He Told Me He Was Hungry and Hadn't Eaten in Four Days

Hospital Staff Kept Saying He was "Doing Ok"

My husband was hospitalized on August 3, 2021 in the afternoon.  I had called my husband’s cell phone to find out where he was as he had not returned home from returning a rental car at the airport.  Gil answered the phone but he did not speak and I could hear the doctor tell Gil if we don’t intubate you, you will die.   I also had covid and was hospitalized that evening of August 3, 2021.

My main concern is to why his lungs bled the way they did.  On August 15, 2021 the doctor called me to tell me that Gil was bleeding in his chest.  The doctor said in all his practice he had never seen so much blood before.  I asked the doctor if he could put another chest tube in him? The doctor said he could but he would not be the same person that I knew.  Therefore, I was given no option but to let him go.

During my stay in the hospital, I would call 4:00am every morning and every evening to get an update.  I would have to leave a message because the nurses were busy with patients.  When I would get a call back, I would be told he is resting comfortably.  His doctor never updated me on his condition although we were in the same hospital.  I was never told that Gil nor I were given baricitinib and remdesivir while we were hospitalized.  Although I was able to pull thru, my husband did not.

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