A family is revealing the heartbreaking reality of coronavirus, sharing the moment a loving husband, 90, said goodbye to his wife before she succumbed to the virus.
pandemic, sharing a video of the moment a loving husband, 90, said goodbye to his wife before she succumbed to the virus.
Sam Reck had been married to Alice "JoAnn" Reck, 86, for nearly 30 years when the state of Florida placed a ban on visitors at nursing homes due to the COVID-19 outbreak.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. JoAnn was diagnosed with dementia around a year ago and had been living in a nursing home separately from her husband. Despite the restriction, Sam — who lives in a building next door to his wife's nursing home — found a way to stay in touch by waving to JoAnn from his apartment balcony,However, their distant visits stopped when JoAnn began showing symptoms of COVID-19 this month and tested positive for coronavirus at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center.
Though visitors are generally prohibited from hospitals amid the pandemic, exceptions are made for end-of-life situations. In an emotional video captured by his family, Sam dressed in full protective gear so he could see his wife in person before she died. At the time, the couple had been physically apart for months.. “We might have looked rather ominous, but we could hold her hand and talk to her to try to reassure her that we loved her.”that his mother developed a fever, cough and fatigue last week.
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