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>>> CONVALESCENT PLAZA, SOME CONSIDER IT A LIFE-SAVING
EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT FOR SOME
COVID-19 PATIENTS WHO ARE
FACING DEATH.
FACING DEATH. THAT INCLUDES THE WIFE OF ONE
TEXAS MAN WHO REFUSES TO LEAVE
HER SIDE, EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT
ALLOWED INSIDE THE HOSPITAL.
HERE IS ERIKA PROFFERED.
>> Reporter: [ SIRENS ]
>> HE SHE TOLD ME, SHE PROMISED
ME COME SHE WAS CRYING.
YOU BETTER COME PICK ME UP.
SO, WHAT I'LL DO, AND EVERY
NIGHT AROUND 10:00, I GO TO THE
HOSPITAL AND SLEEP.
I'M GOING TO SLEEP IN THE CAR
>> Reporter: WITH EACH PRAYER
EACH BREATH,
EACH BREATH, >> BUT, UM, --
>> Reporter: EACH STAB OF PAIN
IN ROBERT ALEXANDER'S HEART, IS
A BRUTAL REMINDER OF WHAT LIFE
WAS LIKE ONLY A MONTH AGO.
>> SO I GO OVER THERE, IF SHE
PASSES AWAY, OR WHATEVER I WANT
TO TO THINK THAT I WAS CLOSE.
[ CRYING ] BUT, I'M DON'T STOP
FIGHTING.
FIGHTING.
FIGHTING. >> Reporter: RESIGNED THOSE
WIFE, SARAH YELLOW IS ON A
VENTILATOR.
VENTILATOR. HE SAID COVID-19 COLLAPSED HER
LUNGS, PUSHED HER KIDNEYS TO
FEAR, SO HE SLEEPS HER OUTSIDE
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
IN SOUTH TEXAS.
ALEXANDER ONCE A TREATMENT FOR
HIS WIFE, NOT APPROVED BY FDA,
BUT SHOWING POSITIVE RESULTS IN
CLINICAL TRIALS.
CLINICAL TRIALS. IT IS CALLED COVID-19
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, PLASMA
DONATED BY PEOPLE WHO ONCE HAD
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. THE PLASMA IS IN SHORT SUPPLY.
>> I BET EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY,
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE DAY THAT
WE ARE NOT WAITING FOR THIS
KIND OF PRODUCT.
>> Reporter: DR. ROSEMARY
RECOMMENDING RUNS THE MEDICAL
LAB AT MISSION MEDICAL.
>> IT IS NOT DENIED, IT IS JUST
NOT THERE
NOT THERE
NOT THERE >> Reporter: MISSION MEDICAL
GETS MUCH OF ITS PLASMA FROM
SAN ANTONIO, SO AT BEST, IT
WOULD TAKE FOUR HOURS TO REACH
THE HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL. NEARBY DOCTORS HOSPITAL IN
RENAISSANCE WORKS TO CUT DOWN
THAT WEEK TO KEEP PLASMA
DONATIONS LOCAL AND CREATE A
POOL FOR HOSPITALS.
THEIR EFFORTS, STILL NOT
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. >> UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW, WE
ARE NOT IN THAT POSITION.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE HARVESTING.
>> Reporter: AS THEY REQUEST
LOCAL DONORS, DHR GETS WHAT IT
CAN FROM BANKS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> WE ARE TRYING TO WORK HERE
AGAINST TIME, AGAINST VOLUME,
AGAINST DEATH.
AGAINST DEATH. >> Reporter: AGAINST
COMPASSION.
COMPASSION. >> EVERY PHYSICIAN IS GOING TO
BE VERY CAUTIOUS IN WHO THEY
SELECT FOR PLASMA THERAPY.
>> Reporter: PLASMA WILL GO TO
HOSE MOST LIKELY WHO WI
BENEFIT, NOT THE MOST FAR GONE.
>> IF NOTHING ELSE, IF THERE'S
NOTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW HAVE TO
DECIDE WHO IS GOING TO LEAVE.
THOSE OF THE SITUATIONS WHERE
WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION
>> Reporter: DECISIONS WHICH
IMPACT FAMILIES, GRANDMOTHERS,
LIKE ALEXANDER'S WIFE.
>>'S GRANDMA, NO ANGELS?
I SAID YEAH.
>> Reporter: AFTER ELIZONDO
SPOKE WITH US, DOCTORS CALLED,
HIS WIFE GOT PLASMA.
NO GUARANTEE IT WILL WORK.
SHE IS STILL ON A VENTILATOR,
STILL FIGHTING TO LIVE.
AMERICA PROFFER.
AMERICA PROFFER. >> PARKED IN HIS CAR OUTSIDE
THE HOSPITAL, PRAYING FOR A
MIRACLE.
MIRACLE.
MIRACLE. AND PRAYING FOR YOU TO HEAR
THEIR PLEA.
THEIR PLEA. YOU