Married Georgia teachers tested positive for coronavirus. The husband is currently on life support.
What We Know:
- Priscella and Patrick Key are married teachers in the Cobb County public schools. While Priscella is recovering at home, Patrick is on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at WellStar Kennestone Hospital.
- Patrick has been an art teacher at Cobb County elementary school for 23 years. Priscella teaches 1st grade at Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary; it is her third year in Cobb. She previously taught for nine years in Douglas County.
- Priscella wrote emails to 11Alive News that Patrick is “stable” yet “he is far from out of the woods but is slowly making progress forward”. She has praised the hospital staff’s handling of the situation. The hospital has been helping the couple stay in contact with each other whenever Patrick is awake. They recently allowed Priscella to FaceTime him, during which Patrick signed “I love you” in ASL.
- A group of teachers and their families went to the couple’s home to take care of yard work and help the family during their time of need. Priscella commented on the act, saying, “He truly cares about people, and it is so very heartwarming to see that people truly care about him.”
- Fellow Cobb County school teacher Merry Mullins set up a gofundme page for the couple to help with the medical bills. The page currently has over $20,000 raised of a $25,000 goal. In the page’s description, Mullins shares his fondness of Patrick, “I’ve personally known him for over 25 years and can tell you that he is one of the most giving humans I have ever met!”
Priscella’s severe symptoms have left. As of Monday, Mullins posted an update on Patrick, saying he is still in the ICU fighting the infection.
