'Truly a nightmare': 28-year-old in ICU for days battling COVID-19
'Truly a nightmare': 28-year-old in ICU for days battling COVID-19
VIRUS. 16 WAPT'S CECIL HANNIBAL SPOKE WITH HER. 5 NIGHTS IN THE U.IC..12 DA BYSATTLING THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19... SOT- CLAIRE PRIDE - RECOVERING FROM COVID 11:28- I CAN'T BREATHE I CAN'T BREATHE AND THAT IS TRULY WHAT IT FELT LIKE 11:32 CLAIRE PRI SDEAYS HEARING ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE PURE OF FE AR OF BEGGING NURSES FOR R AI WHILE HEARING THE STORIES OF OTHER PATIENTS NEAR BY DYING FROM THE VIRUS... CLAIRE PRIDE 17:27- IT WAS TRULY A NIGHTMARE THAT AT POINTS I THOUGHT I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL WAKE UP FROM THIST I WILL BE LIKE THIS THE REST OF MY LIFE 174 PRIDE IS YOUR TYPICAL 28 YEAR OLD WITH NO UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS BUT SHE NEVER GOT THE VACCINE...LIKE SO MANY YOUNG AMERICANS SHE OUTHGHT HER AGE MADE HER INVINCIBLE... SOT- CLAIRE PRIDE 12:56- D IID HAVE THAT MENTALITY AND I HATEHA TT I HAD TO LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE 13:02 SHE'S NOT ALONE... ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ONLY 24 PERCENT OF PEOP LE BETWEEN 25 AND 39 ARE FULLY VACCINATED. .. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY YOUNGER AGE GROUPS ARE FILLING UP EMERGENCY ROOMS AS THE DELTA VARIANT SPREADS... DR. THOMAS DOBBS - THURS PRESSER MEA 2 DI 10:06:02- WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASING PROPORTION OF YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTING NOT ONLY FOR OUR DEHSAT BUT HOSPITALIZATIONS 10:06:07 DR. OMTHAS DOBBS SAYS THE DELTA VARIANT IS SWEEPING OVER THETA STE LIKE A TSUNAMI...AND THE ONLY W AY TO SLOW IT DOWN IS FOR PEOE PL TO GET VACCINATED... AF GET VACCINATED... TER HAVING DOUBTS BEFORE PRIDE SAYS SHE'S ROLLINGP U HER SLEEVE AND GETTING THE SH AOTS SOON AS HER DOCTOR GIVES THE OK.. CLAIRE PRIDE 09:17 I'M GONNA HAVE AN APPOINTMENT SET AND READY BECAUSE I JUST DON'T EVER WANT TO END HUPERE AGAIN 09:24 CLAIRE PRIDE NOW RECOVERING... SAYS SHE 'S NOT HERE TO SWAY ANYONE'S DECISION ON THE VACCINE...BUT WANTS EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF AGE...TO PUT THEIR PRIDE ASIDE AND TALK TO YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIR DE BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST... NAT POP CECIL HANNIBAL LIVE TONIGHT - WHAT A STORY...WHAT THEY YOUNG WOMAN HAS EXPERIENCED. .. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THIS DELTA VARIANT IS SPREADING RAPIDLY AMONG THE UNVACCINATED WHICH IS CAUSING CASES TO SPIKE... DR. DOBBS SAYS THEIR DATA SHOWS WHEN DEALING WITH DELTA AND THE UNVACCINATED... WITH ONE PERSON SHEDDING THE VIRUS... AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 9 PEOPLE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE WILL CATCH IT FROM THAT ONE PERSON...WH
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'Truly a nightmare': 28-year-old in ICU for days battling COVID-19
A 28-year-old woman who caught COVID-19 and did not get a vaccine said getting the shot will be one of the first things she does when she is able and out of the hospital.Claire Pride, of Madison, Mississippi, said she was in the ICU at Baptist Hospital in Jackson for five nights while she battled COVID-19 for nearly two weeks."It was truly a nightmare that at points, I thought, 'I don't know that I'll wake up from this. It will be like this the rest of my life,'" said Pride.Pride said she did not have any underlying health conditions before she got sick. She said she did not think she would get the virus because of her age.Pride said, "I did have that mentality and I hate that I had to learn from my mistake."Pride said she plans to get an appointment to get vaccinated because she said she never wants to end up back in the hospital.
JACKSON, Miss. —
A 28-year-old woman who caught COVID-19 and did not get a vaccine said getting the shot will be one of the first things she does when she is able and out of the hospital.
Claire Pride, of Madison, Mississippi, said she was in the ICU at Baptist Hospital in Jackson for five nights while she battled COVID-19 for nearly two weeks.
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"It was truly a nightmare that at points, I thought, 'I don't know that I'll wake up from this. It will be like this the rest of my life,'" said Pride.
Pride said she did not have any underlying health conditions before she got sick. She said she did not think she would get the virus because of her age.
Pride said, "I did have that mentality and I hate that I had to learn from my mistake."
Pride said she plans to get an appointment to get vaccinated because she said she never wants to end up back in the hospital.
