Couples message after recovering from COVID

Couples message after recovering from COVID

Experience.

You don't wantto move.

You can't move, youcan't eat, you can't sleep."JON AND AMY SCOGGINS HAVERELIED ON EACH OTHER FORTHE PAST 18 YEARS OFMARRIAGE..BUT NEVER AS MUCH AS NOW..DURING THE PANDEMIC.

BOTHTESTED POSITIVE FORCOVID-19.

Amy 5:38- 45 "Wewere taking the COVIDsituationseriously but not to thedegree we certainly arenow." AND Amy 6:32- 35"Until it happens to you,youjust don't understand." (useimage 1026 with daughter onleft) THEY BELIEVE THEYBECAME INFECTED AFTER THEIRDAUGHTER..

MADISON..

TESTEDPOSITIVE.J on 11:09- 17 "It spreadpretty quickly through ouroffices, so we went frombeing back in office toshutting down again." SHE'SDOING FINE NOW..

BUT ITAFFECTED THE COUPLE- BOTHIN THEIR FIFTIES- MUCHWORSE.

JON STARTED FEELINGILL FIRST..

THEN AMY.

(coverAmy) Amy 1:07- 15 "Because Iwas his primarycaregiver, it didn't takelong before I started havingsymptoms." (show me on cam)1:24- 27 "And when you talkof those symptoms, whatexactly were youexperiencing?"(show Amy) 1:54- 57 "It wasvery similar to the flu onlymuch worse." Jon 1:34- 41"From fever to chills andall the things you hearabout losing your sense oftaste and smell." THEYIMMEDIATELY SELF-QUARANTINEDAT HOME..

BUT JON STARTEDDEVELOPINGCOMPLICATIONS.

AND HAD TO BEHOSPITALIZED AT ST.FRANCIS..

WHERE HE COULDN'THAVE ANYVISITORS.

Jon 7:05- 7:14"There was about a 48 hourperiod that I was prettyscared just having a lot oftrouble breathing, a lot oftrouble keeping my eyesopen."Amy 3:02- 3:08 "He was therealone.

I felt helplessbecause I couldn't be therewith him."AFTER A WEEK AT THEHOSPITAL..

AND TWENTY-FIVEPOUNDS LIGHTER..

HE WASRELEASED.

A HUMBLINGEXPERIENCE FOR JON.

Jon3:22- 30 "Very eye-openingto me just to see what ourhealthcare professionals aregoing through in a dailybasis.

You can tell they'reoverwhelmed." BACK AT HOME..THE COUPLE SAYS THEY WILLCONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OFEACH OTHER..

ANDTAKE SAFETY MEASURES THEYDIDN'T BEFORE.

Jon 14:56- 08"I can tell you, I will bewearing a mask.

I didn'twear one before.

I was oneof the ones, I'm not goingto wear one, but I can tellyou moving forward, I willabsolutely do it." Amy21:49- 52 "You don't want towind up where wewere."THE COUPLE TELLS ME THANKSTO SUPPORT FROM THEIR LOVEDONES..

THEY WERE ABLE TOPUSH THROUGH.

AMY SAYS SHEHAS TESTED NEGATIVE..

ANDJON IS AWAITING HIS RESULTSAFTER RETESTING OVER THEWEEKEND.

REPORTING IN TULSA,GP, 2WFY.A DAY BEFORE A VOTE THATCOULD AFFECT ALL TULSANS.

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