Pray for Laura
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Laura is a young, healthy and vibrant 31 year old woman living in New York City. She works for a small non-profit garden in Manhattan. She is also a performer and writer for sketch comedy teams. She loves being outside and spending time with her friends and niece. She brings laughter and so much fun wherever she goes. She is a beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and dear friend to so many people. She is known for her outrageous humor, big personality and unique ability to make everyone laugh.
She started to have some respiratory trouble for only a couple days and then was brought to a hospital in Worcester, MA while visiting her parents there. When she arrived at the hospital, she was admitted for pneumonia and COVID-19. On the 3rd or so day of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, she was soon intubated and put on a ventilator. Her health deteriorated very rapidly due to the virus, and she went into acute respiratory failure. She was transferred to a different hospital in Boston, MA via helicopter. She was able to survive the flight. She has now settled in at the new Boston hospital, where they have begun ECMO treatment for her. ECMO is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation which will provide extra support for her lungs, in addition to the ventilator.
Since she is COVID-19 positive, she is quarantined. Her family and friends cannot visit her. The distance they must spend apart during this time is especially heartbreaking. We would give anything to just hold her hand and tell her how much we love her and to keep fighting. We know she can hear our prayers, though.
She continues to fight this virus, and we continue to pray for her full recovery.
I am Laura's sister. All funds withdrawn will be provided to Laura to cover her medical and recovery costs. We expect them to likely be thousands per day. No donation is too small. Anything would help cover her medical costs in this trying time.
Any additional funds will be donated to COVID-19 relief efforts.
We send huge thanks and gratitude to all her prayer warriors, the people who have donated, and the hospital workers who are on the front-lines, battling this horrific disease to heal Laura and countless others.
Thank you,
Laura's family & friends
#PrayForLaura
She started to have some respiratory trouble for only a couple days and then was brought to a hospital in Worcester, MA while visiting her parents there. When she arrived at the hospital, she was admitted for pneumonia and COVID-19. On the 3rd or so day of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, she was soon intubated and put on a ventilator. Her health deteriorated very rapidly due to the virus, and she went into acute respiratory failure. She was transferred to a different hospital in Boston, MA via helicopter. She was able to survive the flight. She has now settled in at the new Boston hospital, where they have begun ECMO treatment for her. ECMO is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation which will provide extra support for her lungs, in addition to the ventilator.
Since she is COVID-19 positive, she is quarantined. Her family and friends cannot visit her. The distance they must spend apart during this time is especially heartbreaking. We would give anything to just hold her hand and tell her how much we love her and to keep fighting. We know she can hear our prayers, though.
She continues to fight this virus, and we continue to pray for her full recovery.
I am Laura's sister. All funds withdrawn will be provided to Laura to cover her medical and recovery costs. We expect them to likely be thousands per day. No donation is too small. Anything would help cover her medical costs in this trying time.
Any additional funds will be donated to COVID-19 relief efforts.
We send huge thanks and gratitude to all her prayer warriors, the people who have donated, and the hospital workers who are on the front-lines, battling this horrific disease to heal Laura and countless others.
Thank you,
Laura's family & friends
#PrayForLaura
Organizer
Ariane Lenis Salmon
Organizer
Boston, MA
