MURFREESBORO, TN (WSMV) – Mark Vigorous spent greater than 50 days hospitalized at Ascension Saint Thomas in Rutherford County. On Monday, he bought the possibility to thank the group that cared for him throughout his keep.
Vigorous examined constructive for COVID-19 in March this 12 months, simply earlier than the vaccines have been accessible for his age group. He went to the emergency room after he had problem respiratory.
Vigorous’s keep went from being one evening to a number of months.
“I went by way of a collapsed lung, so a number of lung surgical procedures,” Vigorous mentioned. “I had a stroke, after which I used to be vented for 5 weeks.”
With out his caretakers, Vigorous doesn’t consider he would have made it.
“I’m so grateful that you just by no means gave up,” he mentioned. “You already know you stored combating.”
Throughout his keep, Vigorous misplaced 54 lbs. He had a stroke and underwent surgical procedure to restore a gap that developed in his proper lung.
There have been a number of days the place his caretakers weren’t positive if he’d make it.
“I had one physician inform me that if I did not consider in god that I wanted to start out as a result of I used to be a miracle man,” Vigorous mentioned.
He embraced the employees Monday and gave them the muse’s guardian angel award.
“Once we get to see Mr. Vigorous and Cheryl come again and provides us hope and tell us that there’s life after covid,” Kelly Bobick, one of many nurses who handled Vigorous, mentioned. “And also you get to go on and see your grandchildren develop and go to the health club and stay your life once more it is simply superb.”
Vigorous wished to return again and present the employees that the work that has been doing the pandemic is crucial and impactful.
“A part of coming right here as we speak was to assist inspire them to allow them to see the nice work that they do,” Vigorous mentioned. “They make a distinction in individuals’s lives, they usually made a distinction in mine.”
Vigorous’s restoration goes properly. He’s nonetheless present process pulmonary rehab.
