>>TOM WILLS: NOW A VERY PERSONAL COVID-19 STORY, A MEMBER OF OUR
NEWS 4 JAX FAMILY WHO YOU SEE
ON TELEVISION AND ON OUR WEB
SITE EVERY DAY IS RECOVERING
FROM
THIS ILLNESS.
>>MARY BAER: REPORTER AND
ANCHOR VIC MICOLUCCI HE’S
JOINING US FROM HIS HOME WHERE
HE
IS RECUPERATING. HI BIG AFTER
SEVERAL DAYS OF BEING VERY SICK
SICK. WE ARE
SO RELIEVED THAT EUROPE TO
TALKING ABOUT THIS AND THAT WE
CAN SEE YOU AND YOU’RE WAITING
IT IS NOW. HOW ARE YOU FEELING
RIGHT NOW.
>> THOUGH TOM AND MARY I
FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW I HAVE A
DUTY TO TALK TO PEOPLE TO TELL
THIS STORY BECAUSE I’VE BEEN
REPORTING ON IT FOR SO MANY
MONTHS ALONGSIDE U 2 AND THE
REST OF OUR HARDWORKING NEWS
4 JAX TEAM, I’M DOING OK YOU
LAST WEEK I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU
SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND I HAVE TAKEN MY TIME I’VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL. I HAVE RESTED A LOT OR
THE NO MORE THAN I
WANTED TO BUT I’M GETTING
THROUGH IT. I DON’T WANT TO SAY
THAT I’M OVER IT YET BECAUSE I
STILL DO HAVE SOME SYMPTOMS.
BUT I’M DOING A WHOLE LOT
BETTER AND
VERY INTERESTING LEARNING
EXPERIENCE ALL SAY HAVING
REPORTED ON IT FOR MONTHS.
IT’S VERY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU OR
A LOVED ONE GETS IT.
>>TOM WILLS: THEY CAN YOUR NEWS
4 JAX TORY YOU SAID THIS WAS AS
SICK AS YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN
YOUR ADULT LIFE. WOULD YOU TELL
EVERYBODY WHAT THAT ACTUALLY
WAS LIKE.
>> YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO THINK
ABOUT A TIME WHEN I WAS SICK OR
I MEAN I’VE HAD MY DOUBTS WE’VE
ALL GOT SOME SORT OF BOND OR
SOMETHING HERE AND THERE.
BUT THIS TIME I GOT HIT WAS
WHAT I FELT LIKE WAS A TON OF
BRICKS AND IT CAME FAST, IT
CAME HARD AND NOT ONLY DID MY
BODY FEEL TERRIBLE MY MIND FELT
TERRIBLE AND THERE WAS NOTHING
I COULD DO I HAD TO GO AWAY
FROM OTHER
PEOPLE LIE. I SAT IN MY BED BY
MYSELF BECAUSE I KNEW THAT
I WAS A RISK OF SPREADING THIS
HORRIBLE VIRUS IS
TERRIBLE BUCK. AND YOU KNOW I
STARTED IT JUST FEELING BADLY
AND THEN EXTREME FATIGUE FOR NO
REASON EVEN THOUGH I HAD GOTTEN
A DECENT NIGHT’S SLEEP THE
NIGHT BEFORE.
I WENT HOME, I WASN’T EVEN
FILLING UP FOR DRIVING, BUT I
HAD TO
DO THAT AND I JUST DECIDED TO
TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
TAKING TYLENOL. AND I TOOK
MY TEMPERATURE,
99.5 WHICH IS HIGH FOR ME
BECAUSE MY TEMPERATURE NORMALLY
RUNS LOW
AND THEN EVERY TIME I WOULD
CHECK IT EVERY 1015 MINUTES, IT
WOULD GO UP EVENTUALLY I WAS
ABOUT ONE O ONE 0.4 BY THE END
OF
THE DAY. BODY ACHES LIKE I
DIDN’T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE MY
DAD WAS UNCOMFORTABLE THE COUCH
WAS UNCOMFORTABLE. THE FLOOR
WAS ACCOUNTABLE. I HAD SWEATS I
HAD TEARS COMING OUT OF
MY EYES. LITTLE BIT OF NAUSEA
AND JUST THE THE MENTAL TOLL
THAT IT TAKES IS WHAT THEY
DON’T
WRITE ABOUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW
YOU DON’T HAVE A LOVED ONE TO
COME AND BRING YOU SOUP
AND DAD. YOU ARE A DANGER TO
THEM TO EVERYONE ELSE AND
CERTAINLY THAT WAS GOING
THROUGH MY HEAD. I DON’T WANT
ANYONE ELSE. THE MATTER WHO
THEY ARE TO GO THROUGH THIS.
