“I think once you’ve gone through what I’ve been through, you have a new perspective on life.”
“The toughest thing was not being able to be there. ... Her having to be in that room alone was really tough for us,” Eliza’s brother, Thomas Paris, added. She of course wanted to see her family, but was confident in her ability to conquer this illness alone.
“I felt more for my family than for myself, because I knew that I was OK, but convincing them that I was OK was hard,” Eliza said. “But I thought to myself, ‘If I can beat cancer, I can beat [COVID-19].’” She spent eight days in a loud, vacuum-sealed room, with zero human contact except for her doctors and nurses, who were there to help her in any way they could. After a few days, she was able to at least FaceTime her family to keep them updated on her condition.
“I think she is a very special girl ... and she’s gone through lots of things,” Dr. Ashenafi Tassew, who helped care for Eliza, told the paper. “Every day, despite her pain—she was dealing with significant pain,Eliza returned home on the Saturday before Easter, but continued to
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