Olympic silver medalist in the ice dance and ice show, producer Ilya Averbukh, spoke about the plight of Olympic champion Roman Kostomarov and stated that he received a voicemail a few days ago.
“As for the difficult and dramatic situation with the novels … now the situation is starting to improve. A few days ago, he recorded a voicemail, thanking us all, strong motivation was heard in his voice … His health is improving, ”RIA Novosti quotes Averbukh.
At the same time, Channel Five reported last week that the athlete had serious problems with his liver. According to the source, Kostomarov’s body cannot cope with the large volumes of drugs that the doctors had to give him, which greatly affects the functioning of the liver: the functioning of a part of the organ is disturbed.
The chief physician of the St. Petersburg private ambulance “Koris” Lev Averbakh commented on this information, stating the possible causes of complications with the liver.
“Liver failure is a direct result of multi-organ failure. Vital organs and systems of the body fail, either short-term or long-term. Unless urgent measures are taken to save the liver, patient survival will be nearly impossible. It’s hard to imagine how doctors will deal with it.
The situation is very difficult. Since the kidneys often fail with the liver – it is very difficult to get out with such a set.
Kostomarov showed an individual reaction to the virus against the background of weakened immunity. This case is one in a hundred thousand. There are many questions about the causes of such complications, but simply put, this is how the individual reaction of the body is expressed. The novel takes a long time due to a strong and athletic build. An unsportsmanlike person would not have lasted that long. Roughly speaking, it is like an allergy, an individual response of the immune system to external factors. Let’s hope the doctors work a miracle,” Sport24 quotes Averbakh.
On March 24, Moskovsky Komsomolets informed Kostomarov that all fingers on his left hand were cut off.
“The fingers had to be amputated because the fingers began to turn black, which meant that the gangrene process had begun on the hand. If the process goes further, the patient will urgently be prepared to have his entire left hand amputated. The media can happen at any time,” he said.
Sport-Express announced another amputation operation, but noted that Kostomarov lost not only his fingers, but also his entire hand.
Doctors suggest that such a surgical intervention stops the process of necrosis. Doctors also cleaned the tracheostomy so they could connect the patient to the ventilator if needed.
Roman Kostomarov was hospitalized in early January. The fact that he was in the hospital learned on the 10th. The reason for hospitalization was pneumonia with complications. The skater, who was taken to the intensive care unit, was put on artificial lung ventilation, then connected to the ECMO (artificial oxygen saturation device).
In February, it became known that doctors were forced to perform a series of amputation surgeries – at first it was reported about the feet, then information about the removal of several fingers from the hands. In mid-March, the media also reported that Kostomarov’s lower legs were amputated.