Noehmi Esquivel and Carlos Garcia: Within 15 days, two young brothers lost their mom and dad
Their mother Noehmi Esquivel, 39, and their father Carlos Garcia, 44, both died after fighting the coronavirus, the family confirmed to CNN.
Esquivel was taken to the hospital on July 2, and ended up dying the same day, her brother, Jacob Mendoza, told CNN.
“My mom spoke to her and told her that it was okay for her to go home … and not to worry about Carlos and the boys,” Mendoza said.
“[She] prayed over her in Jesus name and she passed away over the phone with my mom talking to her.”
Carlos was able to attend Noehmi’s funeral before succumbing to the disease himself.
Then, just 11 days later, her husband, Carlos, landed in the hospital because of kidney problems. His family said he was recovering from coronavirus and it aggravated medical problems he was already having.
“He was barely recuperating … [but] when he went into the hospital, he was doing well,” Mendoza said.
On July 17, his fourth day in the hospital, Mendoza said Garcia’s condition unexpectedly worsened.
“We had just gotten off the phone with him, and he sounded perfectly fine. He sounded like there was nothing wrong with him. And it surprised us when we got the call around one o’clock in the morning that he had passed away,” he said.
Carlos Garcia died on July 17, 2020, from complications stemming from Covid-19.
Both Esquivel and Garcia had diabetes and other underlying conditions.
“It has just been very rough on us, because both of them, you know, they both had to die in the hospital by themselves because of this whole coronavirus pandemic,” Mendoza said.
His father’s funeral is on Tuesday at The Promise Church of Houston.
