My sister’s life was not DISPOSABLE
Jun 16, 2020
4 minutes
WORDS: RORY KINNEAR © GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA LTD 2020.
My sister Karina died at the age of 48. She tested positive for coronavirus early on 6 May and it quickly attacked her stomach, her lungs and her kidneys. When she was admitted to hospital, the carbon dioxide levels in her blood soon began to rise, a worrying sign.
On 9 May we all FaceTimed her to tell her how much she meant to us, and tried to raise one more of her life-affirming laughs, desperately scanning the screen for any sign of responsiveness, any sign of hope. By then, however, we knew that she was only being kept alive in hospital by her BiPAP (bilevel
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