Cherry Hill COVID-19 Patient In Desperate Need Of Life-Saving Blood Plasma

Eyewitness News spoke with his wife about the potentially life-saving procedure and how you may be able to help.

MILLION DOLLARS TO HELPSTRUGGLING BUSINESS WAS GRANTSAND NO INTEREST LOANS.A CAMDEN COUNTY MAN ISAMONG THE MANY CASES IN NEWJERSEY, OUR JIM DONOVANJOINING US LIVE NOW, TO TELLUS MORE ABOUT HIS FIGHT.JIM, GOOD MORNING.THANK YOU, JANELLE, GOODMORNING TO YOU.INDEED.ONE OF THE SOUTH JERSEYNEIGHBORS WHO IS IN CRITICALCONDITION RIGHT NOW, 50 YEARSOLD, HIS WIFE, AMY IS JOININGUS THIS MORNING, ON HERE.GOOD MORNING, AMY.GOOD MORNING.THANK YOU.MY PLEASURE.FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS YOURHUSBAND'S CONDITION RIGHT NOW?WHAT'S THE LATEST?THE LATEST IS HE IS STILLIN CRITICAL CONDITION.HE IS INTUBATED AND ONVENTILATOR, THEY HAVE IT STARTDIE DIALYSIS FOR HIS KIDKNITS, COUPLE OF DAYS AGOREALLY CRITICAL AT THIS POINT.AT WHAT POINT DID YOUREALIZE THIS ISN'T JUST ACOMMON COLD, OR THE FLU,BECAUSE YOUR HUSBAND JIANGZEMINLY VERY HEALTHY MAN.YES, HE STARTED NOT TO FEELWELL AROUND THE 14TH, 15TH OFMARCH, START WAD FEVER ONMONDAY, THE 16TH, WE TOOK HIMTO URGENT CARE.THE NEXT DAY, HE TESTEDNEGATIVE FOR REGULAR FLU, THEYSENT HIM HOME.EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD.THEY LIST TONED HIS CHEST.AND EVERYTHING SOUNDED OKAY.AND JUST GAVE HIM THE USUALREST AND FLUIDS, AND, YOUKNOW, TAKE TYLENOL AND MOTRIN,CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR IF YOUFEEL WORSE KIND OF THING.AND, YOU KNOW IT, PROGRESSEDTHROUGH THE WEEK WHERETHURSDAY HE START WAD LITTLEBIT OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH,LITTLE COUGH.AND THEN WE RECEIVED AN E-MAILFROM COOPER, OUR FAMILY DOCTORIS COOPER PHYSICIAN, AND THEYLET US KNOW THAT THEY WEREOPENING A DRIVE-THRU TESTINGSITE AROUND THE CORNER FROMUS, IN CHERRY HILL.SO I CALLED THE NEXT MORNING,AND GOT BRETT AN APPOINTMENTFOR 2:00 THAT FRIDAY THE20TH TO BE TESTED.WE WENT.HE HAD CONTINUED THAT DAY WITHSOME SHORTNESS EVERY BREATH,COUGH, NOTHING HORRIBLE, ANDWE ASKED THE NURSE WHO DID HISNASAL SWAB, YOU KNOW, WHATSHOULD WE DO?BECAUSE HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OFSHORTNESS OF BREATH.AND SHE SAID THAT IF IT BECAMESEVERE TO CALL OUR DOCTOR ANDGO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.THAT OUR DOCTOR COULD CALLAHEAD AND LET THEM KNOW THATWE WERE ON OUR WAY.BY 9:00 THAT NIGHT, HE THAT ISBAD SHAPE.AND I INSISTED THAT WE CALLTHE DOCTOR WHICH CALLED USBACK, SPOKE TO HIM, SPOKE TOME, TOLD US TO GO TO THEEMERGENCY ROOM.I TOOK HIM OVER TO COOPER,PROBABLY GOT THERE ABOUT10:00.YOU KNOW, HE WAS WALKING IN,TALKING TO ME LITTLE BIT, THEYWOULD NOT LET ME GO IN WITHHIM BASICALLY.THEY SAID THE ER WAS ONLOCK-DOWN BECAUSE OF THEVIRUS.SO HE WENT IN.I HAD TO STAND OUTSIDE.THEY HAD A WINDOW THERE.I WATCHED THEM, YOU KNOW, TAKEHIS INFORMATION, PUT HIM IN AWHEELCHAIR, AND WHEEL HIMBACK.AND I FELT HORRIBLE THAT ICOULDN'T BE THERE WITH HIM.I WENT BACK TO MY CAR IN THEPARKING LOT AND I WAITED.I TEXTED HIM.YOU KNOW PLEASE LET ME KNOWWHAT'S GOING ON.HE TEXTED ME BACK AND HE SAIDTHEY TOOK HIM BACK TO A ROOMAND I SHOULD GO HOME AND HELOVES ME.AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME ICOMMUNICATED WITH HIM.HE DIDN'T RESPOND TO ME AFTERTHAT.THE NURSES KEEPING YOU TOUP DATE AT THIS POINT?YOU SAID THEY WERE VERYRESPONSE I HAVE TO YOUR NEEDS?YES, THEY ARE.THEY'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELYWONDERFUL AND SUPPORTIVE INANSWERING ANY QUESTION THAT IHAVE.SO I CAN COMMUNICATE, YOUKNOW, TO OUR FAMILY.RIGHT NOW THERE IS ANEXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT THATSOME HOSPITALIZATION ARETRYING USING PLASMA.EXPLAIN THIS?YES.SO APPARENTLY THERE HAS BEENSOME EVIDENCE FROM OVERSEAS,AND FROM OTHER VIRUS OUTBREAKSOVER THE YEARS THAT USINGANTIBODIES FROM THE SURVIVALVIVEK SUBRAMANI ORES OF THEVIRUS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTEDPOSITIVE, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TOTAKE A PLASMA DONATION FROMYOU AND USE THAT FOR PEOPLEWHO ARE CRITICALLY ILL LIKE MYHUSBAND.THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WEREPOSITIVE, COVID-19 POSITIVE,HAD RECOVERED, AND THEN HADREMAINED SYMPTOM-FREE FOR APERIOD OF TIME.I THINK 14 DAYS?FOR 14 DAYS, PER THE FDA.THEN YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE APLASMA DONATION, AS A HATCERTAIN SENT -- CENTERS, WHICHI POSTED, WITH LINKS TO THEDIFFERENT CENTERS, SOME AREACROSS THE COUNTRY, SOME AREIF THE DELAWARE NEW JERSEYAREA.THE DELMARVA, DOWN INDELMARVA.

