Julie lost her grandmother last fall from Covid. “She died in four days “ explains this Grenoble-native.
Hospitalized for a fracture, she dies of Covid
Aged 94, she had returned to a hospital in Haute-Loire for a fracture of the neck of the femur, following a fall. “The operation had gone well and she had to go home. _But when it came time to get out, she was tested for Covid and she was positive. So she was rehospitalized_“ remembers Julie
To be there for his last moments
The young woman hopes that her “grandma” as she affectionately calls her will get out of it, but very quickly, her condition deteriorates. “When we arrived, with my father, she was very weak but she was still breathing.”
Julie then has the right to stay an hour at her bedside, to hold her hand, to be there to take her last breath. “Of course, we were super protected. With gloves, masks, in a sort of diver. But we were able to touch her, talk to her. She made me experience intense emotions and she left.“
How was the virus transmitted to him?
So how did this woman, admittedly elderly but in good health, contract the virus in the hospital, in a ward spared by the virus? “We don’t know and we haven’t tried to find out “ recognizes Julie. “We did not want to go into a procedure that would have prevented us from mourning.“
Julie wonders all the same: “Subsequently, we learned that other patients from the first ward where she was admitted for her femoral neck were positive as well as two caregivers. “
My childhood closed with her – Julie
But for Julie, what was important was that she was able to be with her grandmother for her last moments. “I had undertaken, a few months before her death, to question her about her life, her childhood and she had lived and seen things! _She could have lived a few more years. She was the last grandmother I had left_. And my childhood, part of my life left with her. “
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