Aaron's miracle: Doctors fought for his life - and tonight he will celebrate with his family

December 10, 2020   

Aharon Yaakovovich, 55, from the Romema neighborhood of Jerusalem, contracted the coronavirus during the Tishrei holidays, at the beginning of the second wave. He stayed at home suffering from a high fever and difficulty breathing. What is a “shared car price list”? How will the prices be displayed in the price list? All the details When his family saw that his condition was deteriorating, they called the emergency services, who immediately rushed him to the coronavirus ward at Shaarei Tzedek. An imaging test done at the hospital showed severe pneumonia caused by the virus, and there was a serious fear for his life. He was hospitalized for a month, sedated and on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. Aaron's condition deteriorated and the team performed CPR on him. After the team managed to stabilize his condition, he remained sedated and on a ventilator, and during this time his young daughter got married, when the team played the chuppah for him over the cell phone. "I don't remember much about the moments of hospitalization in the ward. I do remember praying to get out of it and return to the bosom of my family, and that the team behaved with wonderful devotion and did everything so that I wouldn't feel alone, including allowing volunteers and family to enter the intensive care unit," Aaron says. "The family members all feared for my life, and when I woke up, they told me, thanking Hashem, that I missed my daughter's wedding, but I gained my life back." Dr. Yigal Halevitz, a senior physician in the intensive care department at Shaare Zedek: "A young man came to us with a large family waiting for him, and the entire Shaare Zedek team mobilized to bring him back to the bosom of the family. "In the medical literature, the survival rates for corona patients who underwent resuscitation are extremely low. Most patients as severe as him did not survive the disease, and those who survived were left with long-term damage. We are very happy that Aharon came out of it in excellent cognitive condition without damage.". Dr. Shoshana Zvin, Director of Internal Medicine Department B: "Aaron's treatment was intensive and many teams did their best to restore him to a normal state of health. After several times when his life was in real danger, he recovered and was transferred to the internal medicine department. Gradually, his respiratory condition improved, and with the help of physiotherapy, he made great progress functionally." Aaron will be able to return home to spend time with his family, after three critical months of hospitalization in the hospital and several months of rehabilitation are expected for him. "Today I am being discharged from the rehabilitation hospital feeling good. It is truly a miracle that I am alive," says Aaron.