Nurse sends reassuring video message to California family hours before death

MADERA, Calif .– Mexico is hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 10,000 cases in the past day, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Sergio Hernandez was one of those on the front lines fighting to try to save those who had contracted COVID-19.

But that battle ended when the virus he was fighting committed suicide.

“Because I’ll be back, it’s not a goodbye. I’m sure I’ll be back after a few days.” These are some of the last words Hernandez recorded before losing his short battle with the virus.

“I want that, no matter what, and the prognosis God has in store for me, you always remember me for who I was and who I am,” he said in the post.

The 28-year-old frontline worker died just hours after recording the video and being intubated by the virus.

His heartbreaking video has gone viral since his death last Friday.

Hernandez leaves his young son and his immediate family in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, but many of his other relatives live in California.

His cousin, Adalberto Hernandez, says Sergio’s sister also died of COVID-19 at age 30, just a few months ago in August.

Their parents and other relatives also contracted the virus, but recovered.

“It tears you apart … someone who is young with their own kids and helping people, no health complications, young, strong, full of life. It took him eight to ten days after he tested positive.” , Adalberto said.

Adalberto says his family in Mexico is now torn apart and in debt thousands of dollars.

The family has sold almost everything they own, struggling to survive.

“The family is in debt of about $ 50,000 just because they have the whole family in the hospital, at the funeral,” he says.

They are now hoping to raise funds to ease the burden and ensure Hernandez’s young son is taken care of after the loss of his father.

Adalberto says it’s too risky to travel or go to the funeral because part of the family is still sick.

All they have while they cry is Hernandez’s last message of hope that will now serve as their last farewell.

The family’s message is to remind people that this virus is real and to wear a mask.

They never thought their families would be devastated by this virus until it happened.

Hernandez’s family started a GoFundMe page.