{"id":2457660,"date":"2020-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324856"},"modified":"2020-04-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T06:00:00","slug":"after-recovering-from-covid-19-roaring-fork-valley-woman-aims-to-help-other-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/after-recovering-from-covid-19-roaring-fork-valley-woman-aims-to-help-other-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"After recovering from COVID-19, Roaring Fork Valley woman aims to help other patients"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Margot Moselle stands in her yard with her dog Rollo in Blue Lake on Friday, April 24, 2020. Margot tested positive for COVID-19 and then retested negative two weeks later. After overcoming the illness, she is now hoping to donate plasma to help others with the disease. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong>
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Midvalley resident Margot Moselle wasted little time trying to turn her bout of COVID-19 from a negative to a positive this month.<\/p>\n

Upon full recovery, Moselle, 40, applied to donate plasma to help others who are sick. People who recover from the disease may have immune-boosting antibodies in their plasma that could be used to treat critically ill COVID-19<\/a> patients, according to health experts. The plasma is separated from the blood and provided for the treatment of others with the same blood type.<\/p>\n

Moselle saw a news segment about convalescent plasma helping the recovery of a critically ill man who had been in a coma for five days. The recipient and his family got to meet the donor and thank him for the contribution. It inspired Moselle to apply to a Colorado company called Vitalant to donate. She\u2019s waiting for an appointment.<\/p>\n

Now that she\u2019s had the virus, she wants to be of service for those ill or most prone.<\/p>\n

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