A bedside monitor screamed and grew faint as Lopez, infected with the coronavirus, lost consciousness.
Her heart and brain, deprived of oxygen, weakened. Cells in her blood vessels that maintain pressure began to die. Her kidneys slowed. She felt the room grow dark and quiet.
A nurse rushed in and hit a button on the wall. “Code Blue” sounded throughout the fifth-floor intensive care unit of Adventist Health Glendale medical center.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Specialists ran to Room 4506. They donned masks and face shields and tried to squeeze air into Lopez’s damaged lungs with a respiratory bag.
On her second day in the hospital, Blanca Lopez texted a selfie to her parents and children so they wouldn’t worry.
Mexico
Glendale-adventist-medical-center
California
United-states
Los-angeles-county
Los-angeles
Spain
Spanish
Mexicans
Leo-shum
Jim-lopez
Cathy-levenstein
i know. i slipped it in my underwr and it made me feel so dirty. i like that. and then when i got home i put it on the bed and rolled around in it. mmm. you are my daughter. hey, you ever sit in pudding? i don t know what that means. maybe you re not my daughter. but here s one. you ever you ever pour yourself a highball and sit on the washing machine? spin cycle? pair of sneakers in there. eew. sorry. i thought we were sharing. go on. well, here s the problem. doug won t take money from his father. don t tell him you have it. well, he s my husband. don t i have to tell him everything? [laughing] yeah, right. your father doesesn t know my real weight my real hair color my real. hair color. my real age, who your real father is. mom. it s a joke, ally. why don t you take some of that money and buy yourself a sense of humor? so what do i do, really? [sighs] tell him the truth. that s what i thought. but spend it first. that s what i thought. hello, baby. hi. hi. mmm. mmm. what s
Miami
Florida
United-states
New-york
Rome
Lazio
Italy
Country-run
Beverly-hills
California
Turkey
Hollywood