Michelle Recanati, 47, a medical worker from Oelwein, Iowa, died of COVID-19
She contracted disease along with her brother and identical twin sister, Cynthia
Cynthia and Phil Recanati, 50, had mild cases yet Michelle s illness was severe
Like Michelle, Cynthia is medical worker at MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Cynthia said for months family maintained social distancing during pandemic
In October, however, they let guard down and went to parties with no masks
Cynthia said she has survivor s guilt after getting over mild case of COVID-19
Michelle suffered lung failure as well as a stroke and brain damage
Michelle s son decided to remove his mother from life support on December 7
‘cold symptoms’, a headache, and
‘very fatigued and tired’ eyes.
At the same time Cynthia came down with COVID, her sister, Michele and their brother
Phil also contracted the virus.
Pictured,Michele & Cynthia Racanati Iowa twin sisters who contracted COVID-19.
‘….she’d go back and do it over again’
Told Cynthia,
‘She was actually texting me, so I didn’t realize how bad she was doing ’til I got home, and she kept on saying how hard it was to breathe.’
Cynthia took her sister to the ER when her condition worsened.
‘She said that when she was sick that if she’d go back and do it over again, she wouldn’t have gone to like birthday parties and the Halloween celebrations and things that we had done,’ she said.