>> IT IS A FACT OF LIFE IN THIS DAY AND AGE WITH SO MANY CORONAVIRUS CASES OUT
THERE THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE
THAT YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO WE
CERTAINLY KNOW SOMEBODY WHO
HAD IT HERE AT KSAT 12 1 OF
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AND WE
HAVE A LOOK AT OUR
SALES DEPARTMENT SALES ACCOUNT
EXECUTIVE JUST COME BACK HE
JOINS US NOW LIVE IN OUR KSAT Q
AND A
JESSICA THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US I I WAS STRUCK BY THE E-MAIL
THAT YOU SENT OUT TO THE
STATION DESCRIBING
WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOUR FAMILY,
I MEAN THIS IS THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU WHEN YOU
FIRST HEARD YOUR CORONAVIRUS
POSITIVE. WHAT WENT THROUGH
YOUR MIND.
>> WELL THE FIRST THING
DISBELIEVE AND THEN YOU’RE
COMPLETELY FRIGHTENED IN SHELL
SHOCK AND WHAT DO YOU
DO NOW. AND SO AS SOON AS WE
GOT TESTED, YOU
KNOW WE DID THE PROTOCOLS LIKE
THE FIRST 5 OR 6 DAYS WE
WERE LIKE OH THIS ISN’T SO BAD,
IT’S NOT AS BAD AS A COLD WE
HAD THE A HEADACHE.
FEVER. BUT PRETTY MUCH LOW
GRADE FEVER. FOR THE FIRST 5 OR
6 DAYS THEN WEDNESDAY, 7 HIT IT
LIKE IT IS LIKE A FREIGHT
TRAIN. AND WE BOTH STARTED
FEELING REALLY BAD THE FEVER
AND CREATE. AND WE WERE TAKING
YOU KNOW TYLENOL MOTOR AND
TRYING TO KEEP
THAT INTACT. AND YOU’RE THE
FATIGUE AND BRAIN FOG
THAT THEN AND THEN I STARTED TO
LOSE MY PACES NOW ABOUT THEN AS
WELL AND WHAT WOULD THOSE WHAT
THOSE GARY IS YOU’LL GO THROUGH
A DAY BY DAY 7 HIT AND I
WAS LIKE I WOKE UP AND I FELT A
LITTLE BETTER. I THOUGHT I WAS
YOU KNOW, TAKING
A TURN BUT THEN IT HITS YOU
AGAIN BECAUSE LIKE EVERY OTHER
DAY IN THE PERIOD. PART ABOUT
IT IS YOU DON’T.
NO LIKE WHEN YOU SHOULD GO TO
THE HOSPITAL WHEN NOT AND WHAT
MY ONE OF MY BIGGEST
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT EVERYONE
SHOULD HAVE AT HOME IS ONE OF
FOX COMETER BECAUSE IN THE
THERMOMETER OF COURT CONSTANTLY
MONITOR YOUR FEVER AND
OXYGEN LEVEL AND YOUR POLL
BECAUSE WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING
ABOUT DAY 8.
MY LUNGS ARE OKAY AND MY
OXYGEN LEVEL WILL MAINTAIN A
9899, BUT MY HUSBAND
TEMPERATURES STARTED SPIKING TO
ONE O OR AN
AND HIS. OXYGEN LEVEL STARTED
TO DROP BELOW 95.
SO WE WERE ENOUGH THAT
WE HAD A FRIEND THAT THERE WAS
A DOCTOR THAT HE EVEN CHECKED
ON HIM AND THEY PUT IT ON SOME
ANTIBIOTICS WERE YOU KNOW
BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA JUST WE
CAREFUL AND THEN BY DAY 13.
JOE I STARTED PANICKING BECAUSE HE HAD THE RIGHT TO A 104. NON STOP YOU KNOW AT NIGHT
AND COULDN’T WE AND THEN HIS
OXYGEN LEVELS STARTED DIPPING
INTO THE 80’S.
SO I CALL THEM IN AT THAT TIME
WHAT WITH THOSE AREAS THERE ARE
NO COVID BEDS AVAILABLE.
AND SO WE HAD TO GET ON A
WAITING LIST AND
THAT NIGHT HE WAS ABLE TO GET A
BED IN THE ICU WOULD SAY THAT
WHY BECAUSE HIS HOPE
WAS UP TO ONE 50 WHEN IT SHOULD
BE NO WELL BELOW EVEN THE 80’S.
