A Covid-19 patient who spent 8 months on a spouse in a San Diego County hospital miraculously overcame the obstacle after achieving his goal on Tuesday: he eventually went home.
“It sounds like a dream,” the patient’s mother, Cecilia Amadore, told reporters in front of Scripps Memorial Hospital on Genic Avenue in La Jolla.
The hospital was the home of his son Eduardo Moreno, as he was admitted on July 19, 2020 – eight very months ago.
Eduardo Moreno has been at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, San Diego County since July 19, 2020 – spending three months in a coma, according to NBC 7’s Claudette Stephanian.
Fighting the tears, Amador said he doesn’t believe, after doing everything – including spending three months in a coma and three surgeries – Moreno was coming home.
“He made it,” he said. “He is here; It runs. He remembers everything. It is 100%. “
He made it.
Cecilia Amador, covid-19 surviving mother
Moreno, in a wheelchair and wearing a face mask, sat quietly next to his mother after being released on Tuesday. It was an emotional day – a lot of time after all.
“We’re going home, thank God,” Amador said.
NBC 7 San Diego Eduardo Moreno and his mom are ready to go home on March 23, 2021.
The balloon of sending Moreno from Scripps Memorial Hospital was full of balloons, cheerful and many nurses who had hinted goodbye to the man who had known them so well in the last months.
“Congratulations, Eduardo. You are a fighter, ”read a sign.
“ECMO graduate. You did it! ”Read another.
Moreno was led through the lobby by an archway made of white and light blue balloons. A colored paper link was hung at the end of the chain path. Moreno happily broke his path.
That was the finish line for the medical marathon.
Nurses and hospital staff cheered him on.
He was wearing a mask, but, in his eyes, you would see traces of smiles.
His mom went to take him home.
Eduardo’s long battle against the Covid-19
Moreno signed the Covid-19 in late June 2020 or early July 2020. He was first admitted to the hospital on July 13, 2020. Six days later, he was transferred to the intensive care unit at Scripps Memorial Hospital.
Things didn’t look good for her.
“It was very complicated,” his mother said. “They told us he wouldn’t make it.”
They told us he wasn’t going to make it.
Eduardo Moreno’s mother recalls the beginning of her son’s hospitalization in mid-July 2020
Dr. Scott. Scott M. C Kaul, MD, is the Medical Director of Scripps ICU and ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygen). He has been a Pulmonary ICU Physician at Scripps since 1987.
M C Kaul was one of Moreno’s chief physicians. He said the young man’s case – and his determination to survive – was nothing short of miraculous.
“It’s an extraordinary recovery recovery – and a great deal on its part,” McColl said.
McCall said Moreno – at his worst – relied entirely on machines to survive. By the time he reached the ICU, Moreno was experiencing an advanced degree of respiratory failure from covid-related pneumonia.
“[He had] The catastrophic transformation in his lungs – and the tubes necessary for the expansion of his lungs, ”explains the doctor.
Moreno was placed on life support and machines took care of his lung function.
McCall said his patient essentially had to “learn to breathe underwater”, and had to use the machine to do what his lungs were doing, but “without feeling the breath.”
Moreno survived several surgeries. Shortly afterwards, McCall said that Moreno had paralyzed himself, slipped out of a coma, stood up, walked and regained his physical ability.
Through it all, mental and physical fatigue was a daily struggle. McCall said there were days full of anxiety and pain – but his patient had an unimaginable desire to fight.
Moreno’s nurses and doctors stood by him at every step.
Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, Moreno’s family largely had to stick to making virtual “visits” to him via video calls. There were a few hugs.
“Physical contact was very rare,” McColl said.
Amador said being away from his son when he was very sick was the hardest thing for him to experience as a parent.
She cried a lot.
She prayed more.
“It simply came to our notice then. There was blood flowing in his lungs. He had a blood clot in his head, “Amador explained.
When she couldn’t come to comfort her son, Amador said nurses and doctors move forward like family for him.
Amador said the nurses “spoiled” him – brought Moreno’s in-and-out burgers a couple of times and, during the holidays, put a little Christmas tree and gifts in his room.
Moreno became stronger.
Along the way, of course, was a shock.
“It was one of those moments,” MC Cowley said in December 2020. Moreno set some goals for himself – his wish list for Christmas.
“Eduardo’s goals for Christmas include learning how to talk on a ventilator, walking 100 feet, making a video for his daughter, eating her mom’s Albondiga.”
Eduardo’s goals for Christmas include learning how to talk on a ventilator, walking 100 feet, making a video for his daughter, eating his mom’s Albondiga.
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla MD, Scott M. C Kaul, m
The doctor added, “Probably my most emotional moment was in his room and looking at all the personal things – the things that really made Eduardo in that room.” “The nurses brought the Christmas tree there and knowing that those targets were off.”
But Moreno kept fighting, making it through another surgery.
After this final operation, Moreno’s mom said Macaulay finally told him, “Don’t worry, he’ll make it at home.”
In January 2021, McCall said Moreno’s lungs had healed enough to disconnect from the machines.
“Through all of this, Moreno showed everyone in the hospital that even if something seems difficult or impossible, it’s possible,” McCall said.
“It’s a model for all of us,” he added.
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