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Devany Veloz slightly opened her eyes. Amid the darkness, she could only hear the machines she was connected to.
She could not move. And with a tube entering her body through the windpipe, she could not speak.
It was July 19, and Veloz was emerging from a 48-day coma that doctors had induced in her battle with COVID-19.
Devany Veloz, 26, shows a photo taken of her while she was in a coma battling COVID-19.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
Even today the 26-year-old Grand Prairie resident isn’t sure whether it was day or night when she began to awaken. She remained connected to the ventilator for four more days, only half-conscious.