A few moments passed by a North Carolina couple holding coronavirus in each other’s hands.
Johnny Lee Peoples, 67, and his wife Kathy Darlene Peoples, 65, both died of the virus after a month-long battle with the infection at a Salisbury hospital in Sept. 201, people said.
As their time drew to a close, staff at Novant Health Rowan Regional Medical Center moved the couple into the same room so they could comfort each other with a final farewell, his son Shane Peoples told WBTV.
“Everything just went south, everything went bad,” he said. “The next day they were in the same room, in the same ICU room, they put their hands together, the nurses gathered around and they passed each other within four minutes.”
The couple had been together for 50 years and were married at 48. Shane is now missing both parents together. His funeral was attended by outsiders on Wednesday with observations of social distance guides.
“It was mainly fever and a decrease in taste,” people said, explaining their parents ’early symptoms. “My dad started showing symptoms two days later. Both were placed in the ICU about two weeks later. “
Shane reportedly wrote in Hardik’s Facebook post earlier in the week, “My parents were not just a blessing to me, my brother, my sister, our spouses and children. They were a blessing to everyone I met. My mom is the most beautiful person you’ve ever met. There was a soul. “
He stressed on WBTV that the virus must be taken seriously and urged readers on Facebook to wash their hands, practice social distance and wear masks.
“It’s no joke. It’s not a betrayal, “people said. “I don’t [want] Anyone else gets hurt. I do not [want] Anyone for the grief we feel. “
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