THEN TAKE THEM TO A NEARBY SOLID WASTE FACILITY. IF NOT, THOSE FIREWORKS COULD
START EVEN BIGGER FIRES.
>> MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED
ABOUT THE NINE LOCAL 10
EMPLOYEES FIGHTING THE
CORONAVIRUS.
LIKE YESTERDAY, MOST OF THEM
ARE STILL EXPERIENCING MILD
SYMPTOMS.
>> LOCAL 10 ANCHOR LOUIS
AGUIRRE SHOWING NO SIGNS AT
ALL AND IS FEELING GREAT.
HE AND THE OTHERS ARE IN
QUARANTINE RIGHT NOW AT HOME.
WE KNOW THE TWO EMPLOYEES THAT
ARE HIT THE HARDEST CONTINUE
TO BE LOCAL 10 REPORTER ROY
RAMOS AND HIS WIFE ANCHOR
NICOLE PEREZ.
LAST NIGHT, ROY WENT TO THE
HOSPITAL AND DOCTORS
DISCOVERED PNEUMONIA BUT HE
WAS WELL ENOUGH TO GO HOME.
>> AND THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
BUT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, NICOLE
IS FEELING MUCH WORSE THAN
WHEN WE CHECKED IN WITH HER
JUST YESTERDAY.
BOTH ARE JOINING US RIGHT NOW.
NICOLE AND ROY, FIRST LET ME
JUST SAY MANY OF OUR VIEWERS
HAVE REACHED OUT TO THANK YOU
FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU TWO AS
WELL.
THIS EXPERIENCE IS A LEARNING
ONE FOR ALL OF US.
IF THERE’S ANYONE OUT THERE
WHO ISN’T TAKING THIS
SERIOUSLY BY NOW, WELL WE’RE
HOPING THAT YOU WILL.
WHAT YOU ARE SHARING WITH US
SERVES AS A WAKE UP CALL.
SO AGAIN, WE THANK YOU BOTH.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
NICOLE, WE’LL BEGIN WITH YOU.
>> AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED, ROY
WENT TO THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY
AND I’LL LET HIM TELL THAT.
WHEN WE GOT HOME, I GUESS THE
HEADACHES THAT I HAD BEEN
EXPERIENCING AND THE STRESS OF
A HOSPITAL VISIT, I’M SURE
EVERYBODY CAN RELATE.
MY HEADACHES STARTED GETTING A
LOT WORSE.
TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT, I
STARTED FEELING NAUSEOUS AND I
ENDED UP HAVING TO THROW UP A
COUPLE OF TIMES.
THE HEADACHE WAS JUST POUNDING
AND POUNDING AND THEN I GOT
THROUGH IT FOR THE REST OF THE
NIGHT.
I WAS ABLE TO SLEEP.
AND THEN TODAY, I GUESS THE
SYMPTOMS JUST SORT OF CHANGE
DAY BY DAY.
BECAUSE THE HEADACHE IS THERE,
BUT NOW I JUST FEEL NAUSEOUS
ALL DAY AND I HAD A COUPLE
DIZZY SPELLS AND A COUPLE OF
STOMACH ACHES.
JUST TAKING IT A LITTLE BIT
SLOWER.
>> ROY, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> YESTERDAY, I WENT TO
IMPERIAL POINT MEDICAL CENTER
WITH BROWARD HEALTH.
I DID THAT AS IT WAS
RECOMMENDED BY MY PHYSICIAN
HECTOR DELGADO.
I WENT IN TO SEE OUR OTHER
DOCTOR RICHIE DELGADO WHO’S A
REAL BIG HELP.
I FEEL THE ONLY REASON I WAS
ABLE TO GET A GOOD NIGHT’S
REST LAST NIGHT, ASIDE FROM
ONE EPISODE I DID HAVE TO
WHERE I BROKE OUT IN A COLD
SWEAT.
BUT I DID SLEEP THE MAJORITY
OF THE NIGHT, WHICH WAS A GOOD
THING.
THEY DID A CHEST X-RAY AND
THEY DID FIND THAT I DO HAVE
PNEUMONIA.
