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After 85 days on a ventilator and 4 weeks in a coma, man survives battle with coronavirus
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On this Labor Day, there were no backyard barbeques or weekend getaways for Birdy Lara and her family.
She spent the day at West Jefferson Medical Center visiting her husband Robert.
“He’s fighting hard,” Lara said. “Still fighting strong every day.”
The 57-year-old Harvey man was admitted to the hospital four months ago for COVID-19 complications including a high fever .
He spent 85 days on a ventilator and about four weeks in a medically induced coma battling the disease.
His wife is a respiratory therapist who treated COVID patients before her husband got sick.
“No one knows why it chose him and to do havoc,” Birdy Lara said. “His left lung is basically destroyed. He will need a lung transplant.”
Robert Lara is now awake and learning how to walk, eat and use his hands again.
WWL-TV had a brief FaceTime conversation with him about the virus that nearly killed him.
“COVID really wanted to take me away,” Robert Lara said. “I’m going to be okay. I know I am because I’m not going to give up. I can’t give up on myself.”
He had a warning for people who still don’t take the coronavirus seriously.
She spent the day at West Jefferson Medical Center visiting her husband Robert.
“He’s fighting hard,” Lara said. “Still fighting strong every day.”
The 57-year-old Harvey man was admitted to the hospital four months ago for COVID-19 complications including a high fever .
He spent 85 days on a ventilator and about four weeks in a medically induced coma battling the disease.
His wife is a respiratory therapist who treated COVID patients before her husband got sick.
“No one knows why it chose him and to do havoc,” Birdy Lara said. “His left lung is basically destroyed. He will need a lung transplant.”
Robert Lara is now awake and learning how to walk, eat and use his hands again.
WWL-TV had a brief FaceTime conversation with him about the virus that nearly killed him.
“COVID really wanted to take me away,” Robert Lara said. “I’m going to be okay. I know I am because I’m not going to give up. I can’t give up on myself.”
He had a warning for people who still don’t take the coronavirus seriously.
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