{"id":11852,"date":"2020-04-14T07:20:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=11852"},"modified":"2020-05-25T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T15:25:35","slug":"resident-of-carolina-retirement-residence-in-perth-dies-from-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/resident-of-carolina-retirement-residence-in-perth-dies-from-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident of Carolina Retirement Residence in Perth dies from COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OTTAWA —
\n\tJoan Lepage says not being able to say goodbye is the toughest part of losing someone to novel coronavirus during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCOVID-19 took her \u2026 and it\u2019s the saddest thing I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLepage\u2019s 78-year-old sister Shirley McLean died on Saturday from COVID-19 related pneumonia in hospital.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe disease had really taken a hold of her, and that\u2019s what it does to the elderly people\u201d says Lepage.<\/p>\n

\n\tMcLean was a resident of the Carolina Court Retirement Residence in Perth, where a COVID-19 outbreak was declared on March 29.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to a statement provided by Sienna Senior Living, a total of 27 residents and seven team members have tested positive for COVID-19 as of April 13th. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOn behalf of the entire team, we extend our condolences to the families of the residents who have lost loved ones who had tested positive for COVID-19. \u00a0 We also thank them for the support and gratitude they have extended to the team for the care and comfort of their loved ones\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMcLean was transferred to the Perth Hospital after dealing with COVID-19 symptoms at the residence. \u00a0 Her sister says her health deteriorated quickly within just one week.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHer family physician called me Saturday afternoon, and he told me that I don\u2019t think she\u2019ll make it,\u201d said LePage.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWednesday, COVID-19 pneumonia set in \u2026. Thursday when we Skyped again, she was non-responsive.\u00a0 She never said a word. \u00a0 It\u2019s almost like she had disintegrated – the disease had really taken a hold of her\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNot seeing her sister was difficult for Lepage.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt just happened so fast; and all of a sudden they were isolated, and we couldn\u2019t go in, and no one could come out; I understood that, but Shirley never understood that,\u201d said Lepage in an interview with CTV News Ottawa.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe fact that I couldn\u2019t get to her was just devastating; I felt hopeless, useless – not to be able to get to her when she needed me the most is just pulling my heart right out of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLepage adds \u201cI truly will miss her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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