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
“In a country of 350 million people.”
99% of which haven’t been exposed to the Kung Flu.
Until the virus is spread out evenly throughout the country the BS stats on flu don’t mean sickem .
“The Denial here is unreal.”
We all know what we need to do by now to try and stay safe. We don’t need these fear inducing stories crammed down our throats by the irresponsible media.
Stress lowers resistance. It is not helpful.
My daughter’s neighbor, who loves to hang at their house, just returned from Disney World with his family. My daughter told him that there is no way he will come near their house for at least 2 weeks.
This virus affects the asthma sufferers like the Clinton blood tainted with HIV affected the hemophiliacs in Canada. Clinton’s dishonest policies allowing prisoners in Arkansas to sell their blood singlehandedly eliminated almost all of the hemophiliacs in Canada.
Of course !
Diamond Princess Airlines. Being confined in a metal tube with a bunch of lungers is not my idea of fun.
Uh, he had a pre exisitng undiagnosed lukemia.
The one with leukemia was the 20-year old soccer coach in Spain who recently died from CV.
Someone needs to warn the Kardashians.
Flu Manchu.
“Im ok on the weight.”
I was reading that someplace (Italy?) was taking into account the BMI number to decide if the person needed treatment or not. I know that many people, including doctors, say that the BMI numbers don’t tell the whole story of a person’s health.
Folks here are so quick to discount deaths like this bc it suits them politically to do so. This man, even with the so-called health concerns, would have probably survived regular flu.
This virus id easy to spread, easy to catch and if you have the wrong genetics it can take you out even young and if healthy. If you’re older and/or have contributing factors, the chances it can hit you hard go up.
I’m 68, fmr smoker, still vape, am type 2, have had double pneumonia. I’m going nowhere.
Oops, sorry for missing the sarcasm!
....so is the panic.
A sad story...I have been to Glendora many times. It is a nice city.
RIP.
I’m 34 and have asthma, and other previously existing conditions.
“beat testicular cancer back in 2016.”
Meaning he was given aggressive chemotherapy which left his immune system weaker than normal.
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