For 10 long days, Joe Trejo had been hooked up to a ventilator in the intensive care unit at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, unable to communicate with his wife, Patty, and their three sons. Patty Trejo arranged a mariachi band to play “La Mano de Dios” (“The Hand of God”), the favorite song of her husband, Joe. Patty and two of the couple’s three sons — Chris, Matthew and Joseph, ages 18 to 31 — also had COVID-19 and recovered. AdvertisementNurse Celina Mande holds a phone displaying the mariachi band. Advertisement“I know they say if he’s not off it after 10 days, the chances are slim,” she said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 16, 2021 01:18 UTC