A week ago I was as strong as any man can be, today I have tubes and wires attached to my body and I can& #39;t walk on my own.

I tried to do everything right, I wore a mask, I practiced social distancing, I avoided large gatherings and I didn& #39;t go anywhere I didn& #39;t need to go. But still.....

There& #39;s a tube attached to my side that& #39;s goes up into my chest, around the lung area. They drained 7 liters of fluids from my chest the very first night I was in the hospital. That was Wednesday. My chest is still draining fluids.

The infection is actually outside of my lungs, tomorrow morning I& #39;m having surgery to remove some of the infection so my lungs can expand. The fluid and infection was collapsing my lungs, that& #39;s why I couldn& #39;t breathe

The crazy thing about this situation is when my son noticed I was really sick, he said he was gonna call 911. I told him not to, I will be alright. He snuck into the other room and called them anyway. He actually saved my life.

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