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We& #39;ve started publishing a series of stories and vignettes about those in Oregon who have had coronavirus.
I& #39;ll be sharing all of them in this thread as we continue to report them. Here& #39;s the first by my colleague @noellecrombie about a Beaverton couple. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregonians-with-coronavirus-its-definitely-the-worst-type-of-thing-that-i-have-ever-experienced.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
I& #39;ll be sharing all of them in this thread as we continue to report them. Here& #39;s the first by my colleague @noellecrombie about a Beaverton couple. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregonians-with-coronavirus-its-definitely-the-worst-type-of-thing-that-i-have-ever-experienced.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
Barbara Spencer& #39;s illness began as just an ordinary head cold.
Days later, the 77-year-old was on a ventilator at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center & fighting for her life against COVID-19.
Now a bit of good news: She& #39;s breathing on her own again. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregonians-with-coronavirus-tigard-woman-showing-signs-of-improvement-after-4-days-on-ventilator.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
Days later, the 77-year-old was on a ventilator at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center & fighting for her life against COVID-19.
Now a bit of good news: She& #39;s breathing on her own again. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregonians-with-coronavirus-tigard-woman-showing-signs-of-improvement-after-4-days-on-ventilator.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
Marcia Haug: Retired teacher, 90, celebrated as Rose Parade devotee, lover of nature and travel.
She died March 22. Had been a resident of Regency Park assisted living center in Washington County, where multiple people tested positive for COVID-19. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregonians-with-coronavirus-retired-teacher-90-celebrated-as-rose-parade-devotee-lover-of-nature-and-travel.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
She died March 22. Had been a resident of Regency Park assisted living center in Washington County, where multiple people tested positive for COVID-19. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregonians-with-coronavirus-retired-teacher-90-celebrated-as-rose-parade-devotee-lover-of-nature-and-travel.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
“I can’t comfort my children whom have lost their grandparents. I can’t hold a service for my parents or attend their burial. Funeral homes are closed." https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/vancouver-couple-married-for-52-years-dies-on-the-same-day-from-coronavirus.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
Leave it to a member of The Greatest Generation — five years shy of his 100th birthday — to kick COVID-19& #39;s butt.
In case you needed a feel-good story amid the current of muck.
Grandpa Bill might be your guy. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregonians-with-coronavirus-yamhill-county-veteran-95-battled-covid-19-and-won.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
In case you needed a feel-good story amid the current of muck.
Grandpa Bill might be your guy. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregonians-with-coronavirus-yamhill-county-veteran-95-battled-covid-19-and-won.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
Alina Banut of Southeast Portland is 42 and healthy. She had to spend days on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus. Now out of the hospital, she still struggles to even walk from her bed to the bathroom. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/oregonians-with-coronavirus-portland-woman-home-after-3-days-on-a-ventilator.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
William Lapschies, who lives at a veterans home in Lebanon, is likely the world& #39;s oldest coronavirus survivor. He celebrated his 104th birthday last week after kicking COVID-19& #39;s butt. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/oldest-coronavirus-survivor-oregon-veteran-lives-to-celebrate-104th-birthday.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
Just a quick reminder that this thread houses all of the profiles / stories by @Oregonian reporters about those in the state who have contracted COVID-19.
Lynn Bryan, 70, was a country-western dancer, an Army vet, a father & friend. He was the first person in Oregon to die of coronavirus. One of his best friends was also hospitalized from COVID-19 & learned of Lynn& #39;s passing while fighting for his own life. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/oregons-first-coronavirus-death-occurred-3-weeks-ago-lynn-bryan-was-a-dancer-a-friend-a-cowboy-at-heart.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
