LINE
LINE WITH
LINE WITH A HEARTFELT MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE TO THE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO SAVED
HER LIFE. AND WE JUST HAD
TO KNOW MORE. YEAH
>>, YEAH. VERY EMOTIONAL. EVEN
IN THE SAME FAMILY, SYMPTOMS
VARY. HER HUSBAND
>> OR DAUGHTER WERE FINE AT
FIRST SOLARBOTS SHE
>> STARTED OUT AS COLD LIKE
SYMPTOMS AND THEN I STARTED
HAVING RUSHOUT BATTERY ISSUES.
KATHY
KATHY
KATHY >>
KATHY >> OLSON, SUDDENLY A COVID-19
PATIENT AT LAKEVIEW HOSPITAL
IN STILLWATER. HAD YOU
PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED
PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY BREATHING? NO, NO.
I'M NOT ASTHMATIC. IT WAS VERY
SCARY WHEN MY HUSBAND ENDED
UP HAVING TO DROP ME OFF IN THE
E.R.
E.R.
E.R. >>
E.R. >> OXYGEN QUICKLY DROPPING WHEN
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T BREATHE.
IT IS IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
WORST EXPERIENCES I'VE EVER BEEN
THROUGH. I ACTUALLY MAXED OUT
ALL OF THEIR OXYGEN MACHINES
AND SO I WAS ACTUALLY WAITING.
I WAS ON A WAIT LIST FOR A BAG
TO OPEN UP AND EVERYONE SHE
STAYED TWO NIGHTS BEFORE MOVING
TO ST. PAUL WHILE
>> THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS
OF TRANSFERRING ME. I DID GO
INTO CARDIAC ARREST. I DID NOT
EVEN REMEMBER THAT . I DON'T
RECALL THAT AT ALL. I DON'T
REMEMBER BEING TRANSFERED. OH,
I HOPE SO. WAKING UP IN AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU HAVE NO
IDEA WHERE YOU'RE AT, YOU SEE
PEOPLE WALKING AROUND IN THESE,
YOU KNOW, CRAZY COVID UNIFORMS
AND YOU'RE WHAT IS GOING
ON ABOUT
ON ABOUT
ON ABOUT >> A WEEK LATER, KATHY WOULD GO
HOME THANKFUL FOR GOD AND THE
PEOPLE WHO TREATED HER
>> HAVING THE MEDICAL TEAM
THERE. THEY'RE JUST CHOKIO GREEN
AT BOTH LOCATIONS. THEY MAKE
DAILY PHONE CALLS TO MY HUSBAND.
I JUST CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH
>>. OH, MY
>> GOODNESS. KATHY JOINS US NOW
LIVE FROM OUR HOME IN MAHTOMEDI.
AND KATHY, WE'RE SO GLAD
THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR
THAT YOU'RE OK. SO WE WANT
TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE FEELING NOW.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME. I'M ACTUALLY ON MAN GETTING
BETTER AND STRONGER EVERY SINGLE
DAY PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY
RECOVERING FROM COVID . SO
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> NOW, KATHY, YOU TALKED
TO KYLE ABOUT RECOVERY BEING
MORE CHALLENGING THAN PEOPLE MAY
REALIZE. WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY
>>? SO THERE IS RECOVERY. THERE
IS A PHYSICAL ASPECT OF RECOVERY
FROM COVID AND THEN WHAT I THINK
REALLY GOES UNNOTICED IS
THE MENTAL PIECE OF THAT AS
WELL . THERE'S A HUGE MENTAL
PIECE OF RECOVERY FROM COLELCTED
AS WELL BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES
YOU'RE PUT INTO SATUDAY AND YOU
MAY NOT REMEMBER EVERYTHING
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU
MIGHT SEE SOMETHING ON THE
NEWS AND IT MIGHT TRIGGER
SOME TYPE OF REACTION. OR THEN
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER SOMETHING
THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU
WHILE YOU WERE IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> YEAH, WELL , WE'RE SO GLAD
THAT THE DOCTORS AND THE TEAM
OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS WERE ABLE
TO CALL YOUR HUSBAND, GIVE HIM
UPDATES BECAUSE I CAN IMAGINE
THE ISOLATION ITSELF IS ALSO
REALLY HARD. KATHY, WE DO HAVE
A TEENY BIT OF A SURPRISE
FOR YOU THIS MORNING . SO IF YOU
WATCH THE XOOM CALL, YOU SHOULD
START SEEING SOME FAMILIAR
FACES. INVITED LAKEVIEW HOSPITAL
DOCTORS TED HAALAND LANCE,
KANSAS, ALONG WITH THE NURSES,
COURTNEY BOOTH, THE LEAD
AND RUTHTON. YEAH, AND ALSO
JOINING IS MYSTERY THERAPIST
KYLE NORDSTROM AND EMS
PARAMEDICS AND CAN GEPP
FOR MORNING. ALL OF THEM,
OF COURSE, PLAYING A ROLE
IN SAVING YOUR LIFE. AND WE
WANTED THEM TO BE HERE FOR YOU
THIS MORNING . SO CATHY, THIS IS
CRUCIAL. YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR
HEADPHONES, TURN UP THE VOLUME
ON YOUR COMPUTER SO YOU CAN HEAR
THEM AND SHARE ANY MESSAGES YOU
WANT TO GO AHEAD, TAKE YOUR
HEADPHONES OUT AND HAVE A LITTLE
CHAT
CHAT
CHAT >>.
CHAT >>. YOU PROBABLY DON'T RECOGNIZE
US WITHOUT THE MASK. OH, MY
GOSH. WHAT A WONDERFUL SURPRISE.
YOU GUYS. THANK YOU ALL SO, SO
MUCH. I CAN'T I WON'T BE
HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU
FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS. I CAN'T
THANK YOU ENOUGH. EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF YOU HAD A HUGE PART IN MY
RECOVERY AND HELPING ME BE WHERE
I'M AT TODAY. SO THANK YOU ALL
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. VERY
WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. THIS IS
SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO WE'RE GLAD TO SEE
YOU. WE'RE GOING TO LET CATHY
AND THE TEAM OF