A Raytown mother and grandmother says COVID-19 nearly killed her three times. She said she was unvaccinated and barely survived. Takeela Washington’s wallet is full of pills – proof of the burden she currently carries. “I sit here because God saved my life,” she said. Washington was unvaccinated when she contracted the virus this summer. ) drove himself to the hospital and collapsed in the parking lot because he couldn’t breathe. When I got there, my oxygen level was 60,” Washington said. That was the last thing she remembered. I don’t know it’s really 60 She said she woke up on August 28th and almost two months have passed. She speaks. Washington said she didn’t know what he meant, but soon found out. “I had a heart attack. I had a stroke. And I died three times. I coded three times,” she said. She said, “I couldn’t get a hold of anything. The tubes in the hospital also left traces. At first, I was hesitant to get vaccinated. “” I did not receive the vaccine. I don’t know what they did. ‘ I was one of them and look what happened to me. It changed my life, Washington said. It changed me. at the time she became ill, since then, her family has received the vaccine.
A Raytown mother and grandmother says COVID-19 nearly killed her three times. She said she was unvaccinated and barely survived.
Dakeela Washington’s wallet is full of pills – proof of the burden she currently carries.
Washington, a COVID-19 survivor, said: “I switched from taking one or two drugs to taking 14 drugs now. “I’m sitting here because God saved my life.”
Washington was not vaccinated when she contracted the virus this summer.
“I was in the hospital from this day to this day,” she said.
That day was July 6.
“I drove myself to the hospital and collapsed in the parking lot because I couldn’t breathe. When I got there, my oxygen level was 60,” Washington said.
That was the last thing she remembered.
“I didn’t know 60 was really low,” Washington said.
She said she woke up on August 28 and almost two months had passed.
“A week later, the doctor came in and was like, ‘Miss Washington, I almost have to get you out of the house,’” she said.
Washington said she didn’t know what he meant, but soon found out.
“I had a heart attack. I had a stroke. And I died three times. I coded three times,” she said.
Washington left the hospital in October after learning to move and talk again.
“I can’t hold anything,” she said.
Hospital tubes also leave traces.
“My speech therapist said it was a survivor’s scar,” she said.
Washington said she was hesitant at first about getting vaccinated.
“‘I haven’t been vaccinated. I don’t know what they did.” I was one of them and look what happened to me. It changed my life,” Washington said. “It changed me.”
Washington just received a second dose and is giving his own advice.
“Go get vaccinated,” she said.
Washington said neither of her family had been immunized against COVID-19 at the time of her illness. Since then, her family has received this vaccine.
