Good news, within good news, within another good news.
For the first time a patient is cured of coronavirus thanks to the experimental therapy that uses the plasma of convalescent patients. Inside this good news, here is another one, which makes us feel good and increases - if ever it were necessary - the trust we feel in the expert hands that help us: the woman is Italian and has been taken in charge and cared for by the staff of the Poma hospital in Mantua. It is obvious, repetitive, to say we are proud of our health, but it is good to insist because when all this has passed, and soon it will, we will have to carry this certainty with us, especially when queuing for a ticket or disappointed for the delay of a visit. we will return to say plague and horns of those we are close to today sanctify. We are a people full of genius, but sometimes without memory.
But let's get back to the point. And the amazing point is that this second good news also carries another within it. Yes, because Pamela, the healed woman, was isolated during her hospital stay (as per protocol all COVID patients are) but she was not alone. During the days of fear, and then of hope and then of joy, Pamela had with her - within her - another person.
“The most important thing is to go home with her” he declared when the fright ended, “The child will be called Beatrice Vittoria. Because we have won this battle. "
Two pockets of immune plasma were enough to make Pamela go out of fear.
But Pamela is twenty-eight. He is young. And what has happened to her does not make literature. Each case responds in its own way and it is no time to cry out for definitive solutions. There is no bibliography that certifies cases similar to yours in the world. And this makes us proud of the record, but also cautious. Hope is great. But hand in hand with caution. And trust in those who care for us.
Admitted on April 9, Pamela deteriorated on the 10th which required the transfer to Pneumology with uninterrupted monitoring of the child.
“To protect the fetus, we avoided the need for assisted ventilation. The advantage of rapid healing allows you not to keep the baby in a hostile environment with poor oxygenation. From an ultrasound point of view, everything is fine. The fetus is in the twenty-fourth week. " Words by Gianpaolo Grisolia, head of the Activity of Prenatal Pathology and Pregnancy of the Poma. He is responsible for Pamela's recovery together with Giuseppe De Donno, director of the Pneumology department.
Pamela was discharged yesterday. Her relief, satisfaction and emotion from the staff who assisted her are hard to put into words.
Treatment through convalescent plasma continues to be tested: according to the protocol signed with the San Matteo di Pavia, twenty-four patients have already been treated in Mantua and fifty bags of blood components have been infused. We look forward, with confidence. And prudence.
