‘I’m Here Because God Saved My Life’ Covid-19 Patient Describes Experience & Tells Why He Wishes He’d Taken The Vaccine

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ANNAPOLIS Md. (WJZ) — WJZ went wrong a infirmary country to interrogation a diligent who contracted COVID-19.

Marvin Harrison said helium wishes he’d taken the vaccine earlier helium got sick.

“I’m present due to the fact that God saved my life,” said Harrison. ” I thought I wouldn’t marque it. Best mode to picture that if I had to marque my assessment, adjacent death.”

The 54-year-old described himself arsenic steadfast until 2 weeks agone erstwhile 2 at-home COVID-19 tests came backmost positive.

“I couldn’t sleep, perpetually hurting, perpetually coughing, nary energy, nary breath, nary oxygen. I fundamentally laid successful the furniture astir apt each week by myself but I wasn’t getting better,” said Harrison.

Harrison said helium was ever cautious but successful his words, helium kept dragging his feet and ne'er got the vaccine. Harrison said helium didn’t get the vaccine adjacent aft his wife, who’s a nurse, told him to get the shot.

“Do you regret not taking the vaccine?” Reporter Ava-joye Burnett asked.

“I regret it,” Harrison answered. “It’s conscionable answers that I’ll ne'er cognize and galore of america volition ne'er cognize but astatine slightest it minimizes your chances of getting sick. I bash person immoderate regrets there. I didn’t perceive to my wife, I didn’t perceive to my sister.”

Dr. Stephen Sellinger, an ICU doc and Chief Medical Officer astatine Luminus Health Anne Arundel Medical Center said galore patients he’s seen regret not taking the vaccine earlier it’s excessively late. The doc besides said the illness affects each strategy successful the body.

“I’ve been doing ICU medicine since astir 1986 and I could archer you these are immoderate of the sickest astir challenging patients successful the intensive attraction unit,” said Dr. Sellinger. “These patients don’t get amended quickly. Many patients arsenic you cognize don’t past this unwellness but adjacent those who bash survive, it’s a precise very dilatory go. Patients are connected the ventilator for a precise prolonged play of time.”

Harrison said mundane tasks similar brushing his teeth are present a conflict and he’s informing radical not to marque the aforesaid mistake helium did.

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“Going backmost I wouldn’t instrumentality the hazard again,” said Harrison. “That’s wherefore erstwhile I get well, I’m going to travel the protocol and get vaccinated.”