Angelina Friedman: Woman Who Has Beaten COVID 19 Twice
New York: Angelina Friedman is a survivor and conqueror of any disease that comes her way.
When she was a baby, she lived through 1918 flu. Throughout her life she survived cancer, internal bleeding and sepsis. In April, she survived coronavirus - an illness that has taken nearly 1.5 million lives worldwide.
And now, the 102-year-old New York resident just did it again. She survived a second coronavirus diagnosis, according to her daughter, Joanne Merola, who spoke to CNN affiliate WPIX.
“My invincible mother tested negative,” Merola said.
CNN reached out to the North Westchester Restorative Therapy & Nursing Center where Friedman lives but has not yet heard back.
Friedman’s first diagnosis occurred in March after she was in the hospital for a minor medical procedure, administrator Amy Elba told CNN earlier this year. When she returned, she had tested positive, Elba said.
At that time, she spent a week in the hospital before returning to isolate in her room. With a fever on and off for several weeks, Friedman finally tested negative on April 20, Merola told WPIX.
In late October, Merola received a call from the nursing home, “to tell me she had tested positive again”.
“She had symptoms - fever, a dry cough,” Merola said. “They thought she might also have the flu.”
With more staff and residents getting sick, Merola said the older residents were put in isolation. She received daily updates on her mother, until November 17 when she received the news that Friedman had tested negative.
A second test confirmed the negative results, and Friedman was moved out of isolation back to her regular room.
While she has lost most of her hearing and her vision is poor, she is still celebrating life.
