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
Leni
Not only a history of respiratory problems but recently had cancer GEEZE I guess that tid bit of info was important enough to put in the first paragraph!!!
Did you read the part where he was also diagnosed with leukemia? That makes him at-risk for sure.
CC
See 26 and 40.
I guess it' a normal human reaction.
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He likely picked it up at the airport.
Almost everyone could be said to have had an “underlying health condition.” This man had childhood asthma that he outgrew and a type of cancer that’s almost 100% curable. He wasn’t on his deathbed when he caught this virus. In fact, if he was considered an “at-risk” patient, many of us are in real trouble if we get sick with this thing.
Many significant health conditions.
The elderly, and the infirm. He’s an Infirm.
Becoming less youthful looking as we get older is the norm. Some describe it as being physically less attractive.
But that old man is ugly through and through.
“...and despite the family claiming he was approved for antiviral meds...”
I am confused by this statement. Who would claim otherwise, and why?
These stories are aimed at the invincible millenials, it will resonate and get them to take the right steps to keep us safe.
Screw you. My whole family and I have asthma. A little compassion would be nice.
It’s frightening to worry not just about me but my 23 year old daughters an my husband.
At first I thought it was Walter Mondale, LOL.
Leni
Hasn’t the rest of his face melted yet?
something not right about this “report”:
“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.”
coughing up blood with a high fever SHOULD have had him admitted to the hospital on the spot ...
“sent home with fluids and antibiotics”
in a hospital setting, “fluids” means IV fluids ... i’ve never been sent home with “fluids” of any kind in my life ... what kind of fluids did they send him home with? coca colar? tap water?
“Did you read the part where he was also diagnosed with leukemia?”
Word search negative for leukemia.
“So he infected everyone on the plane and airport.”
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Yeah, I saw that and it jumped out at me.
I stopped feeling for him and my heart and mind went to all those folks he selfishly put at risk.
Because this was at a time where EVERYONE with 2 functioning brain cells knows to get to the ER if you’re coughing up blood. What is NOT DONE is flying and putting everyone you come in contact (and those ripple effects!) at risk.
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