After she was given the medication, Fortunato surprisingly began making a recovery. She was finally discharged nearly two weeks after she was admitted into the hospital.
Posted on 05/05/2020 9:22:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A 90-year-old woman from Long Island, New York, has miraculously recovered from coronavirus — and she wants to offer hope to everyone else feeling afraid amid the pandemic.
Before she was hospitalized for 13 days, Anna Fortunato came down with a sore throat, but believed it was simply a cold, her daughter Teresa Gund recalled to the Associated Press. But Fortunato’s condition continued to worsen, and she was transported from the assisted living home where she lives to a hospital on March 13.
Once there, Fortunato spoke to her daughter over FaceTime while using a nurse’s phone.
“She says, ‘Don’t you worry,’” Gund said of the phone call. “‘I will be fine. I have all the faith in God … and God is going to get me through this. He doesn’t want me right now. He wants me to stay here with you guys.'”
Since it began to spread around the globe in December, coronavirus has proven especially deadly for senior citizens. According to the CDC, because older adults are more at risk of suffering serious symptoms from coronavirus, they have been advised to stay indoors and avoid crowded places to reduce their exposure during the outbreak.
At the hospital, Fortunato’s health continued to deteriorate to the point that Gund asked doctors if a priest could come to give her mother her last rites. They said it was too risky to let a priest inside.
With not much left to offer Fortunato in terms of treatment options, doctors turned to the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, according to the AP.
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May God continue to bless her.
another term for this is called a “case history”
but people against things that work don’t like it said that way
because too many case histories equals real medical evidence
I pity the poor doctor who administered Hydroxycloroquine, as Cuomo has banned the use in NY. Doc you better hire a good lawyer.
RE: another term for this is called a “case history”
Yes, that’s true.
I post a lot of these case histories in FR. All you have to do is search for the word “anecdotal” in the FR titles search and you’ll find dozens of such “case histories” that I have posted since the Hydroxychloroquine controversy started.
Great story!
RE: Great story!
Yes, just one of the many I have posted here at FR. To read more, simply search for the word, “anecdotal” in the title using the FR search facility.
Gramma beat the ‘rona? I was told that the ‘rona rips out your heart, eats your brain, and makes your lungs explode! That’s “supposed” to be enough to kill ya!
That's why they make them stay indoors in a crowded place.
I was around 12 during the Hong Kong flu epidemic. They said pretty much the same thing then, newborns, the elderly and people with health problems needed to take extra precautions. Me and most of my classmates got it, stayed out of school for a few days and got over it.
Is anyone cataloging these Hydroxychloroquine success stories in a thread? I’m seeing them everywhere now.
I don’t mean to rain on the parade and I am thrilled about this drug but how many have died that have taken it? And at what stage? Just curious.
trust me if I got it or my mother got it I want them shoving this pill down my throat and hers. Just asking
Seen on FR a few days ago-—
Board Certified Family Practitioner
501 Rt 208, Monroe, NY 10950
845-238-0000
March 23, 2020
To all medical professionals around the world:
My name is Dr. Zev Zelenko and I practice medicine in Monroe, NY. For the last 16 years, I have cared for approximately 75% of the adult population of Kiryas Joel, which is a very close knit community of approximately 35,000 people in which the infection spread rapidly and unchecked prior to the imposition of social distancing.
As of today my team has tested approximately 200 people from this community for Covid-19, and 65% of the results have been positive. If extrapolated to the entire community, that means more than 20,000 people are infected at the present time. Of this group, I estimate that there are 1500 patients who are in the high-risk category (i.e. >60, immunocompromised, comorbidities, etc).
Given the urgency of the situation, I developed the following treatment protocol in the pre-hospital setting and have seen only positive results:
1. Any patient with shortness of breath regardless of age is treated.
2. Any patient in the high-risk category even with just mild symptoms is treated.
3. Young, healthy and low risk patients even with symptoms are not treated (unless their circumstances change and they fall into category 1 or 2).
My out-patient treatment regimen is as follows:
1. Hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice a day for 5 days
2. Azithromycin 500mg once a day for 5 days
3. Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days
The rationale for my treatment plan is as follows. I combined the data available from China and South Korea with the recent study published from France (sites available on request). We know that hydroxychloroquine helps Zinc enter the cell. We know that Zinc slows viral replication within the cell. Regarding the use of azithromycin, I postulate it prevents secondary bacterial infections. These three drugs are well known and usually well tolerated, hence the risk to the patient is low.
Since last Thursday, my team has treated approximately 350 patients in Kiryas Joel and another 150 patients in other areas of New York with the above regimen.
Of this group and the information provided to me by affiliated medical teams, we have had ZERO deaths, ZERO hospitalizations, and ZERO intubations. In addition, I have not heard of any negative side effects other than approximately 10% of patients with temporary nausea and diarrhea.
In sum, my urgent recommendation is to initiate treatment in the outpatient setting as soon as possible in accordance with the above. Based on my direct experience, it prevents acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), prevents the need for hospitalization and saves lives.
With much respect,
Dr. Zev Zelenko
this may have been posted before, but I just found it today:
Wikipedia: The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
most authors CDC:
Aug 2005: NCBI: Virology Journal: Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread
Conclusion
Chloroquine is effective in preventing the spread of SARS CoV in cell culture. Favorable inhibition of virus spread was observed when the cells were either treated with chloroquine prior to or after SARS CoV infection...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging disease that was first reported in Guangdong Province, China, in late 2002...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1232869/
That is inaccurate.
Docs have been using it in hospitals all along. Your PCP cannot prescribe it prophylacticly.
And a 13 days hospital stay is pretty standard for people with the disease.
I am glad this woman lived. But she is like 99% of the people with the disease.
Why were Trump pills the course of last resort?!
Good stuff.
I have a friend who’s mom is 98. She was recently hospitalized with Pneumonia. She must be pretty feisty because she’s still alive and kicking.
The doctor said she doesn’t have COVID and sent her home to recuperate. He wanted her out of the hospital environment ASAP.
I just realized. She lives in New York and the doc probably got her out before the state figured out she was there and couldn’t transfer her to a nursing home.
RE: Why were Trump pills the course of last resort?!
Yes, that’s the important question. Mrs. Fotunato was very fortunato ( pun intended ) that the HCQ cocktail worked for her at her stage of the disease but that was NOT what the regimen was intended for.
Had the doctors applied it EARLY as recommended by successful doctors like Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, her hospitalization could have been avoided and precious healthcare resources NOT burdened.
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