The coronavirus has hit home for NBA player, Karl Towns.
In an emotional video, the athlete just revealed that his mother is currently on life support as she battles the disease.
The coronavirus has hit home for NBA player, Karl Towns.
In an emotional video, the athlete just revealed that his mother is currently on life support as she battles the disease.
Over the past several weeks, more and more famous faces have gone public with their diagnoses.
This includes Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson, Idris Elba, Andy Cohen, and Kristofer Hivju.
The heir to the British throne is currently self-isolating in Scotland. His office revealed that he's only displaying mild symptoms.
He's been busy with public events lately, so it's likely that he caught the virus during one of them.
She's "following all the appropriate advice with regard to her welfare," a statement from Buckingham read.
The Queen last saw Charles on March 12 for a public awards ceremony in London.
Minnesota Timberwolves player Karl-Anthony Towns recently shared the devastating news that his mother is on life support battling coronavirus.
"WE CAN BEAT THIS, BUT THIS IS SERIOUS AND WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION," he captioned his post.
He concluded with this, "Thank you to the medical staff who are helping my mom. You are all the true heroes! Praying for all of us at this difficult time."
While looking emotional, he revealed that he was informed last week that his parents weren't feeling well.
When this happened, he advised them to seek medical help immediately.
"Her fever was never cutting from 103, it would go down to 101.1 with the meds and immediately spike back up. During the night, she was very uncomfortable, her lungs were getting worse, the cough was getting worse, she was deteriorating."
But sadly, that wasn't the case.
While his dad was released from the hospital with instructions to quarantine himself, his mother had to stay.
"The day that she was feeling great, we talked and she felt she turned a corner, I felt she was turning a corner ... and then they said that she went sideways."
"It came to a point where it's been difficult, it's been very difficult for me and my family, to say the least."
Karl hasn't been able to talk to his mother since that day.
He also wants to let people know that the coronavirus is very serious, which is why he made this video.
"This disease is real," he said. "This disease needs not to be taken lightly. Please protect your families, your loved ones, your friends, yourself."
"We gonna beat it, we gonna win. I hope my story helps, my story gives you the correct information. I send my love to all your families. I'm praying for every single one of you guys."
This is something that so many people pledged to do, as the comments section was soon overflowing with so much love and support to Karl and his family.
"My mother is the strongest woman I know. And I know she'll beat this and we're gonna rejoice when she does," Karl said.