VA Man Recovers from COVID-19
The Northern Virginia father who was on “death’s doorstep” with COVID-19, reunited with his family after three weeks in the hospital.
Titou Phommachanh, 44, of Manassas Virginia, tested positive for the novel coronavirus. His health took a drastic decline and he was put in a medically induced coma and lung bypass machine.
For weeks, his wife, Amanda Phommachanh, documented the uncertain journey on Facebook videos.
She’d been dreaming of the special 21-mile drive to the hospital since March 11.
“It’s been 23 days,” she told ABC7 reporter Victoria Sanchez in an exclusive interview.
On April 2nd, she drove to the hospital to finally pick up 44-year-old Titou Phommachanh.
Titou lost weight and is weak. His doctors say it will take at least two months for him to fully recover from the pneumonia he came down with because of COVID-19.
He survived and wants the world to know.
“When I woke up, the only thing I saw was bad news. Five-thousand people died. So, I am glad I was able to give some hope to other people. There are some good stories out there,” he said.
Source: WJLA
12-Year-Old DC Student Is Designing Face Masks
A 12-year-old clothing designer from northern Virginia is now making fabric face masks and donating them to local hospitals.
Skylar Johnson, CEO of Sew Fly Sky, is also offering online tutorials to help people make their own masks and the proceeds from her sales are being used to buy materials to make more masks for donations.
Source: Fox 5
MD DJ is Hosting Virtual Parties To Give Back
So there is a DJ hosting virtual parties from his basement. His name is DJ Chris Kopec from Baltimore and he mixes music in his basement for the thousands of people who tune in to his Facebook Live!
He also collects virtual tips which were used to pay for and provide meals to every fire station in Howard County and the Howard County 911 dispatch center.
If you want to be a part of this,
The next dance party will be Saturday, April 4, starting at 7 p.m. with a theme of School Spirit Night, April 11's dance party will be dedicated to medical professionals and April 18 will be in honor of the Class of 2020 for their virtual prom.
Source: Patch
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