Mother hopeful plasma could help daughter on ventilator with COVID

Mother hopeful plasma could help daughter on ventilator with COVID

THE ECONOMY.TONIGHT... AWHEATFIELD MOTHERIS MAKING ADESPERATE PLEA FORPLASMAFOR HER DAUGHTER...HER 21-YEAR-OLDDAUGHTER IS ON AVENTILATOR...FIGHTING FOR HERLIFE AT MERCYHOSPITAL IN SOUTHBUFFALO.AND AS 7 EYEWITNESSNEWS SENIORREPORTER EILEENBUCKLEY EXPLAINS..A PLASMA MATCHCOULD BE THE KEYFOR HER RECOVERY ...LORI SALVATORE."THEY'VE TRIEDBASICALLYEVERYTHING AT THISPOINT.

THEY AREGOING TO TRY PLASMADONATIONS FOR HER.STANDING UNDERSUNNY SKIES OUTSIDEHER WHEATFIELDHOME -- LORISALVATOREREMAINING VERYPOSITIVE ABOUT HERDAUGHTER'SCONDITIO21-YEAR-OLD TITIANAMOORE WASDIAGNOSED WITH TCORONAVIRUS APRIL10TH AND WASPLACED ON AVENTILATOR LASTWEEK."YOU CAUGHT ME ON AGOOD DAY...THERE'SDAYS I LAY IN BED ANDSOBUNCONTROLLABLY."MOORE IS AT MERCYHOSPITAL WHEREDOCTORS AREPERFORMING APROCEDURE CALLEDECMO."LIKE DIALYSES FYOUR LUNGS.IT TAKESBLOOD OUT OF HER - ITRECYCLES IT ADDSOXYGEN TO IT ANDTAKES OUT CARBONDIOXIDES AND THENGETS PUT BACK INHER.SO IT'S LIKETHEY'RE RECYCLINGHER BLOOD RIGHTNOW."A HEALTH CARE TEAMIS LOOKING FOR THERIGHT PLASMAMATCH...WHICH HASBECOME A PROMISINGTREATMENT FOCOVID PATIENTS...BUT NOT EVERYONECAN BE A DONOR..."THEY NEED PEOPLEWHO ARE PROVENCOVID POSITIVE APEOPLE WHO ARE TWOWEEKS OUT INTO THEIRRECOVERY."ANTIBODIES FROMSOME ONE WHOALREADY HAD COVIDACTUALLY HELP THEPATIENT FIGHT THEVIRUS.SALVATORE AND HERFAMILY WERE UNDEQUARANTINE BY THENIAGARA COUNTYHEALTH DEPARTMENT.IT ENDED, BUT THEYREMAIN AT HOME AS APRECAUTION...EILEEN.

"ANDALTHOUGH WE ALLWANT TO LEAVE OURHOMES AND GET BATO A NORMAL ROUTINETHIS MOTHER HAS AVERY IMPORTANT PLEAFOR ALL.===BUTT==="EVERYBODY THAT HASBEEN QUARANTINAND - JUST FEEL LIKETHEY'RE AT THEIR WITSEND - I ASK YOU - IN MDAUGHTER'S NAME -STAY FAITHFUL TO THATQUARANTINE."FOR NOW - THISMOTHER IS REMAININGVERY HOPEFUL HERDAUGHTER WILLRECOVER AND COMEBACK HOME SOON..."WE KNOW SHECOMING HOME - WESPEAK IT INTEXISTENCE - SO THAT'SOUR MANTRA - TEA