Bill Lapschies is a survivor. The Oregonian, born in 1916, has survived the 1918 flu pandemic, World War II and now, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).…
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Lapschies celebrated his 104th birthday on Wednesday, 19 days after he had a fever and more than 25 days after first showing symptoms of the contagious respiratory virus, Oregon Public BroadcastingLapschies lives at the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home in Lebanon, Oregon, which is about 80 miles south of Portland.
“This could have easily gone another way,” Lapschies’ physician, Dr. Rob Richardson, told OPB. “There’s not a lot of interventions that can be done.” Richardson explained that the veteran did not develop the severe respiratory issues that would have put him on a ventilator if at a hospital, where he would have been treated if he didn’t already live in a long-term care facility.Lapschies’ family helped him ring the milestone birthday with a social distance-safe party where everyone kept six feet apart.
“I don’t know,” Lapschies answered his granddaughter Jamie Yutzie when she asked how he survived COVID-19. “It just went away. Sit out here and you can get rid of anything.”According to Richardson, Lapschies was put into isolation on March 5 after exhibiting his first symptoms. Three days later, Richardson told OPB, there were several residents at the veteran’s home were showing signs of a respiratory illness, and others were also put into isolation.
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