
Borges
KCRA in CAMERON PARK
Andrea Arriaga Borges tested positive for COVID-19 on May 19, 2021. The mother of five told KCRA 3 she had no underlying health issues, does not have asthma and does not smoke.
Six days later, the Cameron Park woman asked her husband to call 911 when she couldn’t breathe or walk.
The last thing she remembers is talking to family before being intubated at the hospital.
“That’s all I remember,” she said. “And then I was in a coma for two months.”
Borges had to undergo multiple blood transfusions and a tracheotomy, lost her motor skills and had to re-learn how to walk.
She missed one of her daughter’s high school graduations.
“The doctors told …