Man with Coronavirus Says Drug Announced by Donald Trump Saved his life
Could the controversial American President Donald Trump found the COVID-19 much-sought breakthrough? Donald Trump received a backlash from world leaders and pressure groups after announcing that scientist must look towards an already existing malaria drug Chloroquine.
Reported by the NewYork Post, A Florida man diagnosed with coronavirus claims he was saved from certain death by an anti-malaria drug announced as a possible treatment by President Trump.
How he was saved by the malaria drug.
Rio Giardinieri, 52, told Los Angeles’ Fox 11 that he struggled with horrendous back pain, headaches, cough and fatigue for five days after catching COVID-19, possibly at a conference in New York.
Doctors at the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in South Florida diagnosed him with the coronavirus and pneumonia and put him on oxygen in the ICU, he told the outlet.
How the doctors nearly given up
Giardinieri reveals that doctors gave up n him after a week, as there wasnt anything more they can do, he reveals that he even said his good byes to his wife and kids.
“I was at the point where I was barely able to speak and breathing was very challenging,” Giardinieri said. “I really thought my end was there.”
At this juncture, his friend send him an article of the malaria drug that was announced by President Donal Trump. He insisted on taking the drug despite being discouraged on medical grounds by doctors who revealed that the drug was never tested to fight Coronavirus.
“He gave me all the reasons why I would probably not want to try it because there are no trials, there’s no testing, it was not something that was approved,” said Giardinieri.
“And I said, ‘Look, I don’t know if I’m going to make it until the morning,’ because at that point I really thought I was coming to the end because I couldn’t breathe anymore,” Giardinieri continued.
“He agreed and authorized the use of it and 30 minutes later the nurse gave it to me.”
After about an hour on an IV with the medicine, Giardinieri said, it felt like his heart was beating out of his chest and, about two hours later, he had another episode where he couldn’t breathe.
He says he was given Benadryl and some other drugs and that when he woke up around 4:45 a.m., it was “like nothing ever happened.”
He’s since had no fever or pain and can breathe again. Giardinieri said doctors believe the episodes he experienced were not a reaction to the medicine but his body fighting off the virus.
Giardinieri, the vice president of a company that manufactures cooking equipment for high-end restaurants in Los Angeles, said he had three doses of the medicine Saturday and is hoping to be discharged from the hospital in five days.
“To me, there was no doubt in mind that I wouldn’t make it until morning,” said Giardinieri. “So to me, the drug saved my life.”
After hearing the testimony, the American President shared this on his official twitter account and revealed that the drug is set to hit shelves tomorrow
Source: NewyorkPost.com
