Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns announced Friday that he tested positive for coronavirus on Instagram.
The 25-year-old NBA player was especially frightened by his diagnosis as his mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, 59, died of complications from COVID-19 on April 13th.
“Before tonight’s game, I got another horrible call that I tested positive for COVID,” Towns wrote.
“I will immediately isolate and follow all protocols. I pray every day for this nightmare of a virus to subside and I urge everyone to continue to take it seriously by taking all necessary precautions.”
Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns announced Friday that he tested positive for COVID-19 on Twitter; seen January 13th
He continued: “It breaks my heart that my family, and especially my father and sister, continue to suffer from the anxiety that this diagnosis entails, as we know all too well what the end result may be.”
Addressing his niece and nephew directly, the athlete promised to do so. ‘don’t end up in a box next to grandma ”and“ she’ll win this ”.
‘Praying for your baby. You have that. God has got you, ”Towns’ girlfriend Jordyn Woods said as she continued to help her husband mourn seven of his relatives ’deaths, due to COVID-19, since March.
Heartbreaking message: Going straight to his niece and nephew, the athlete promised that “he wouldn’t end up in a box next to grandma” and that he would “win this”
‘Praying for you, girl. You have that. God has got you, ”his girlfriend commented, as she continued to help her husband mourn seven of his relatives’ deaths due to COVID-19
His announcement came shortly after the NBA announced Friday’s game between the Timberwolves and visiting Memphis Grizzlies, which was postponed due to safety and health protocols in the COVID-19 league.
Last month, during an interview with ESPN about the upcoming NBA season, Towns talked about seeing “a lot of coffins in the last seven months.”
“I’ve lived through a lot of things, obviously starting with my mom,” Towns said. ‘I was called last night that I lost my uncle. I feel like I’ve hardened my life a little and humiliated myself. ‘
Tragic: Last month, Towns revealed he had lost seven members of his family to COVID-19, including his mother, who showed up with him in 2016
He did not say what other members of his family had died.
The NBA star said he is still trying to prosecute his mother’s death as he seeks to protect the rest of his family from the ongoing pandemic.
Her father, Karl Sr., also tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year, but has recovered.
Towns, pictured above with mother Jacqueline and father Karl Sr., revealed that six other members of her family have died of COVID-19 since her mother in April
“I have a lot of people who, in my family and my mother’s family, have gotten COVID. I’m the one still looking for answers, trying to find ways to keep them healthy.
“It is a great responsibility for me to keep my family well informed and to make all the necessary moves to keep them alive,” he added.
Towns’ mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, died on April 13 at the age of 58 after being laid for 19 days in a ventilator.
Jacqueline Towns-Cruz, represented with Karl, rarely lost one of her son’s games
Weeks earlier, she shared an emotional post on Instagram on March 25 in which she wrote that she was in a ventilator and in a medically induced coma as a result of COVID-19.
“We need more equipment and we need to help the front-line medical staff,” he wrote with the video.
He continued, “Thanks to the medical staff who are helping my mother. You are all true heroes! Praying for all of us in this difficult time.”
Towns then donated $ 100,000 to the Mayo Clinic to help test patients with COVID-19.
Towns appears with his family in 2016. He said Friday that he has been working to protect them from the pandemic since their mother’s death, pictured left, in April.
Towns later confirmed her death with an emotional video showing her by his side in games, press conferences and television appearances.
His mother had been a constant presence at all the great moments of his career and was often highlighted by fans for his enthusiasm in supporting his son from the crowd.
The basketball star said he felt compelled to share his mother’s story, detailing how he cared for her on social media, so that others could better understand the impact of the pandemic.
He and Woods, whose father died in 2017 after being diagnosed with cancer, “connected with the loss of a father at a very young age” after years of friendship.
Support system: he and Woods, whose father died in 2017 after being diagnosed with cancer, “connected with the loss of a father at a very young age” after years of friendship
“The right person will get a lot out of you,” he told Extra about the relationship last year. “We’ve been friends for a long time.”
Woods had previously been linked to Tristan Thompson, after she was reportedly seen in the early hours of the morning at her Los Angeles home in her Los Angeles home, in the early hours of the morning, at her home. of Los Angeles.
At the time, Thompson had a relationship with the KUWTK star and his mother Khloé Kardashian, who has since reconciled. The couple focuses on raising their daughter True, two.
The situation caused Woods to stay with the famous family, including the end of his long friendship with 23-year-old Kylie Jenner.
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