'Put your mask on': Woman needs double lung transplant after battling coronavirus
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Updated: 8:20 AM EDT Oct 19, 2020
HOSPITALIZED ACROSS THE STATE. 284 OF THOSE IN INTENSIVE CARE. THIS WEEK, THE COMMUNITY IS RALLYING TO COME TOGETHER BEHIND A MILWAUKEE WOMAN. AFTER A MONTHS-LONG BATTLE WITH COVID-19, SHE HAS BEEN LEFT WITH PERMANENT LUNG DAMAGE. CARMEN IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT MILWAUKEE AS A COMMUNITY LEADER. 12 NEWS바카라 게임 웹사이트 CHERNEY AMHARA HAS HER PSTORY. CHERNEY: WE LAST SPOKE TO CARMEN LERMA LAST YEAR, IN HER NATURAL ELEMENT, BEING INTERVIEWED ON SPANISH RADIO, KEEPING THE COMMUNITY INFORMED. AS A DIRECTOR AT UMOS, FIGHTING FOR OTHERS IS HER PASSION. BUT RIGHT NOW, SHE바카라 게임 웹사이트S FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE. HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS MORNING? >> TODAY, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S A LITTLE CHALLENGING. THIS CORONAVIRUS ATTACKED ME IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD. CHERNEY: RIGHT NOW, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S STILL HARD TO BREATHE. HER BATTLE STARTED BACK IN JULY, SPENDING 45 DAYS IN ICU ON A VENTILATOR AT ASCENSION ST. FRANCIS. SHE HAS SINCE TESTED NEGATIVE, BUT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE. >> I GOT DOUBLE PNEUMONIA, I GOT ATTACKED THROUGH MY IMMUNE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, MY LUNGS WERE THE MOST DAMAGED. CHERNEY: RIGHT NOW, SHE REMAINS HOSPITALIZED, ON THE ORGAN DONATION LIST, IN NEED OF A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT. >> I바카라 게임 웹사이트M LITERALLY ON 100% OXYGEN, WHICH IS EVEN MORE CHALLENGING. CHERNEY: CARMEN DIDN바카라 게임 웹사이트T HAVE ANY UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND QUIT SMOKING SEVERAL YEARS AGO. NOW AS SHE FIGHTS, SHE바카라 게임 웹사이트S SHARING HER STORY AS A MESSAGE TO OTHERS. TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE RISKS OF COVID-19. >> PUT YOUR MASK ON. MAYBE YOU DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T CARE, BUT PROTECT YOUR PARENTS, YOUR KIDS, YOUR GRANDPARENTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BATTLE THE MOST. CHERNEY: CHERNEY AMHARA, WISN 12 NEWS. MATT: ON THURSDAY, THERE WILL BE A FUNDRAISER AT SABOR TROPICAL, A PUERTO RICAN RESTAURANT IN BAYVIEW, WITH PROCEEDS BENEFITTING HER HOSPITAL COSTS. FOR MORE
'Put your mask on': Woman needs double lung transplant after battling coronavirus
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Updated: 8:20 AM EDT Oct 19, 2020
A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, woman is fighting to leave the hospital following a long battle with COVID-19. Carmen Lerma is known across Milwaukee as a community leader.Now, the is community coming to her rescue after the coronavirus left her with permanent lung damage."Today, it's a little challenging," Lerma said. "This coronavirus attacked me in every way possible that it could."For Lerma, it's still hard to speak and breathe.Her battle began in July when she tested positive and spent 45 days on a ventilator in the ICU.She has since tested negative, but not before irreversible damage was done."I got double pneumonia. I got attacked through my immune system," Lerma said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트However, my lungs were the most damaged."Now, Lerma remains hospitalized, on the organ donation list in need of a double lung transplant."I바카라 게임 웹사이트m literally on 100% oxygen, which is even more challenging," Lerma said.Lerma said she didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t have any underlying health conditions and quit smoking several years ago.Now, as she fights, she바카라 게임 웹사이트s hoping sharing her story could save a life."Put your mask on," Lerma said. "Maybe you don바카라 게임 웹사이트t care, but protect your parents, your kids, your grandparents, because they are the ones that are going to battle the most."
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, woman is fighting to leave the hospital following a long battle with COVID-19.
Carmen Lerma is known across Milwaukee as a community leader.
Now, the is community coming to her rescue after the coronavirus left her with permanent lung damage.
"Today, it's a little challenging," Lerma said. "This coronavirus attacked me in every way possible that it could."
For Lerma, it's still hard to speak and breathe.
Her battle began in July when she tested positive and spent 45 days on a ventilator in the ICU.
She has since tested negative, but not before irreversible damage was done.
"I got double pneumonia. I got attacked through my immune system," Lerma said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트However, my lungs were the most damaged."
Now, Lerma remains hospitalized, on the organ donation list in need of a double lung transplant.
"I바카라 게임 웹사이트m literally on 100% oxygen, which is even more challenging," Lerma said.
Lerma said she didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t have any underlying health conditions and quit smoking several years ago.
Now, as she fights, she바카라 게임 웹사이트s hoping sharing her story could save a life.
"Put your mask on," Lerma said. "Maybe you don바카라 게임 웹사이트t care, but protect your parents, your kids, your grandparents, because they are the ones that are going to battle the most."
