Marco Paris (57), a popular tour guide from Tibas, toured a group of French tourists for 17 days in March. It almost killed him. He survived for 41 days in the Intensive Care Unit of hospital Mexico, and had to be resuscitated three times after he flat lined. He feels he survived due to excellent medical care, and by the grace of God. He says his story should give hope to all COVID-19 sufferers.

Paris suspected that some of the people on the tour might be suffering from COVID-19 when he became aware of their coughing and sneezing, and noticed they were not observing the protocols of coughing into their elbows and maintaining social distances. Their symptoms seemed to be getting worse as the tour continued, and Paris was very relieved when the tour ended, and he could return to Tibas.

The tour guide lives with his wife, one of his three daughters, and most alarming, with his 87-year old mother. He called the COVID 1322 hotline, and was told to self-isolate from the rest of the family. He soon began to experience devastating weakness, was only able to go to the bathroom by crawling on all fours, then he spiked a temperature of 4O degrees (104F).
Paris recalls, “I began to have problems because when I coughed, blood came out. My balance and co-ordination were off. I had diarrhea, and was sometimes incoherent. I was told by 1322 that I was in bad shape. They sent a Red Cross ambulance, and on March 28th, I was taken to hospital Mexico in San Jose. I was isolated in my own private room. The next day I tried to take a shower by myself, and passed out.”

Paris does not remember what happened next. He was told he had been moved to the ICU unit, where he remained for 41 days, “connected to many machines, and without much hope.” He was intubated, sedated, and soon began to suffer other serious complications. He had partial kidney failure which required dialysis. He needed a blood purifying machine, and suffered acute pulmonary edema. His pulse dropped to 30 a minute, and he almost died three times, but was miraculously resuscitated.
His family was told by the hospital to make funeral arrangements. They did. He was bed ridden and in diapers, and lost 30 kilos (66 pounds.) His body was covered in sores, and he lost over half of his blood.

Hospital Mexico’s medical staff were up to the minute in the treatment of COVID, and began to treat him with blood platelets from patients who had survived the virus. Slowly, the treatment began to take effect, and Paris recovered well enough to be released to the care of two of his daughters who are healthcare providers. He is still very weak, unable to walk alone, and continues medical therapies at home. His 87- year old mother remains healthy.

Paris had no known contributing health factors before becoming ill. Doctors who treated him say it was the result of the powerful viral load he received while on the tour with the Europeans. It is truly a miracle that he survived, and is in relatively good shape.
When asked why he thinks he managed to survive, Marco Paris responds, “God had a different plan for my life.” Paris is grateful to both God and the amazing medical staff who treated him

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