For my family’s sake, I’m glad this research wasn’t out at the time I had an emergency intubation and got put on a ventilator. #coronavirus #covid19 #COVID19Pandemic #LatsCovid19Journal https://twitter.com/npr/status/1245867389809340416

That said, my Dad - a doctor, and a bit of a Debbie Downer, to be honest - had said to me a few days earlier, “You better not get put on a ventilator; people don’t come back from that.” Thanks Dad! #coronavirus #COVID19Pandemic #covid19 #LatsCovid19Journal

So when they came to my hospital room on that Friday night and told me they were going go intubate and put me on a ventilator, I remember starting to pray the Hail Mary. #coronavirus #COVID #COVID19Pandemic #LatsCovid19Journal

When I was taken off the ventilator after 6 days, I was told I was only the third #COVID patient at @nyulangone to be successfully extubated. (A bunch had been put on before me but were still on them.) #coronavirus #COVID19Pandemic #LatsCovid19Journal

But to end on a positive note, people DO have their lives saved by ventilators - I’m living proof - and they’re still critical devices to have, even if not a “panacea.” #COVID #COVID19Pandemic #coronavirus #LatsCovid19Journal