The attending nurse, who said hospital regulations prevented her from giving her name, said Moreno's heart was unstable but that his kidneys might start functioning when the shock passed. Guzman, the rescuer, returned home to find his wife had left him, angry that he had abandoned the family during his 40 straight hours of work. So he went to the hospital to see how Moreno was holding up. His fatigues caked in mud and a surgical mask at his chin, he broke into tears when he saw Moreno's parents in the waiting room. Moreno's mother, motionless in the waiting room, said there was nothing they could do any more.
Lupus affects women much more commonly than men.