VADODARA: When she got infected with Covid-19 in April, Seema Yadav never thought that she would spend the next two months in hospital.
Thirty-seven-year-old Seema, who had 96% lung infection, had a miraculous escape from death, not once but thrice over the last 59 days that she has been under treatment.
Thanks to the doctors and a benevolent crowdfunding effort that raised lakhs of rupees for her treatment, Seema, mother of 20-month-old twin daughters, has won a long battle and may be back home soon.
“These have been the most difficult days of my life as my wife was in a very critical condition.
I thought I lost her when she was on a ventilator and her oxygen levels kept dipping.
But due to the efforts of the doctors and many donors, Seema is now recovering well,” said Suresh, who drives a taxi for a living.
Seema had tested positive for coronavirus on April 27 and was admitted to two different hospitals over the next 12 days before being brought to Bhailal Amin General Hospital (BAGH) on May 9.
“When we did CT scan, her lungs appeared all white as there was 96% infection.
She was in critical condition and used to feel drowsy when kept on ventilator.
We even did tracheostomy as she was unable to breathe.
There was bleeding in her lungs so we couldn’t give her blood thinner too,” said Dr Manish Mittal, MD (physician) who treated her along with Dr Haresh Shah, consulting pulmonologist at BAGH.
Whenever doctors thought that she was stable, Seema’s condition suddenly worsened.
“Her health deteriorated for the third time a couple of weeks ago and we thought that she won’t survive.
But Seema later responded well to the treatment and her oxygen requirement has come down to two litres now.
She may be discharged within a week,” Mittal told TOI.