A Chicago-area mother is warning people to stay home after her “perfectly healthy” teenage daughter died just three days after being hospitalized with coronavirus.
Tinoli Park, a town about 15 miles southwest of Sarah Cemental, Chicago, Illinois, turned 18 last month and was taking all the recommended precautions, her mother, Deborah Cemental, told NBC Chicago.
“I have no idea how she got her contract,” he said. Sara only saw her close family and boyfriend, who tested negative.
Sara first started showing symptoms on December 16th and by the end of December 18th, she started vomiting and catching a cold. The next morning, her mom said, they got the Covid-19 test and it came back positive for Sarah. Deborah Cemental has never tested positive.
When Sarah began to have severe pain in her left shoulder, they went to the hospital on the recommendation of her pediatrician. Three days later, on December 26, Sarah, along with her parents, died at the University of Chicago Hospital. Deborah Cementel said she had a series of mini-strokes and went into cardiac arrest, and then had brain hemorrhage on both sides.
“They did what they could but she took it,” he said, adding that there were no conditions under Sarah. “A perfectly healthy 18 year old girl.”
“I know he fought hard, my daughter was a fighter. “But it just wasn’t enough, it wasn’t enough,” she said with tears in her eyes. “It simply came to our notice then. And she took it from all of us. “
Now Deborah Cemental hopes her daughter’s story will serve as a cautionary tale for the public as the COVID-19 vaccine is slowly spreading across the country.
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“Please wear your mask, make your social distance,” he said. “There will be more holidays, more birthdays… you have it again. This took my daughter and we will never get her back. “
“The last words she gave me were, ‘Mommy, it’s going to be okay.'” Deborah Cementle said emotionally. “He told me it would be okay – it would be okay. He will always be with us and he will be fine. “
