Alberta man battling COVID-19 in hospital as family divided over vaccinations
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Daryl Czuy had a second chance at life after his double lung transplant in 2016. But now, stricken with COVID-19, he's being forced to fight for a third chance — and it might be because some of his family members had initially refused to get vaccinated.
The anti-rejection medication he's taken since the transplant left the 63-year-old Sylvan Lake, Alta., man immunosuppressed. So he and his wife, Raylene Czuy, stayed physically distanced from others when the pandemic hit and got their COVID-19 vaccinations as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, not everyone in their family was originally on board.
"We'd had conversations with our family [about] the importance of getting vaccinated. But I guess we didn't insist," Raylene said.
Their son, Tyson, eventually got both doses, and his fiancée has one dose. But their daughter and her partner are unvaccinated, although they are now looking into it.
In early September, Daryl, Raylene and their two children, along with their kids' partners and their five young grandchildren, all under the age of 12, held an outdoor photo shoot. Daryl and Raylene were the only ones who were fully vaccinated.
Soon after, almost half the group, including Daryl, tested positive for the coronavirus.
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