Eduardo Lozano, the 60-year-old taxi driver from Barcelona who has been hospitalized for more than two years due to covid-19, He was discharged from hospital this Fridayas reported by the Duran i Reynals social and health center of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), where he was hospitalized.
Since March 22, 2020 was admitted to the Bellvitge HospitalLozano has lived in hospital for two years and 45 days, surviving a virus that left him in the ICU for three monthstwo of them in an induced coma, and later recovering from the aftermathsome of which still remain.
“I did not expect to recover,” Lozano admitted in statements to TV-3, thanking the support of all the doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and other personnel who helped him in his rehabilitation.
Long recovery process
Lozano, that when he woke up from the coma “looked like a corpse” and could not move or speak, has overcome a long and hard recovery process, but there have been sequelae, such as pulmonary fibrosis, which causes some breathlessness; mobility problems, which force you to walk with the help of a walker; or the scars from the wounds on his knees (from being face down in the ICU) or in his mouth (from the number of tubes they put in).
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“I’m a little scared, because two years is too long, I don’t know if I’ll be able to be well outside, do the everyday things that I used to do well”, he pointed out.
Although he has regretted that he will not be able to work as a taxi driver again, he has indicated that his future plans are to “enjoy life”.