered nurse Erin McDaniel. (Source: Willis Knighton Hospital) By Doug Warner | January 28, 2021 at 3:01 PM CST - Updated January 28 at 3:01 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Tyler Norris, 7, never met Terry Roberson of Haughton, but he did hear about him during church.
“In church they said, ‘I want you to pray for Terry Roberson because he has COVID,’” explained Tyler, holding a small box with the words ‘Prayer Box’ written on the outside.
“Tyler grabbed the box,” his mother Nancy explained.
“He said, ‘I want to put him in my prayer box’.”
Man who spent 99 days in the hospital with COVID-19 dies shortly after release Terry Roberson leaves Willis-Knighton Medical Center. (Source: Willis-Knighton Health System) By Alex Onken | January 19, 2021 at 8:59 AM CST - Updated January 19 at 8:07 PM
According to a Facebook post made by Terry Roberson’s daughter, he died on the morning of Monday, Jan. 18.
We have prayed endlessly for my dad to be healed and he finally is! Early this morning he was called to his heavenly.Posted by Alli Roberson on Monday, January 18, 2021
Health officials say Roberson was diagnosed Oct. 1, 2020 and spent a total of 99 days in the hospital, 73 of which were on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine.
COVID-19 patient released from Willis-Knighton after 99 days in hospital Terry Roberson leaves Willis-Knighton Medical Center. (Source: Willis-Knighton Health System) By Daffney Dawson | January 9, 2021 at 8:27 PM CST - Updated January 9 at 10:54 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - After spending months in the hospital, a COVID-19 patient has finally left the Willis-Knighton Medical Center.
Terry Roberson, of Haughton, has spent the last 99 days in COVID ICU, followed by 73 days in the critical care unit on an ECMO machine.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used in critical situations to help the heart and lungs heal. It pumps and supplies oxygen to the patient’s blood from outside his or her body.