Mary Mariner had a heart attack, caused by COVID-19. My dad called 911, Mariner s daughter Stacy White explained. So within 48 hours of the onset of her symptoms, she was already in critical condition. Once they drive off in the ambulance and you think, I did the most I could do, Larry Mariner said. Then, Will I ever see her again?
Mary Mariner had profound heart failure caused by COVID-19, a rare condition that needed special help for her to have any chance to survive. That s when it was time to call Baylor, said White, a nurse at Baylor University Medical Center s lung transplant unit.