ICYMI: Grandmother Beats COVID-19, Pancreatitis, In Huntington

HUNTINGTON, NY — A grandmother of 11 was surrounded by her family when she returned to Huntington Hospital on Tuesday; six months after she was saved from pancreatitis that nearly claimed her life. Recently, she defeated both pancreatitis and COVID-19, according to a news release from the hospital.

Alisa White, 61, of Wyandanch, was admitted to South Shore University Hospital with severe pancreatitis in January, after surviving a prolonged hospital stay with COVID-19. Doctors say the pancreatitis was a direct result of complications from her bout with the coronavirus.

White was placed in a medically-induced coma and transferred to Huntington Hospital on Jan. 6. When she got there, she was treated with a procedure called a cyst-gastrotomy, in which an endoscope is used to clean out an infection that formed in the pancreas.

White had less than a 50 percent chance of surviving due to the severity of her pancreatitis.

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