WellSpan York Hospital reached a significant milestone, discharging the 100th COVID-19-recovered patient from the hospital since the pandemic began.
Martha Carbajal, from Adams County, was admitted into WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital in late April with COVID-19 symptoms, and was then airlifted to WellSpan York Hospital where she spent two weeks on a ventilator fighting the virus.
"It was very, very hard," she explained. "But it's the first time I've been sick, because all of my life I've been very healthy."
"When she started going downhill and had to go on a ventilator, we never lost hope," explained her daughter Jannie. "I knew she was strong and that she was going to make it. But it was hard. It was really hard."
Following 30 days apart due to visitor restrictions that limited interactions to Zoom sessions, the two shared a big hug when Jannie finally arrived to pick up her mother at the hospital.
"I cannot explain how happy I feel, and blessed, because we believe this was a miracle," explained Jannie. "You can be good one day and the day after you might not be in this world. So you appreciate life better now."
Carbajal doesn't remember much from her COVID-19 experience, but she does remember the care she received when she started to recover.
"All the nurses here are very, very good persons," she explained. "They are like angels. They care for every people with love."
"I was telling every single doctor that she was an amazing woman and we still have so many memories to build together," explained Jannie. "And we are also going to continue to pray for every person getting sick, because it's not easy. But yes, they can get better. Just like my mom did."
