‘This is not a game’, message from 21-year-old college student before dying of Covid

Laura Camila Huertas was 21 years old. She was a recognized and award-winning law student at the Universidad del Rosario. Laura Camila died last Friday after spending several days battling the coronavirus. Despite his age, his relatives believed he would be saved, because of his strength and youth. Laura, in the second half of her career, was diagnosed with lung cancer, a disease that complicated her process with the coronavirus, a disease that directly attacks the respiratory system. Semana magazine has decided to shed light on Laura Camila’s story, and shed light on some details of the illness which in recent days has claimed her life.

According to what these media reported, Laura Camila was admitted to an intensive care unit of the Fundación Cardioinfantil. There, the young student kept in touch with family and friends, constantly sending selfies and messages to show them she was okay. However, the discussions ended when, due to breathing difficulties, she had to be intubated.

“Mom, I love you,” was read in the last message Laura Camila sent to her mother, Marcela García, as revealed by Semana. The young woman, after being hospitalized for about a week, She had to receive mechanical assistance to breathe, in fact it was she herself who, a few days before the medical intervention, told her friends and her mother that she was afraid, because she was already struggling. to breathe. “Take good care of yourself and take care of your families. It’s not a game, ”the young woman wrote on her social networks.

Marcela, Laura’s mother, told the magazine that in a last conversation with the doctor, her daughter gave her life to her, “He said to the doctor, ‘I’m not praying, but I trust you,'” however, the disease eventually deteriorated his lungs. “I accompanied her until she left,” Marcela said.

“In the hospital, my daughter was the youngest, but there was no free bed. People don’t realize the damage it can cause when they die off. Even though his illness was difficult (lung cancer), it is the covid which accelerated its departure “, Explain.

The lives of the two women had been financially complex. When Laura was diagnosed with cancer, Marcela quit her job in the pharmaceutical industry to take care of her. In the absence of jobs, and therefore money, the two decided to start a business, in which Laura was the main participant, since she managed it through her social networks. “Laura told me, ‘I can’t be less than excellent. Others will be geniuses, but I have the ability to study a lot.

Laura began to win several scholarships, in order to avoid the cost of semesters of her career, which allowed her to progress satisfactorily in it, In addition, he helped several of his classmates who had difficulty with certain subjects or topics. Laura was the student representative of the Rosario Bar Association.

Last Saturday, in the Obligations class of professor Gerardo López, the teacher, very moved and affected by Laura’s departure, paid a tribute in her honor. “My daughter left me, my university daughter (…) I thought her youth would save her. I was wrong (…) the university was injured. The Rosary has cried whole ”, he said through tears.

Sara Molano, Laura’s best friend, spoke of the young woman and assured that “When I was at the clinic (Laura), I wrote to her that I was hoping she would come back, because I had never met someone who loved the law more than she did.

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