‘Ang daming love from everyone’: Young MD who survived COVID-19 recalls struggle, then hope

Despite the hardships she had gone through, COVID19 survivor Dr. Carmina Fuentebella remained optimistic in her way of life.

MANILA—At 26 years old, Dr. Carmina Fuentebella has a lot to look forward to. She wanted to travel, be a great doctor and have her own family.

For the last couple of months, Fuentebella, an internal medicine resident physician, had been managing suspected COVID-19 cases at the emergency room of University of Santo Tomas Hospital.After experiencing high fever and shortness of breath, she was admitted to the hospital. Her x-ray results showed that she had pneumonia.

“Gusto ko pa mag-Japan nu’ng mga oras na iyon. Gusto ko maging magaling na doktor. Gusto ko maging nephrologist . Gusto ko pang magkapamilya kaso nga lang may point in life na ’pag nasasaktan ka talaga gusto mong mag-give up,” she acknowledged.Little did she know that thousands of strangers were praying for her recovery after reading about her condition online.

“Tapos every day kong tinitignan ’yon. ’Pag may mga oras na gusto kong mag-give up sisilipin ko ’yung pictures namin magkakasama tapos doon ko maiisip ko: kailangan ko na namang lumaban ngayon,” she said.“I initially received hydroxychloroquine but then on my second day in the hospital, despite receiving such medications I still had difficulty breathing,” Fuentebella said.

Once she tests negative for COVID-19, she can go back to her family and undergo another 14-day home quarantine. Dr. Flordeluna Zapata-Mesina, a hematologist and member of the Philippine College of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, told ABS-CBN News that convalescent plasma is not a new treatment.“There are also small studies from China showing its positive effect on COVID patients,” she said.

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