//22-year-old man who recently became a father dies after battle with coronavirus

22-year-old man who recently became a father dies after battle with coronavirus

One of the latest victims of the coronavirus was a 22-year-old Oklahoma man who had made multiple trips to area medical facilities before he was tested.Krystal Sauz told Fox 23 that it took three trips to three different facilities before her husband, Israel Sauz, ever got tested for the coronavirus. She said he was initially sent home from a Broken Arrow hospital with a fever, cough and other symptoms and was diagnosed with a stomach virus.Days later and after the symptoms continued, Israel Sauz was told at a clinic that he had a virus and was prescribed antibiotics. Krystal Sauz told the Tulsa-area television station that she pushed to have her husband tested for the coronavirus but was denied.Israel Sauz got to spend a week with his and his wife’s newborn child before he started developing a fever and cough. Krystal Sauz and their child went to her parents’ house to protect their health, and she made regular visits back to help her husband at his and his parents’ home. Things took a turn March 29 when Israel Sauz had a fever reaching 104 degrees. He was too weak to walk, had shallow breathing and felt like throwing up.Krystal Sauz contacted the state’s coronavirus hotline, which told her to contact a hospital and tell staff there that the hotline recommended for her husband to be tested for COVID-19. She took him to Saint Francis Hospital, where he tested positive and was put on a ventilator the next day. Israel Sauz told his wife over the phone he was scared but it was in God’s hands. She told him she loved him.Video above: Family mourns loss of 31-year-old man killed by coronavirus Despite showing improvements over the next few days, Krystal Sauz received a call early Sunday saying that her husband may not make it. She got to visit him briefly in the hospital, standing outside a glass window to his room.Israel Sauz was pronounced dead at 10 p.m. Sunday.“My heart breaks for that 22-year-old person there in Tulsa,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said during a news conference Tuesday. “And I heard … that he had gone into the hospital and couldn’t get tested. What specifically happened and what hospital he went to and why they didn’t test him, it just breaks my heart.”

One of the latest victims of the coronavirus was a 22-year-old Oklahoma man who had made multiple trips to area medical facilities before he was tested.

Krystal Sauz told Fox 23 that it took three trips to three different facilities before her husband, Israel Sauz, ever got tested for the coronavirus. She said he was initially sent home from a Broken Arrow hospital with a fever, cough and other symptoms and was diagnosed with a stomach virus.

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Days later and after the symptoms continued, Israel Sauz was told at a clinic that he had a virus and was prescribed antibiotics. Krystal Sauz told the Tulsa-area television station that she pushed to have her husband tested for the coronavirus but was denied.

Israel Sauz got to spend a week with his and his wife’s newborn child before he started developing a fever and cough. Krystal Sauz and their child went to her parents’ house to protect their health, and she made regular visits back to help her husband at his and his parents’ home.

Things took a turn March 29 when Israel Sauz had a fever reaching 104 degrees. He was too weak to walk, had shallow breathing and felt like throwing up.

Krystal Sauz contacted the state’s coronavirus hotline, which told her to contact a hospital and tell staff there that the hotline recommended for her husband to be tested for COVID-19. She took him to Saint Francis Hospital, where he tested positive and was put on a ventilator the next day.

Israel Sauz told his wife over the phone he was scared but it was in God’s hands. She told him she loved him.

Video above: Family mourns loss of 31-year-old man killed by coronavirus

Despite showing improvements over the next few days, Krystal Sauz received a call early Sunday saying that her husband may not make it. She got to visit him briefly in the hospital, standing outside a glass window to his room.

Israel Sauz was pronounced dead at 10 p.m. Sunday.

“My heart breaks for that 22-year-old person there in Tulsa,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said during a news conference Tuesday. “And I heard … that he had gone into the hospital and couldn’t get tested. What specifically happened and what hospital he went to and why they didn’t test him, it just breaks my heart.”