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Coronavirus patient didn’t recognise body after double transplant – Sydney Morning Herald
Mayra Ramirez underwent the lung transplant on June 5 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She didn’t wake up until mid-June.
Ramirez, 28, spoke to the media on Thursday alongside Brian Kuhns, 62, of Lake Zurich, Illinois, who followed her as the second US coronavirus patient to undergo a double transplant.
Ramirez underwent the lung transplant on June 5 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She didn’t wake up until mid-June.
I looked at myself and couldnt recognise my body, she said. I didnt have the cognitive ability to process what was going on. All I knew was that I wanted water.
Mayra Ramirez, the first…
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