Blog | True Stories of Covid-19

Mar 27
7 min

DAY 334: AN NC EVENT PLANNER'S BIGGEST "UN-PLANNED" LIFE CHANGING EVENT.

CONTRACTING A COVID-19 INFECTION, IN MARCH OF 2020, CHANGED TAANYA SARMA'S LIFE IN A WAY THAT SHE COULD NEVER IMAGINE..... TAANYA SARMA,...

Surviving COVID-19: A True story, told by the wife of a New Jersey Survivor.

Carolyn A

Mar 8
7 min

Surviving COVID-19: A True story, told by the wife of a New Jersey Survivor.

"CLIFF BERLINER SPENT 89 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND 76 OF THOSE ON A VENTILATOR" CLIFF BERLINER AGE 55 & STACEY BERLINER AGE 53, MARRIED 22...

ARKANSAS WOMAN WITH COVID-19 INFECTION GETS PUSHED TO THE BRINK, BY BEING TOLD IT'S ONLY ANXIETY....

Carolyn A

Jan 22
4 min

ARKANSAS WOMAN WITH COVID-19 INFECTION GETS PUSHED TO THE BRINK, BY BEING TOLD IT'S ONLY ANXIETY....

Evelyn Piechocki 55 years old Fort Smith Arkansas, Retired Married to Scott Piechocki, 34 years Our COVID-19 experience began on March...

FORMER NY ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY EMPLOYEE REVEALS HER PERSONAL BATTLE WITH COVID-19 & THE PAIN OF

Carolyn A

Jan 2
13 min

FORMER NY ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY EMPLOYEE REVEALS HER PERSONAL BATTLE WITH COVID-19 & THE PAIN OF

WATCHING THE RESIDENTS THAT SHE LOVED SO MUCH LOSE THEIR BATTLE WITH COVID, DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY..... IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH... Megan...

RETIRED FLORIDA TEACHER HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM A COVID-19 INFECTION THAT SHE CONTRACTED IN MARCH.

Carolyn A

Dec 29, 2020
5 min

RETIRED FLORIDA TEACHER HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM A COVID-19 INFECTION THAT SHE CONTRACTED IN MARCH.

NANCY, SHOWN BELOW, IN HAPPIER, HEALTHIER DAYS, BEFORE COVID TOUCHED HER LIFE. Nancy Carp, Retired Teacher, Ocala, Florida...

12-year-old Virginia 7th grader infected with COVID-19 ends up in ICU with MIS-C.

Carolyn A

Dec 20, 2020
5 min

12-year-old Virginia 7th grader infected with COVID-19 ends up in ICU with MIS-C.

MIS-C stands for Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome. Recently the CDC recognized this new syndrome in children and teens associated with...

67 yr-old CT daughter & her 90 yr-old father contract COVID-19 & pass within weeks of each other.

Carolyn A

Dec 12, 2020
3 min

67 yr-old CT daughter & her 90 yr-old father contract COVID-19 & pass within weeks of each other.

"My mother took care of my grandfather in life and now they are together in heaven..." Sissy Gonzalez Our Pop, Warren, and our mom,...

Interesting things I have learned by writing about True COVID-19 Survivors, Warriors & Long-Haulers.

Carolyn A

Dec 9, 2020
9 min

Interesting things I have learned by writing about True COVID-19 Survivors, Warriors & Long-Haulers.

Carolyn Andrews (me) Founder, Writer, Blogger for Truestoriesofcovid19 mask created by Cathryn Holzschuher (my sister) I had a dream in...

"STRUCK BY LIGHTNING TWICE?" 2016 ARDS SURVIVOR CONTRACTS AND SURVIVES COVID-19, 4 YEARS LATER...

Carolyn A

Dec 4, 2020
4 min

"STRUCK BY LIGHTNING TWICE?" 2016 ARDS SURVIVOR CONTRACTS AND SURVIVES COVID-19, 4 YEARS LATER...

Jeri Sharp was placed on a ventilator and survived a very deadly ARDS infection in 2016: 2020, she contracted a deadly COVID-19...

43-year old NY business owner contracts COVID-19 and has advice for those who haven't gotten it.

Carolyn A

Dec 1, 2020
3 min

43-year old NY business owner contracts COVID-19 and has advice for those who haven't gotten it.

Farah McCormick shown below with her boyfriend Mark Liachowitz , having fun PRE-COVID-19 Farah McCormick, age 43 years old, owner of...

Kentucky retired couple both contract COVID-19 and continue to have horrible after-effects.

Carolyn A

Nov 29, 2020
6 min

Kentucky retired couple both contract COVID-19 and continue to have horrible after-effects.

Laurie and Curtis Ahonen found each other and married, in September of 2013, after both of their spouses, passed away from cancer. ...

BOSTON TEACHER WHO BATTLED COVID-19, WRITES ABOUT WHAT STOOD OUT MOST DURING HER TIME IN A HOSPITAL

Carolyn A

Nov 24, 2020
3 min

BOSTON TEACHER WHO BATTLED COVID-19, WRITES ABOUT WHAT STOOD OUT MOST DURING HER TIME IN A HOSPITAL

POEM WRITTEN BY APRIL BURKE, TO PERSONALLY THANK ALL FRONT-LINE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FOR BEING THERE FOR HER AND OTHER COVID-19...

MINNESOTA MAN TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ON HIS BIRTHDAY! (HIS PRESENT: 1 WEEK IN THE HOSPITAL.)

Carolyn A

Nov 20, 2020
4 min

MINNESOTA MAN TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ON HIS BIRTHDAY! (HIS PRESENT: 1 WEEK IN THE HOSPITAL.)

Chris who used to power-lift 900 pounds, years ago, could barely lift his arms when he got home from the hospital. COVID-19 IS NO GAME!...

25 & young, doesn't make you exempt from getting COVID-19 OR becoming a COVID Long-Hauler....

Carolyn A

Nov 15, 2020
5 min

25 & young, doesn't make you exempt from getting COVID-19 OR becoming a COVID Long-Hauler....

ASK HOUSTON MAN, GUILLERMO PIEDRA, WHO CONTRACTED COVID-19 IN JULY, AND HAS DEALT WITH AFTER-EFFECTS FOR OVER 4 MONTHS NOW. Guillermo...

Woman recovering from spine surgery in an LA rehab facility tests positive for COVID-19.

Carolyn A

Nov 9, 2020
7 min

Woman recovering from spine surgery in an LA rehab facility tests positive for COVID-19.

With a 103 fever, shortness of breath, chills, massive headache, cough, and not at all recovered from spine surgery, the Rehab facility...

Ultra-healthy, Kentucky salon owner, contracted COVID-19 in early February... 9-month Long-Hauler.

Carolyn A

Nov 6, 2020
7 min