According to an update published on her GoFundMe account, Cypress’s 33-year-old Victoria Gallardo passed away on March 16. She leaves behind her husband, Armando, and five young children.
“Please understand that she has fought this battle to her very last breath,” read the update. “While many family, friends, and others have prayed for her recovery, we recognize that she is now healed, but not in the way we expected.”
Houston’s KTRK-TV first reported on Victoria’s fight against the corona virus earlier this month. Her husband said they took the virus seriously. They wore masks and practiced social detachment, but their 9-year-old daughter contracted the virus after showing symptoms one day at school.
“We wore masks everywhere,” Armando said at the time.
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The family of seven all fell ill, including their newborn daughter when she was only 11 days old.
“She got a really high fever, didn’t want to eat, slept a lot,” Armando said of his newborn baby. ‘We got so worried. We didn’t think she would make it all the way. ”
But as he and the kids got better, he said Victoria got worse.
She has no health problems. No underlying conditions, ”Armando said at the time. “She went to the ICU and was in critical condition.”
Armando is now left with the couple’s five young children. Friends and family hope the GoFundMe account will help raise money for the family. Victoria was a military veteran, according to friends. If you’re interested in donating, visit Victoria’s GoFundMe here.
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