Seaford Woman Survives Coronavirus After Going To ICU

SEAFORD, NY — While the elderly and people with underlying medical conditions are the most susceptible to the new coronavirus, it does not discriminate. No one knows that better than Christine Tudor, a 46-year-old woman with no underlying medical conditions who contracted COVID-19 earlier this month. Her case was so severe she ended up in the intensive care unit at NYU Winthrop Hospital, according to News 12 Long Island.

"I had double pneumonia," Tudor told the TV station. "They were considering putting me on a ventilator, and thankfully my body responded to the medication. They were really open and honest with me about the situation and how dangerous it was for me."

Tudor said her health began to spiral downhill on March 6 when she developed a 99-degree temperature and cough. Several days later, her temperature jumped to 103, and she found herself in the emergency room. She then spent two weeks in the hospital, including a few days in the ICU.

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"The nurses told me that I scared them because, to see someone healthy and on the younger side fight for their life from this virus, it's very serious," she said.

According to the TV station, Tudor was finally allowed to go home on Tuesday. She said she is grateful to the hospital's medical staff who helped nurse her back to health —but warns others to heed local and state orders that promote social distancing and minimal contact with the public.

"It is an extremely serious virus," Tudor stressed.

As of Friday, there were 37,258 cases of the coronavirus in New York, 3,914 of those are in Nassau County. Worldwide, 21,031 people have died from COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization. The United States currently is the third highest-ranking country in the world for coronavirus cases, WHO reports. It ranks only behind China and Italy.

According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, those at high-risk for severe illness from COVID-19 include:

• People aged 65 years and older
• People who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility
• Other high-risk conditions could include:
  • People with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma
  • People who have serious heart conditions
  • People who are immunocompromised including cancer treatment
  • People of any age with severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] >40) or certain underlying medical conditions, particularly if not well controlled, such as those with diabetes, renal failure, or liver disease might also be at risk
• People who are pregnant should be monitored since they are known to be at risk with severe viral illness, however, to date data on COVID-19 has not shown increased risk

Watch Christine Tudor's interview with News 12 Long Island at this link.

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