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Michael Wright lay in his bed in the prone position to increase oxygenation while in the ICU at Regions Hospital in St Paul. Photo / Getty Images
A veteran who was photographed struggling to breathe while battling Covid-19 has died in a US hospital, his family has sadly announced.
The photo of Michael Wright was taken in November and shows him struggling to breathe in the prone position while in the intensive care unit at Regions Hospital in St Paul, Minnesota. The image, first published by The Star Tribune on November 22, explained that Wright’s position had improved in recent days and that he was lying on his stomach to increase the oxygenation of his blood.
However, his family announced on a GoFundMe page that Wright had died of coronavirus on December 8.
Wright was first admitted to the hospital on November 10, according to his daughter-in-law Miranda Carlson.
“He has a history of chronic bronchitis, which, of course, made him high risk. He had developed pneumonia and eventually his organs began to fail,” he wrote on GoFundMe, created to help the family.
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“On December 8, 2020, the Lord took Michael home to heaven. Fortunately, my mom was able to be by his side as the Lord took him home to heaven.”
She described him as a “veteran, husband, son, father, extra father and grandfather.”
“This pain is like nothing my mother ever felt,” he continued. “In addition to suffering such unbelievably raw pain, he is faced with spending concerns that he will now face on his own.
“Michael was only 54 and my mother 48, they never planned this, they planned a long and beautiful life together.”
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Minnesota’s death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 4,400 on Sunday, as health officials reported more than 80 deaths in four of the past five days, according to Minnesota Public Radio.
The state also reported 3,439 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of reported cases to 378,823. State officials still anticipate that a new wave of cases could be reported, originating in family gatherings during the Thanksgiving holidays in the United States.
In the US, some 16.2 million citizens have been diagnosed with coronavirus. Of these, more than 298,900 have died.
