Tampa nurse on ventilator given 10 percent chance of survival beats COVID-19 and is back at work

He didn't want to go to the hospital.

He didn't want to get put on a ventilator.

More than anything, he didn't want to die.

Leo Begazo believes his recovery is a result of the miraculous combination of God and science.

Begazo, the operations manager for the Blood Draw Clinic at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida came down with the coronavirus this past spring along with his wife and two children.

His daughter was first to have symptoms of COVID-19 followed by his son who came down with a high fever and dry cough. After a trip the emergency room, his son eventually beat the virus at home in an isolated room. Leo Begazo cared for his son and despite taking precautions by limiting time in the same room and wearing a mask, he ended up in the hospital with COVID-19 himself.

Begazo was not able to beat the virus at home. Although he resisted, his wife called an ambulance to take him to the hospital in the middle of the night. Now, five months later, Begazo says his wife made the right call.