Dr. Hassan Amhaz from Dauphin County #Pennsylvania was shocked seeing his own neighbor, 32-year-old Kyle Schriner in the COVID ICU on a ventilator. After a prolonged hospitalization, Kyle returned home. #TheySurvivedCovid wkyc.com/article/news/h… 
"I just kind of glanced in and I saw Kyle. And, I just stopped. I just walked back and I looked in and I was like 'oh my God.' And I looked and you know it was just really scary," said Dr. Hassan Amhaz
Kyle had just become eligible for the vaccine when he began to feel ill in April. He admits, he wasn't sure about getting the shot as he is scared of needles and he questioned what was in the vaccine and how fast it rolled out.
His wife Brianna, a hospice nurse who was fully vaccinated, urged Schriner to go to the doctor to get tested for COVID-19.
Kyle was able to leave the hospital after the month-long stay and finally hug his now 1 and 5-year-old daughters.
Kyle continues to receive care for long-term complications of COVID-19 with the help of doctors from UPMC, who also have a post COVID clinic. He is learning to walk & continues to have decreased lung capacity.
"Everyday I wake up I don't know who I'm going to be," he said. "Am I going to wake up and be able to pick up my daughters? Am I going to be able to walk to the kitchen to get something to drink?"
Kyle is now fully vaccinated. For those who haven't been vaccinated, he said he still believes the shot is a choice. But he noted by not getting the two pricks in his arm, he paid the price.
"You're gambling with your life," he said
"You're gambling with your life," he said
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