FRANKFORT - A suburban high school senior, with no underlying health conditions, lost her life to COVID-19 after just three days in the hospital.Sarah Simental was 18-years-old and about to graduate from Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort.
Her mother Deborah says Sarah was an animal lover, adored her dog Bailey, and was healthy.Sarah came down with a slight headache on December 16th.
One week later, the Tinley Park teen had body aches and chills and was admitted to Silver Cross Hospital where she needed oxygen.Sarah Simental "I said, ‘Pumpkin, everything is going to be okay,’ because she was very sad that she knew she was not going to be home for Christmas," said Deborah Simental about speaking with her daughter.