Mom and daughter nurses from the identical Lengthy Island hospital each caught the coronavirus — and on Saturday, their colleagues stunned them with an early Mom’s Day “drive-by” thanks.
Workers on the Lengthy Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital drove by the house of mother Luz Naranjo, 61 — who remains to be recovering — on Saturday afternoon.
They introduced indicators of help, confetti and even carried out a lawn-side dance to precise their love.
“I’m simply so comfortable she will get to see them — even when it’s only for a number of seconds. She misses them they usually miss her,” stated Naranjo’s daughter, Catherine, 24, who additionally works on the Valley Stream hospital.
Luz was intubated for 10 days with the virus in late March and has been at residence recovering since. Her whole household had change into sick with the bug after Catherine first contracted the virus in mid-March whereas working on the hospital.
At that time, the coronavirus testing was not performed on website, and Catherine stated she ended up infecting her dad and mom, brother and sister as she awaited the outcomes over the course of about two weeks.
The Naranjos are grateful Luz is on the trail to restoration after the well being scare and have been appreciative of all of the help from the hospital.
“We have been devastated — unhappy to say that we thought the worst,” Catherine stated when the household heard of Luz’s intubation.
“And from there we simply wanted prayers. And everybody within the LIJ Valley Stream group referred to as me and stated they’re right here for us and that they have been praying for us, and we by no means felt alone throughout that entire course of.”
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