A 102-year-old woman, who was survived Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 and cancer, has now also defeated coronavirus twice.
Angelina Friedman, who lives in a nursing home in Mohegan Lake, New York, first tested positive for COVID-19 in March.
Ms Friedman spent a week at a local hospital before she was transferred back to her nursing home and remained in isolation until April 20, when she tested negative for the virus.
However, shortly before her 102nd birthday in October, she contracted the virus a second time, and this time round she got seriously ill.
During her first bout with the disease she had a relatively mild experience as her daughter, Joanne Merola told NBC;
She was never really symptomatic the first time around. The worst symptom she had was a fever that lasted maybe 10 days.
Merola, speaking of her mother’s second diagnosis, expressed;
She had a cough, she was lethargic, she had a fever again. The first time you wouldn’t know she was sick.
The woman’s daughter expressed that the centenarian is now nearly deaf and has lost most of her vision, but is recovering well and feeling like her old self again.
Merola stated;
My mom has been through so much in her life. You just can’t give up. You have to fight. My mother’s got the will to stay alive as I’ve never seen before.
