Posted on 03/19/2020 12:33:23 PM PDT by TigerClaws
A 34-year-old man has died in California after testing positive of coronavirus just days ago, and 2 weeks after visiting Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida ... TMZ has learned.
Jeffrey Ghazarian from Glendora, CA, died Thursday morning at a Pasadena hospital after spending 5 days hooked up to a ventilator and battling for his life ... according to his family.
His sister says ... "He suffered a lot and put up a good fight. We will miss our Jeff everyday but we are thankful for all the fun happy memories of the times we had together."
Jeff's timeline regarding his COVID-19 infection is terrifying and should be eye-opening for people of all ages. According to his family, he flew from L.A. to Orlando on March 2 for a work conference, but stayed a few extra days to visit Disney World and Universal theme parks with friends.
We're told on March 7 he developed a cough, and the next day he coughed up blood. He flew back to LAX on March 9 ... and immediately went to the ER, where he also had a high fever.
The family says a chest x-ray confirmed Jeff had pneumonia, and he was tested for COVID-19 and sent home with fluids and antibiotics and instructed to self-quarantine until he got the results back.
We're told the results came back positive on March 13, and Jeff was provided a portable oxygen meter to keep an eye on his levels ... which took a turn for the worse that afternoon.
On March 14 he was taken by ambulance to the hospital and quickly transferred to the ICU when it was discovered his lungs were 60-70 percent blocked with pneumonia. Doctors decided the best path forward was to sedate and intubate, hoping a ventilator would help his lungs heal.
Sadly -- and despite the family claiming he was approved for antiviral meds -- he took a turn for the worse and never got the medication in time ... and passed away Thursday morning.
It appears Jeffrey was an at-risk patient. He had a history of asthma and frequent bronchitis as a child, though he outgrew that. He also had beat testicular cancer back in 2016.
The CDC now says young people can also be at grave risk ... and this underscores the danger.
He was 34.
RIP
George Soros
Ah. Noted.
My medical opinion?
What, are you trying to be funny?
It's possible the drug Chloroquine Trump just made available could have saved his life.
Trump Makes Potential Coronavirus ‘Cure’ Available IMMEDIATELY
I was wondering when in the article something like this would pop up. They buried it as far as they could.
BOL!
Ping me when you first use it!
This won’t get reported on ABC...
Coughed up blood then flew cross country
One weird trick, that!
Those aren’t what sound like the serious medical conditions they’ve been warning us about. Four years post cancer and asthma?
Based on your tagline, anything you post, needs some clarification!
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
I know asthma.
Malaria?
IMO it is attributable to the fact that many have not been trained to recognize, evaluate and deal with dangerous threats, or otherwise have no OTJ experience. They just do not know how to set the margins and when or how to take needed action.
Huh?
I smell a lawsuit
BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
Clarification?
Nonsense. Nobody is saying that. The data from Italy shows that if you are over age 30, it’s anywhere from 3x to many many times deadlier than the flu.
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