"There's not a worse feeling than what my family is going through right now," one relative said.
A sick family member and a surprise birthday party in Texas led to least 18 people getting infected with coronavirus, including a grandfather who is fighting for life. Now, the Barbosa family wants everyone to remember to take precautions as the state is halting reopening plans because of the surge in cases.
"We were being a family, you know, they were getting together on a regular basis, what we typically do," he told local television station KAVU."They were even more cautious than what they were before, but it still led to my grandma and grandpa and aunt in the hospital. You may really miss your family and you may really, really want to be with them, but there's not a worse feeling than what my family is going through right now.
His father, Frank, and his mother, Carole, were going to celebrate their 68th anniversary soon. But instead, they're focused on his health. "The thing that's so hard is that he'll die in that room alone," O'Shel told KAVU."And that's the hardest part about this virus is nobody gets to go say, 'bye.' I don't think there should ever be blame put on anyone, but it's caution. Can you get yourself to say I'm doing everything I can?"
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