Earlier this year, she spent a week in the hospital due to a collapsed lung, a severe complication of pneumonia.
The support she received from the hospital staff and her friends confirmed that moving there was the right decision.
"We have to go to the hospital right now," my doctor told me after confirming that my right lung had collapsed.
I felt scared and focused on my friend as the surgeon told me to hold my right arm above my head and stay still.
People I didn't know well would call to check in, and friends of friends would send well wishes.
Persons:
Sinead Mulhern, I'd, Ecuador —, hadn't, I'm, Sanja, We've, Jonathan, KFF
Organizations:
Monopoly
Locations:
Ecuador, Cuenca —, Quito, South America, Ecuadorian, Canada, Australia, South Africa, England, Venezuela