Overview
- Costa was admitted to Centro Medicus Azcuénaga on September 4 with a pneumococcal infection that entered her bloodstream and led to a reported case of hepatic encephalitis.
- Doctors placed her under intensive care for close monitoring and treated her with antibiotics, which medical updates and her posts say began to produce improvement.
- She received medical discharge over the weekend and posted “Ya en casita, feliz y agradecida” on social media before visiting the Church of Nuestra Señora de Lourdes to give thanks.
- News outlets report slightly different lengths for her hospital stay (eight days in some reports and nine in others) but agree on diagnosis, ICU care, treatment and discharge.
- Pneumococcal bacteremia can cause serious complications when it spreads to the blood and brain or liver, so her recovery will be monitored as she completes antibiotics and plans a phased return to broadcasting.