“COVID almost killed me,” says the Central Texas woman

WACO, Texas (KWTX) – Michelle Latray says she realized she had COVID-19 shortly after Thanksgiving.

“I remember being tired,” said Latray.

“I lay down on the couch and couldn’t get up for days except to go to the bathroom,” she said.

A few weeks later, her symptoms got worse.

“I was no longer COVID positive, but I tested positive for the antibodies,” she said.

“I had breathing problems and then I was sent to hospital,” she says.

Latray, a resident of Limestone County, was taken to Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco with pneumonia.

“COVID almost killed me,” she said.

“It’s frightening that it could do that to someone who has never been to a hospital,” she says.

Latray was in the ICU in Hillcrest for five days and she says it remained busy.

“The doctors and nurses never stood still,” says Latray.

“These people are constantly taking off equipment and putting on new ones,” she says.

Fortunately, she was able to leave the ICU without needing a ventilator and is now recovering at home.

“I have a clean bill of health with little to no health problems.”

“This experience in the hospital really showed me that they care about you and will do whatever they can to help you,” she said.

“We should be really grateful to our medical professionals,” she says.