odanny
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Gee, ya think? Might be the understatement of the year. My co-worker has a friend, in her mid-40's, facing the same ordeal, in fact, doctors told her if it didn't happen by the end of the year, she would likely die. All because Covid ravaged her lungs.
HOUSTON -- Joshua Garza had a chance to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in January but he passed it up, thinking he didn't really need it.
After testing positive for COVID-19 in late January, Garza's health deteriorated rapidly. On Feb. 2, when he ended up falling while trying to walk, his wife called for an ambulance to take him to the hospital. He was ultimately transferred to Houston Methodist, where he was put on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine to pump and oxygenate his blood for him.
"It was quick, it was within three weeks, the lungs were already shot," said Garza, who works in the oil and gas industry.
"They're telling you your lungs are failing, so you don't know if you're going to go to bed tonight and wake up tomorrow," he said.
Garza was put on the lung transplant list, and on April 13, successfully underwent surgery. He spent several more weeks recovering and rehabilitating to regain his strength after two months on life support before being released from the hospital on May 27.
HOUSTON -- Joshua Garza had a chance to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in January but he passed it up, thinking he didn't really need it.
After testing positive for COVID-19 in late January, Garza's health deteriorated rapidly. On Feb. 2, when he ended up falling while trying to walk, his wife called for an ambulance to take him to the hospital. He was ultimately transferred to Houston Methodist, where he was put on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine to pump and oxygenate his blood for him.
"It was quick, it was within three weeks, the lungs were already shot," said Garza, who works in the oil and gas industry.
"They're telling you your lungs are failing, so you don't know if you're going to go to bed tonight and wake up tomorrow," he said.
Garza was put on the lung transplant list, and on April 13, successfully underwent surgery. He spent several more weeks recovering and rehabilitating to regain his strength after two months on life support before being released from the hospital on May 27.
'It's much easier to get the vaccine': Man declines COVID-19 shot, needs double lung transplant
Joshua Garza, 43, said he passed up opportunities to get vaccinated thinking he did not really need it.
abc7.com