Recovered from coronavirus. Now your plasma donation can save others' lives
Monday, April 6, 2020
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By Holly Silverman, CNN
A California man diagnosed with coronavirus and recovered with plasma donated to help others fight the life-threatening virus.
On March 6, Jason Garcia noticed that he had a mild cough and some congestion.
The 36-year-old flight engineer from Escondido, California, didn't think about it much. But later, on a business trip, he noticed that the headache started accompanying his cough. In one day, she also had a fever and physical aches that quickly came and went. Then he started having trouble breathing.
Garcia called her doctor, and based on her symptoms, they told her to go to the hospital and undergo a coronavirus test.
Positive result
He was sent home and received a call on March 14 to inform him that he had proven positive.
"They said to stay isolated," Garcia said. "This is what I did."
He spent nearly 10 days indoors, confined to his office or guest room, away from his marine service wife and 11-month-old daughter.
He began to feel better, and on March 18th he said he considered himself "symptom-free".
He received a message from San Diego County stating that it was safe for him to break out of isolation and meet the world on March 23.
Garcia said that although the exit protocol was 72 hours without symptoms, he wanted extreme caution. "I decided to take just five days to be safe," he said.
To celebrate his recovery, he posted on social media to inform his friends that he was infected with the Corona virus and was in better shape.
Garcia said he wrote: "I claimed to beat this deadly virus. I beat Coved 19".
Around the same time, health officials at St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange County, California, also resorted to social media to say they were looking for someone who had been diagnosed with coronavirus and had recovered to help with experimental life-saving treatment. From another patient with coronavirus.
A friend said I saw the two posts on social media and the hospital called Garcia a few days after the quarantine ended.
Garcia said they asked to donate plasma to a coronavirus patient in serious condition and was not responding to other treatments.
He said yes. "This could become an opportunity to save the life of a person who cannot fight this disease," Garcia said.
In a video presented by the hospital, Wendy Escobedo, director of renal services at St. Joseph's Hospital, said that a plasma donation would allow the current coronavirus patient to receive antibodies from Garcia, a recovered patient, to help fight the disease. .
On April 1, Garcia donated the plasma for his experimental transfer to three patients.
He said that until Sunday, doctors told him that all of his plasma had been donated. Doctors said Garcia said the patient was in the worst condition since then.
A hospital spokesperson told CNN in an email Sunday evening that the patient had been removed from some medications, was healthier in terms of oxygen, and was gradually improving better day by day.
"When I was diagnosed with fear and fear, the truth was positive," Garcia said. Perhaps this thing ended up saving someone’s life.
Although Garcia does not know how he contracted the virus, he is happy to be able to contribute to the treatment until the vaccine is ready.
"If that works, there will be a great opportunity for people to save others a lot of pain and fight for their lives."
A California man diagnosed with coronavirus and recovered with plasma donated to help others fight the life-threatening virus.
On March 6, Jason Garcia noticed that he had a mild cough and some congestion.
The 36-year-old flight engineer from Escondido, California, didn't think about it much. But later, on a business trip, he noticed that the headache started accompanying his cough. In one day, she also had a fever and physical aches that quickly came and went. Then he started having trouble breathing.
Garcia called her doctor, and based on her symptoms, they told her to go to the hospital and undergo a coronavirus test.
Positive result
He was sent home and received a call on March 14 to inform him that he had proven positive.
"They said to stay isolated," Garcia said. "This is what I did."
He spent nearly 10 days indoors, confined to his office or guest room, away from his marine service wife and 11-month-old daughter.
He began to feel better, and on March 18th he said he considered himself "symptom-free".
He received a message from San Diego County stating that it was safe for him to break out of isolation and meet the world on March 23.
Garcia said that although the exit protocol was 72 hours without symptoms, he wanted extreme caution. "I decided to take just five days to be safe," he said.
Victory over the virus
To celebrate his recovery, he posted on social media to inform his friends that he was infected with the Corona virus and was in better shape.
Garcia said he wrote: "I claimed to beat this deadly virus. I beat Coved 19".
Around the same time, health officials at St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange County, California, also resorted to social media to say they were looking for someone who had been diagnosed with coronavirus and had recovered to help with experimental life-saving treatment. From another patient with coronavirus.
A friend said I saw the two posts on social media and the hospital called Garcia a few days after the quarantine ended.
A life-saving donation
Garcia said they asked to donate plasma to a coronavirus patient in serious condition and was not responding to other treatments.
He said yes. "This could become an opportunity to save the life of a person who cannot fight this disease," Garcia said.
In a video presented by the hospital, Wendy Escobedo, director of renal services at St. Joseph's Hospital, said that a plasma donation would allow the current coronavirus patient to receive antibodies from Garcia, a recovered patient, to help fight the disease. .
On April 1, Garcia donated the plasma for his experimental transfer to three patients.
He said that until Sunday, doctors told him that all of his plasma had been donated. Doctors said Garcia said the patient was in the worst condition since then.
A hospital spokesperson told CNN in an email Sunday evening that the patient had been removed from some medications, was healthier in terms of oxygen, and was gradually improving better day by day.
"When I was diagnosed with fear and fear, the truth was positive," Garcia said. Perhaps this thing ended up saving someone’s life.
Although Garcia does not know how he contracted the virus, he is happy to be able to contribute to the treatment until the vaccine is ready.
"If that works, there will be a great opportunity for people to save others a lot of pain and fight for their lives."
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