INFIGHTING AT A TIME WHERE THIS PRESIDENT, HIMSELF, SAID WE ALL
NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
>> LET’S BRING IN AMY BROWNSLOW,
WHOSE HUSBAND, BRETT, FIGHTING
FOR HIS LIFE AGAINSTAMY, I KNOW
FOR PEOPLE TO HELP.
I’D LIKE YOU TO WALK US THROUGH
THIS.
THIS. YOU TOLD -- I BELIEVE ALEX WITT
ON THE 28th THAT YOU WANTED TO
BRING YOUR HUSBAND TO THE
DOCTOR.
DOCTOR. YOU BROUGHT HIM TO THE E.R.
ULTIMATELY BUT AT FIRST YOU
THOUGHT THAT ONLY MUCH OLDER
PEOPLE COULD GET THIS?
>> WELL, HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
YES, SO EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD
BEEN READING OR HEARING ON THE
NEWS IS THAT THE ELDERLY AND
PEOPLE WHO WERE -- HAD MULTIPLE
MEDICAL PROBLEMS WERE MORE AT
RISK FOR SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
FROM THE VIRUS SO, YOU KNOW, WE
DIDN’T THINK THAT HE WAS SO
SERIOUS THAT HE WAS AS ILL AS HE
WAS.
WAS. >> THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HIM, HE
WALKED INTO THE E.R. ALONE.
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WE HAD CONTACTED OUR DOCTOR
THAT EVENING AROUND 9:00 WHO
ADVISED THAT HE GO INTO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AS HE HAD BEEN
HAVING SOME SHORTNESS OF BREATH
AND HAD BEEN COUGHING.
AND THAT HAD REALLY ONLY STARTED
THE DAY BEFORE, AND WE DID NOT
THINK IT WAS THAT SERIOUS.
SO I TOOK HIM OVER TO COOPER
HOSPITAL IN CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.
THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO COME
INTO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY
WERE ON LOCKDOWN DUE TO THE
VIRUS.
VIRUS. IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO WATCH
HIM WALK IN BY HIMSELF, AND I --
THERE’S A WINDOW THERE.
I WAS WATCHING THROUGH THE
WINDOW AS THEY CHECKED HIM IN
AND PUT HIM IN A WHEELCHAIR AND
TOOK HIM BACK INTO THE EMERGENCY
ROOM AREA.
ROOM AREA. I WENT BACK OUT TO MY CAR, AND I
TEXTED HIM THAT THAT’S WHERE I
WAS AND TO PLEASE UPDATE ME.
LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
HE TEXTED ME BACK.
HE TOLD ME THEY WHEELED HIM TO A
ROOM.
ROOM. THAT I SHOULD GO HOME AND THAT
HE LOVED ME.
AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT
I HAD COMMUNICATION FROM HIM.
>> WHAT IS HIS CONDITION NOW,
AND WHAT ARE YOU HOPING PEOPLE
CAN DO THAT WILL PERHAPS HELP
YOUR HUSBAND?
YOUR HUSBAND? >> HIS CONDITION TODAY, WE GOT
SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS THIS
MORNING THAT SOME OF HIS NUMBERS
ARE IMPROVING.
ARE IMPROVING. SO HE’S FIGHTING THE VIRUS.
HE’S STILL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION, AND HE’S ON A
VENTILATOR AND ON KIDNEY
DIALYSIS.
DIALYSIS. SO IT’S VERY MUCH MOMENT TO
MOMENT, BUT WE’RE PRAYING AND
ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
ARE PRAYING FOR HIM TO CONTINUE
TO FIGHT.
TO FIGHT. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET PLASMA
DONATION FOR HIM.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE RED
CROSS, WHO IS, IN TURN, WORKING
WITH COOPER HOSPITAL, AS WELL AS
OUR NEW JERSEY OFFICIALS, OUR
GOVERNOR AND OUR STATE SENATORS
AND REPRESENTATIVES TO GET A
SITE OPEN HERE IN SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY.
JERSEY. I AM HOPEFUL WE WILL BE ABLE TO
MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT EITHER
LATER TODAY OR MAYBE TOMORROW
WITH DETAILS OF WHO CAN DONATE
AND WHERE CAN YOU GO AND HOW CAN
YOU SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT?
I THINK THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW,
ONE OF MY BIG PUSHES RIGHT NOW
TO NOT ONLY HELP MY HUSBAND BUT
THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO OTHER
PEOPLE AT COOPER HOSPITAL WHO
ARE CRITICAL AS WELL AND NEED
THIS PLASMA DONATION THAT I’VE
BEEN TOLD THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
IT.
IT. SO IT’S -- THAT’S THE MESSAGE I
WANT TO GET OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT, AMY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT
WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING ON THIS MORNING AND KNOW
THAT --
THAT -- >> WE’RE PRAYING FOR YOUR
HUSBAND.
HUSBAND. >> WE’RE PRAYING FOR YOUR
HUSBAND AND YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAS BEEN
SO IMPACTED BY THIS PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.