She said some of their final words to them included, We told him we would all be fine, but we loved him very much and, that it was OK, we would all be OK. That s the hard part is, him being a statistic. With all the doubters out there that this disease is a hoax or fake or whatever, it is real. It s real tough and hit our family, said Ayala s son Sam.
He said just this past week they lost Louis Ayala s brother-in-law, his uncle, to COVID-19 and now their dad. When it s your own family member, that s what that s what really hurts, Sam Ayala said.