Mothers unfortunate death -still shocked and not able to understand the reason ,is this COVID19?

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Hello All,

i lost my mother unfortunately in the covid crisis happening in India on May 4 2021,she had no critical illness,just diabetes but it was well under control with insulin,she was diagnosed of parkinsons disease due to which she was not able to walk and always remained at bed but still she didnt have critical illness,She felt sleepless my father got bit annoyed and took her to a hospital in a car to get some sleep medication from a psychiatrist, in just a week time things turned around she was diagnosed of bronchitis , but at the start of second week suddenly she developed high fever of 103 degrees and her speech was not understandable ,we never understood why she is speaking in such a way that we are not able to understand anything ,we were confused totally ,her blood tests which we took showed low heamoglobin , high wbc count and low rbc count and her liver enzymes were all at higher level,doctor told her blood test reports were not of any concern ,he tried to inject saline water and gave her a paracetamol injection,her oxygen levels went low to 84 but after saline water drips it started to improve back to 87 but suddenly she passed away in her sleep,me being her only son sat and watched this in shock sitting in Melbourne and due to tough travel restrictions was not even allowed to travel to india for her funeral and last rites,as tears come from my eyes i still dont understand how my mother left me suddenly ,I strongly beleive her disability due to parkinsons disease could have never taken her life ,my father and aunty who were near my mother seems to be asymptiotic and healthy,i am still shocked and dont understand the reason behind my mothers death,if anybody can make me understand what went wrong that would be very helpful for me to console myself and my family.

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    I am very sorry for your loss. I’m sure it must be very difficult for you and your family right now.

    you May never know for sure what exactly happened to make your mother so sick.

    The Parkinson’s is an underlying condition that puts your mother in a more fragile health situation. it would be more difficult to fight off Covid with that condition. her oxygen was lower, she had a fever, a high white blood count. That sounds like she was fighting off an infection which could have been Covid and bronchitis.

    doctors and scientists still don’t know why some people get very mild symptoms with Covid and others get very ill and pass away.

    there is nothing that you or your family could have done more to save her. Please don’t any of you feel guilty or like you did anything wrong. This is something that happened quickly and it was out of your control.

    scientists are still studying Covid and trying to learn more about how it affects people differently.

    unfortunately many people have died from it.

    I’m sure your mother would want you to know that there’s nothing more you or your family could’ve done. your dad got her to the hospital as soon as he could. She would want you and your family to be happy. take care of yourself ❤

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