RIGHT
RIGHT OR
RIGHT OR I WOULDN'T BE HERE."
HERE."
WE
WE BEGIN
WE BEGIN THE NEWS AT 10 WITH AN INSPIRING STORY OF SURVIVAL.
A TREASURE VALLEY
WOMAN FOUGHT A
SEVERE CASE OF COVID-19
-- AND WON.
THE WOMAN SPENT
WEEKS IN INTENSIVE CARE
ON A VENTILATOR -- AND
TONIGHT, SHE IS BACK
HOME AND DOING WELL.
OUR MISTY INGLET SAT
DOWN FOR AN EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH HER
TODAY.
MISTY?
TODAY. MISTY? OTHER THAN HAVING
LIGHT
LIGHT ASTHMA, CHRISTINE WATERS IS VERY HEALTHY. YET THAT DIDN'T STOP
HER FROM GETTING A BAD
CASE
CASE OF
CASE OF COVID-19.ONE THAT LEFT HER ON A VENTILATOR FOR SEVERAL
DAYS.
TODAY, I SPOKE WITH
HER..AS WELL AS TWO
MEMBERS OF HER CARE
TEAM..WHO DESCRIBED
HER FIGHT TO GET BETTER.
12:23-24
"I FEEL GOOD."
YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE
66-YEAR-OLD CHRISTINE,
OR CHRIS, WATERS FROM
HER 30 YEARS SPENT
WAITRESSING AT THE
STAGECOACH INN..
BUT FOR STAFF AT ST.
LUKE'S NAMPA, WATERS IS
RECOGNIZED AS THEIR
FIRST RECOVERED COVID-
19 PATIENT.
BACK IN LATE MARCH, SHE
BEGAN TO FEEL SICK.
SHE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH A SINUS INFECTION,
THEN AN EAR
INFECTION.SHE DIDN'T
IMPROVE.
SO SHE WENT TO A
COVID-19 TESTING SITE
BUT WAS TURNED AWAY
FOR LACK OF SYMPTOMS.
THEN..
2:33
THEN.. 2:33 "I WAS LAYING ON MY
COUCH ONE DAY AND I
THOUGHT, 2:36 'YOU
KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I'M
GOING TO DIE.' AND THEN
I THOUGHT WELL IF YOU
THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
DIE MAYBE YOU SHOULD
CALL 911." 2:43
SO SHE DID AND WAS
TAKEN TO ST. LUKE'S
WHERE SHE WAS SOON
PUT IN THE I-C-U AND
INTUBATED FOR 14 DAYS.
1:51-55
"FOR ANY PATIENT,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
IT'S COVID OR NOT, IS A
REALLY LONG TIME."
6:18-22
"SHE WAS UNSTABLE FOR
A LITTLE WHILE, COUPLE
OF DAYS."
3:45-51
"I WAS OBLIVIOUS TO A
LOT OF IT. I HAD NO IDEA
HOW MUCH TROUBLE I
WAS IN."
CHRIS SAYS THE HARDEST
PART WAS NOT HAVING
HER FAMILY BY HER SIDE..
9:53-57
"BECAUSE WE HAVE
RESTRICTIONS ON
VISITORS, WE'RE IT FOR
THEM."
SO THE ST. LUKE'S STAFF
FILLED THAT VOID.
5:21
"THEY WERE MY LIFELINE
TO
TO MY
TO MY OTHER FAMILY MY BIOLOGICAL FAMILY. 5:29 AND THEY WERE MY
FAMILY THERE." 5:31
AFTER TWO WEEKS, CHRIS'
TUBES WERE TAKEN OUT
AND SHE LEFT THE I-C-U.
3:09
"NORMALLY WE
WHEELCHAIR YOU FROM
ONE DEPARTMENT TO THE
NEXT AND SHE WOULD
NOT HAVE IT. SHE
WANTED TO WALK." 3:17
AS SHE DID, STAFF FROM
ALL OVER THE HOSPTIAL
LINED THE HALLWAYS TO
CHEER HER ON AND GIVE
HER THUMBS UP.
STAFF ALSO MADE HER
THIS SIGN READING: "ME
ONE, COVID ZERO."
9:19-22
"I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
DESCRIBE IT. IT WAS VERY
HEARTWARMING."
ST. LUKE'S STAFF SAY IT
WAS ALSO INSPIRING FOR
THEM AND REMINDS
THEM THEIR JOBS ARE
WORTH IT.
16:51
"IT BRINGS US SO MUCH
JOY IN THE MIDST OF SO
MUCH HEARTACHE. 16:56
17:11-17 IT'S
ENCOURAGING. IT GIVES
US PART OF THE 'OOMPF'
TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON."
3:50-54
"SHE ROCKED IT. SHE WAS
AMAZING AS SHE WALKED
THROUGH THE HALLS."
CHRIS IS NOW SHARING
HER STORY TO GIVE
OTHERS HOPE...
15:27
"DON'T GIVE UP, DON'T
GIVE UP, DON'T GIVE
UP.." 15:30
15:43-47
"YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP
GOING, EVERY DAY AND
STAY STRONG."
THAT LAST PICTURE YOU
JUST SAW THERE WAS
FROM SOME KIDS IN
CHRIS' NEIGHBORHOOD
WHO DECORATED HER
SIDEWALK TO WELCOME
HER HOME.
CHRIS SAYS SHE IS STILL
WEAK AND HAS TO DO
SOME THERAPY BUT
OVERALL SHE FEELS GOOD.
AND THAT SIGN
SHOWING SHE BEAT
COVID
COVID NOW
COVID NOW HANGS IN HER WINDOW.
HER WINDOW.
KIM?
KIM? WE
KIM? WE CERTAINLY WISH HER THE BEST.
STAGE COACH INN ALSO
SAYS WATERS HAD NOT
WORKED FOR TWO
WEEKS-- PRIOR TO HER
DIAGNOSIS.
HOWEVER-- THEY STILL
CONTACTED CENTRAL
DISTRICT HEALTH-- ONCE
THEY LEARNED OF THE
DIAGNOSIS.
NOW TO THE NUMBERS.
33 HAVE DIED-- AND
MORE THAN 14-
HUNDRED-50 CASES OF
COVID-19 HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED IN IDAHO.
THAT'S ONLY 28 NEW
CASES IN THE PAST 24
HOURS.