Hector, a hard-working, sociable father of three, loves dancing, Mexican music and horses. He came to Methodist in late June for symptoms related to metastatic cancer. He received high-dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, which doctors believed had a chance to cure him. But the treatment also shook his immune system, and lowered his defenses against infection.
“I believe in God that I will overcome this.”
Days later, he developed fever, diarrhea, vomiting, cough and breathing problems, and he tested positive for the coronavirus. Doctors thought he had caught it in the hospital, despite many precautionary measures being taken to prevent its spread. He was last offered a place in a study of experimental plasma treatment, but he was confused and refused.
“She misses her father,” his wife, Nancy Bravo, said of her children. “They are not used to him not coming home.”
His wife, Nancy Bravo, said the biggest threat from the coronavirus was to vulnerable people like her husband. “Society must protect the weak and sick,” she said. “He’s just a really good person with a lot of desire to live and fight for his children.” From his hospital bedside, Hector urges people to take the virus seriously.
How are you? Do okay? ”
Translation ‘He’s very friendly, he loves to dance.
To all people who do not think coronavirus exists:
On July 22, Hector had an unexplained seizure and doctors inserted a breathing tube to save his life. He remains on a ventilator, with medication that keeps him deeply sedative, and his condition has plummeted in recent days. On Monday, doctors told Nancy that they no longer believed he would survive. ‘Just don’t couple him, because a miracle can happen,’ she pleaded, and they assured her that she would continue to treat him. She asked to try, but was told it was not possible due to the pandemic. Instead, the family participated in a prayer video call, with an employee pointing a camera at Hector.