WELL, THE WAR ON DRUGS
AND COULD HAVE GONE INTO
CARDIAC ARREST. AND AS SOON AS
THEY GOT THERE THEY GAVE HIM
THANK GOODNESS THE CONVALESCENT
PLASMA WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT
AND
THE DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO TURN
OVER ON HIS STOMACH SAY A
PRAYER AND GO TO SLEEP AND THEY
WOULD KNOW IF IT WOULD WORK
WITHIN 24 HOURS.
>> AND HE WAS ANGRY THAT HE WAS
SHOT HE WAS BS ARE JUST GETTING
READY BUT HE WAS GOING ON THE
ROAD AS SEVERE IN SOME OF THE
OTHER. YEAH, IT. DELL AND YET
THE BRAND WE’RE IN THE BLOOD
WAS BASICALLY THE LAST CHANCE.
>> YET THE CONVALESCENT PLASMA THAT PEOPLE WITH THE ANTIBODIES DONATE. SO I AM GOING TO DONATE
ON WEDNESDAY, I WOULD
HIGHLY BEG ANYONE WHO HAS HAD
THIS AND HAS THE ANTIBODY TO GO
DONATE THEIR PLASMA COULD IT.
THEY LIVE. AND EVENTUALLY IF
YOU’RE BEYOND THE REMDESEVIR
WHICH CAN ONLY BE WHICH I WE
WERE TOLD. GIVEN TO IN THE
HOSPITAL BUT HE WAS TOO FAR
GONE THOUGH THE NEW 4 WHEN DO I
GO TO THE HOT.
YOU KNOW BECAUSE THE DOCTORS
TRYING TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL AND YOU YOU WANT TO
STAY ON THE HIGH.
WITH THE VERY SCARY VERY SCARY
SITUATION AND YOU DEFINITELY
NEED
AN ADVOCATE. YOU KNOW YOU’RE A
FAMILY MEMBER YOURSELF, I MEAN
AFTER THAT PLASMA WHEN YOU GO
IF YOU DO GET ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL BECAUSE IT HAS
WORKED IN. I MIGHT HAVE MY I
LOST MY STEPFATHER IN AUGUST TO
THIS.
THIS VIRUS BECAUSE HE WAITED
TOO LONG TO GET INTO
THE HIGH THAT WILL AND BY THAT
TIME YOU KNOW YOU PUT ON A
VENTILATOR WITH 2. IT WAS
TOO LATE.
>> JESSICA YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN
THROUGH QUITE THE ORDEAL WE’VE
GOT ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT IN THIS
SEGMENT. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU
REALLY QUICKLY HOW ARE YOU
DOING TODAY.
>> WE’RE DOING WE’RE DOING
GREAT JOB. HE’S BEEN DOING
BETTER AND GETTING STRONGER
EVERY DAY. I DID WANT TO GIVE
THE WORD OUT TO EVERYONE THAT
ONE OF THE THINGS I’VE LEARNED
FROM THIS IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO
KEP YOUR NUTRIENT YOUR
VITAMIN B YOUR VITAMIN C AND B
THEY SAY THAT GOOD
NUTRITIONAL BAY. IT’S SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT’S ALL
ABOUT THE HOSE LIKE EVERYONE BN
A DIFFERENT THEY DON’T KNOW WHO
THE WHO IS GOING TO TAP JOE WAS
A VERY
HEALTHY YOUNG PERCENT AND IT
TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO
HIM. THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO
POINT OUT, I MEAN YOU YOU DON’T
HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONDITIONS, YOU’RE NOT
CONSIDERED ELDERLY. I MEAN
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
THINK WELL THIS IS ATTACKING
AND IT’S CLEARLY NOT TRUE.
>> RIGHT IT’S NOT
THE CASE. AND THEY DID SO
MOST OF THE CAVE MY OUR DOCTOR
TOLD US THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL
HAVE BEEN EITHER VITAMIN E OR
BE SUFFICIENT OKAY, SO THEY
WERE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU KNOW
TAKING THE SUPPLEMENT.
KEEPING HYDRATED. YOU KNOW HE
GOT NEAR LECTER ALIKE.
>> JESSICA THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR SHARING YOUR STORY AND I’M