NORTON â A GoFundMe page has been created for the family of a local veteran police officer battling COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at a Boston hospital.
Detective Sgt. Stephen Desfosses, a member of the department for over 30 years, has been in intensive care for about a week at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to Jeffa Lombardi, who created the GoFundMe account Monday.
Desfosses was diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia and tried to recuperate at home for two weeks before being hospitalized. When his condition worsened, he was transferred to Beth Israel, according to Lombardi.
His wife, Jessica, is on leave from work to focus on their two daughters, Addison, 11, and Ella, 8.
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NORTON - Detective Sergeant Stephen R. Desfosses is hospitalized after contracting COVID several weeks ago and a fundraiser has been launched to support his family.
Desfosses has been in the ICU for a week, according to Jeffa Lombardi, who launched a GoFundMe page Dec. 28 to help Desfosses wife, Jessica, and their two daughters, Addison, 11, and Ella, 8. Jessica has taken leave from work to focus on their two daughters, Lombardi said.
“After struggling to improve at home for two weeks and feeling a serious decline in his ability to breathe, he was taken to the local emergency room,” Lombardi said. “He was immediately identified as being in critical condition and swiftly transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. Initial tests revealed blood clots in his lungs, legs, and abdomen. More importantly, he was completely unable to maintain oxygen saturation on his own.