SO-SO --DELMARVA, THE NEW YORKBLOOD CENTER.WE HAVE LINKS ON OURWEBSITE FOR THOSE.WHAT?THIS MUST BE VERY ISOLATINGBECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE FRIENDSAND FAMILY COME OVER ANDSUPPORT IN YOU THIS SITUATIONBECAUSE EVERY SOMEONE SUPPOSEDTO BE STAYING AT HOME.WHEN YOU DO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE,YOU SEE PEOPLE, LOOKING ONLINE AND YOU SEE PEOPLE ALLGATHERING STILL, WHAT'S GOINGTHROUGH YOUR MINDS?WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?YOU SHOULD NOT BE GATHERINGWITH OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE YOURIMMEDIATE FAMILY.I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THEREARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, THINGSLIKE, THAT AND PEOPLE ARETAKING PRECAUTIONS LIKE I KNOWOUR LOCAL SUPERMARKETS AREOPEN GOD BLESS SHOP RIGHTS,THEY'VE BEEN AMAZING GETTINGSG INFORMATION FOR ME FORTHINGS I NEED, FAMILY,FRIENDS, PICKING STUB UP,DROPPING IT OFF ON MY FRONTPORCH.AND WHEN I SEE THE PEOPLE ARE,YOU KNOW, OUT IN THENEIGHBORHOOD GATHERING, THEYJUST DON'T UNDERSTANDEDTHEY'RE PUTTING THEMSELVES ANDOTHERS AT RISK.AMY, YOU, BRETT, YOUR TWOKIDS, ARE IN OUR THOUGHTS ANDOUR PRAYERS.PLEASE TAKE CARE.AND KEEP US TO UP DATE.BUT WE WILL BE THINKING AND