>> BIG YOU WERE RECENTLY WAY ON
VACATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
HOW YOU CAUGHT THE
VIRUS AND CAN YOU TELL
EVERYBODY WHAT YOU’VE DONE TO
KEEP FROM SPREADING THIS TO
OTHERS.
>> I WAS ON VACATION
I TALKED WITH MY MEDICAL FAMILY
MEMBERS BEFORE I WENT ON
VACATION I SAID I DON’T WANT TO
CATCH THE CORONAVIRUS IS IT A
GOOD IDEA TO GO ON VACATION,
YOU KNOW
IT’S IT’S AN INHERENT RISK THAT
WE TAKE AND I MADE THAT
DECISION AND I’LL ADMIT THAT
THERE’S NO HIDING THAT. I WORE
MY MASK, THE ENTIRE TIME.
I WASHED MY HANDS I EVEN SPEND
THE EXTRA MONEY TO BUY THE
FIRST SEAT ON THE PLANE
FOR EVERYTHING WHEN I WENT
THERE I HAD MY OWN HOTEL ROOM I
DIDN’T SHARE WITH ANYONE ELSE I
HAD MY OWN RENTAL CAR. I EVERY
MEAL OUTSIDE WHEN I CAME BACK TO JACKSONVILLE THE DAY AFTER I FLEW BACK TOM
AND MARY WAS WHEN I WAS EXPOSED
TO A FRIEND WHO WAS POSITIVE.
SHE TOLD ME A DAY LATER I HAD
SYMPTOMS 2 DAYS LATER SO.
WITHIN 3 DAYS. I WAS I WAS
SICK.
LATER I WOULD FIND OUT THAT
I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED MORE THAN ONCE IN OTHER
WORDS BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON
AND THEN JUST GOES TO SHOW
HOW RAMPANT THIS VIRUS IS HOW
EASY IT IS TO AFFECT US.
AND IT’S NOT LIKE WHEN YOU BUY
SOMETHING ONLINE. IT SAYS.
YOU HERE’S YOUR
RECEIPT, YOU CONTRACTED THIS
YOU PURCHASE THIS YOU OBTAIN
THIS AT THIS TIME.
YOU DON’T KNOW YOU JUST HAVE TO
GO THROUGH IT LOCKLEY I WAS
ABLE TO TRACE BACK THE PEOPLE
THAT I HAD BEEN WITH US.
IT WAS A VERY
SMALL NUMBER WE NOTIFIED THEM
WE ISOLATED THEM SOME OF THEM
GOT TESTED. AND I’M HAPPY TO
REPORT THAT ALL OF THEM ARE
OKAY, NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE
GOTTEN THE VIRUS BECAUSE OF ME
AT LEAST.
>>TOM WILLS: THANK THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR STORY
WITH US. WE CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU
TO COME BACK PLEASE TAKE CARE
OF YOURSELF FOR THE FOR THE
REST
OF THIS AND WE INVITE EVERYONE
TO GO TO NEWS 4 JAX DOT COM
AND READ VICK’S VERY PERSONAL
STORY AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE YOU’LL FIND
THAT ARTICLE ON NEWS 4 JAX DOT
COM AGAIN VICK GOD BLESS YOU
MANY PEOPLE PRAYING FOR YOU AND