RIDGEWOOD – They lost his test. They held up his drug trial. Now he's in a coma.

The best thing Jack Allard has going for him in his battle against the coronavirus, his family says, is that he's only 25. But even that hasn't helped him enough as Allard is waging a tough battle against "extreme complications" from the disease, one that has family and a U.S. congressman on his side, pushing hard for his survival as they deal with "red tape."

Jack Allard, who grew up in Ridgewood, is one of 4,402 cases that have been reported in New Jersey – the second highest in the nation – and 62 people have died. Read more: NJ Coronavirus Updates: Here's What You Need To Know Many, like Jack, have been on a ventilator. Jack's also been in intensive care and, for six days, in a medically induced coma.

"My son is healthy, no pre-existing conditions and he's 25. This virus is really dangerous and now he is very, very sick," Genny Allard told ABC7, saying her son developed a fever after working in Manhattan. Jack is a 2016 Bates College alumnus and a two-time All-American lacrosse athlete who fell ill on March 13 with symptoms including vomiting, back pain and a fever, according to The Bates Student.

Since then, he's been struggling to get help after the lab lost his test – something that prompted his family's local congressman, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, to call "inexcusable."

"Somehow they lost his test and it cost all those days," the congressman told ABC7.

Then Gottheimer said he had to fight to get Allard on a trial for a drug called remdesivir, one that could help him survive the disease. He was set to be airlifted to the University of Pennsylvania for the trial this week, but the "red tape" delayed it, his office said.

He's since been approved, but Genny told Fox News on Tuesday night that Jack, who now lives in Metuchen, was still at JFK Medical Center in Edison, waiting to be airlifted.