FOR THAT REASON, THEY
PRESCRIBED SOME STEROIDS ALONG
WITH THIS INHALER.
AND IT’S REALLY BEEN HELPING
ME OUT A LOT.
THE ONLY REASON THEY LET ME GO
HOME WAS BECAUSE MY OXYGEN
LEVELS WERE AT A LEVEL THAT
WAS SAFE.
SO I’VE ALSO BEEN CONSTANTLY
CHECKING MY OXYGEN EVERY DAY
WITH THIS PULSE OXY METER.
AS LONG AS IT DOESN’T GO BELOW
90, THE DOCTOR SAID I’M OKAY
AND I CAN STAY HOME.
ALL IN ALL, PROBABLY YESTERDAY
WAS THE BEST DAY.
WHAT I’M EXPERIENCING NOW,
WHICH IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE,
IS THIS SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
IT’S JUST REALLY HARD FOR ME
TO CATCH MY BREATH.
I CAN’T TAKE A DEEP BREATH, SO
I’M JUST WATCHING THAT VERY
CLOSELY.
>> NICOLE, I KNOW THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU’VE SHARED
WITH YOUR VIEWERS.
YOU’VE SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
SO MUCH.
YOU GUYS ARE SEEMINGLY VERY
HEALTHY PEOPLE.
YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF,
WORK OUT, EAT HEALTHY.
ROY, WHAT YOU’RE EXPERIENCING
RIGHT NOW IS JUST, I’M SURE
YOU DIDN’T EVEN THINK THAT IT
WOULD GET THIS SEVERE.
>> NO, I DIDN’T.
IN FACT, I’VE TRIED TO -- I
DON’T WANT TO SAY PUSH MYSELF,
BECAUSE I AM TAKING IT EASY.
BECAUSE I CAN’T BREATHE AND I
CAN’T TAKE A DEEP BREATH, WHAT
I TRY TO DO IS JUST KIND OF
SEE WHERE I’M AT.
I’LL WALK UP AND DOWN THIS
LITTLE HALLWAY HERE IN OUR
APARTMENT JUST AS MANY TIMES
AS I CAN TO SEE WHEN I START
TO GET WINDED.
BECAUSE THAT’S REALLY UNLIKE
ME.
I WAS RUNNING TWO MILES BEFORE
THIS ALL HAPPENED EVERY SINGLE
DAY CONSISTENTLY AT A DECENT
PACE.
IT’S JUST ODD FOR ME TO
EXPERIENCE THAT.
IT’S REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> I THINK IT’S STRANGE FOR
BOTH OF US BECAUSE WE’RE SO
HEALTHY AND IT’S PART OF OUR
DAILY ROUTINE.
WE SORT OF HAVE OUR DAY
SURROUNDED BY OUR GYM TIME
NORMALLY IN LIFE.
AND IT’S JUST SOMETHING THAT
9WE’RE NOT USED TO AND NOT USED
TO FEELING.
LIKE I GO TO THE SHOWER AND
THEN TO THE BATHROOM AND IT’S
LIKE, OKAY.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A SEAT.
WE JUST SIT DOWN FROM BED TO
COUCH.
IT IS REALLY, I MEAN, YOU
WOULDN’T BELIEVE IT, ANYBODY
AT HOME, TO KNOW THAT IT’S
SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS GOING
TO THE FRIDGE AND GOING TO THE
TABLE.
WE HAVE TO SIT AND TAKE THAT
DEEP BREATH AND JUST REST FOR
A MOMENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY REALLY
FAST, BECAUSE I KNOW WE SHOUT
OUT OUR HEALTHCARE HEROES ALL
THE TIME.
HE MENTIONED OUR DOCTORS AND
OUR NURSE MICHELLE.
YOU GUYS, THEY CHECK IN ON US
CONSTANTLY.
IF IT WASN’T FOR THEM, WE
WOULDN’T BE IN THE APARTMENT
RIGHT NOW.
WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO BE
HOME.
>> WE CERTAINLY ARE PULLING
FOR YOU BOTH.
LIKE SO MANY VIEWERS, WE ARE
PRAYING FOR YOU AND WE WANT
YOU TO CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE