Cynthia “Cindy” Solomon Tilley, a member of the North Myrtle Beach area community in the United States, died on July 3, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19 after battling the virus for more than two weeks.
Tilley started feeling sick in June and went to the doctor where she tested positive for the virus. Her symptoms worsened as weeks passed.
“She just wasn’t getting any better and she wound up going back to the hospital and had some IV fluids and some breathing treatments done. She wound up getting pneumonia in her left lung,” said her best friend and employer Amy Howie.
Howie says she also suffered from a blood clot. Tilley was released from the hospital to recover from home.
Howie was able to talk to Tilley in her final hours. Scared, but making each other laugh as they always did.
“I had told her that if she needed anything during the night to call and I would call and check on her the next day, but unfortunately that didn’t happen,” said Howie.
Tilley died in her home at the age of 61. She leaves behind two children and granddaughters, who she loved dearly.