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Isabel Veloso Undergoes Tracheostomy After 21 Days on Ventilator

Family reports a successful tracheostomy, with doctors maintaining intensive monitoring in the ICU.

Overview

  • Her husband said the tracheostomy was completed without complications and described gradual improvement despite a still delicate condition.
  • She was extubated and awakened on December 25 after 21 days in intensive care, with sedation halted and strong medications supporting recovery.
  • Veloso was first taken to the ICU on November 27 for a respiratory crisis, briefly improved, then was re-intubated on December 4 due to severe pneumonia.
  • She is being treated at Hospital Erasto Gaertner in Curitiba following an October bone-marrow transplant that relatives initially said had taken successfully.
  • Updates on her condition have come primarily from family posts on Instagram, including her father’s message celebrating that she is awake.