'She's a fighter': 102-year-old New Yorker defeats coronavirus
'19.05.2020'
ForumDaily New York
Sophie Avouris was born in Greece in 1918 when a pandemic of “Spanish” flu spread throughout Europe. Now, at 102 years old, she survived a coronavirus infection in a Manhattan rehabilitation center. Her story was told by the publication NPR.
Few people can say that they defeated both of these epidemics.
“We weren't sure if she could handle it,” said her daughter Effie Strutides. - The doctor forbade us to see her, but said that if everything is really serious about the end, we will be allowed to see her. Therefore, we were ready for anything. "
In March, Avoris recovered from a hip replacement operation in Mary Manning Walsh's nursing home in Manhattan when her doctor noticed that something was wrong with her.
“She is a very talkative woman,” said Dr. Taimur Mirza. “She's the kind of person who often has a conversation with a nurse or me. Since she only speaks Greek, I use Google Translate on my phone. But when she stopped talking to us, I got worried. "
On the same day when the doctor had suspicions, the woman had a fever, a coronavirus test gave a positive result.
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Her daughter was very worried. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 80% of people who died from COVID-19 in the United States were over 65 years old.
“When I talked to her, she kept talking about how bad she was and that she could not even speak on the phone,” Strutides said.
Despite her age and heart failure, the woman recovered after two weeks. She had an asymptomatic course of the disease for another six weeks, her test for coronavirus was positive all this time.
“Even when she was really sick, the doctors said she was still doing well. She joked or smiled when the doctor came to see her. And I thought: yes, this is my mother, ”said Strutides.
The doctor and daughter Avuris explain her recovery with a strong constitution, as well as possibly a Mediterranean diet, which she adhered to throughout her life.
“She's a fighter,” Mirza said.
