๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ In #England, 28 year-old Darren was admitted to the ICU due to COVID. #TheySurvivedCovid ๐ฅ:@NHSEngland
๐บ๐ธ 24 y.o. Blake Bargatze from #Georgia contracted COVID during April at an indoor concert in #Florida. He wishes he was vaccinated after spending months in 3 different hospitals and needing a double lung transplant. #TheySurvivedCovid usatoday.com/story/news/natโฆ
๐บ๐ธ 25 y.o. Marcus Hartford, chef from Toledo #Ohio contracted COVID in April from a birthday party at the restaurant he worked at. He spent 81 days on an ECMO machine, but still needs a ventilator to help him breathe. #TheySurvivedCovid nbcnews.com/health/health-โฆ
๐บ๐ธ 24 y.o. Colby Vondenstein from Crosby #Texas contracted COVID after spending Christmas with family members. The father of 3, survived after getting a double lung and kidney transplant transplant. #TheySurvivedCovid today.com/health/24-yearโฆ
๐บ๐ธ 33 y.o. Andrew Capen contracted COVID in July while traveling for work to Corpus Christi #Texas. After 6 months of ECMO he received a double-lung transplant. He's recovering at @NorasHomeTMC & lifting spirits w/ his drive to persevere #TheySurvivedCovid norashome.org/news/young-covโฆ
๐บ๐ธ 17 y.o. Jose Luis Chavez from Brownsville #Texas contracted COVID in September then spent 5 months in the hospital on ECMO. He survived after receiving a double lung transplant. #TheySurvivedCovid 6abc.com/covid-vaccine-โฆ
๐บ๐ธ 43 y.o. Dave Hoover from Stanford #Kentucky contracted COVID in late January. After weeks on the waiting list & 33 days on ECMO, the former bodybuilder was the state's first double lung transplant recipient. He went home April 23 #TheySurvivedCovid spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/โฆ
๐บ๐ธ Byron Bolanos, respiratory therapist from Shreveport #Louisiana contracted COVID in late January. After months on life support, he received a double lung transplant on July 10, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. Vaccination status unknown. #TheySurvivedCovid gofundme.com/f/bsxnd-byronsโฆ
42 y.o. Nathan Foote, father of 5, from Sioux Falls #SouthDakota posted this video to Facebook on January 4, 2021 saying his only chance to survive COVID was a lung transplant "So now, I sit and wait. I wait for death to come" #TheySurvivedCovid keloland.com/news/healthbeaโฆ
On April 10, 2021 Nathan Foote received a double lung transplant in Minneapolis #Minnesota and was discharged May 3. He takes 38 different medications twice a day and they are adjusted as needed by the transplant team. #TheySurvivedCovid
๐บ๐ธ24 y.o. Blake Bargatze from #Georgia contracted COVID in April at an indoor concert in #Florida. He refused vaccination & is now a double lung transplant recipient. His mom is imploring people to get vaccinated #TheySurvivedCovid
๐บ๐ธ 28 y.o. Mayra Ramirez was the first COVID patient to undergo a double lung transplant on June 5 2020. Mayra worked as a paralegal for an immigration law firm in Chicago. She enjoyed walking her dogs and running 5K races. #TheySurvivedCovid
๐บ๐ธ 31 y.o. Jackie Dennis, a special education teacher at the Huron School District in New Boston #Michigan underwent a double lung transplant due to COVID on January 16, seven weeks after the birth of her daughter Mia Rose. #TheySurvivedCovid henryford.com/news/2021/03/cโฆ
31 y.o. Daryl Barker from #Missouri: "I was strongly against getting the vaccine, just because we're a strong conservative family. But that little boy out there is the reason to have a vaccine"
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