COVID-19 Survivor Shares His Experience

When Rick Burrows checked his blood oxygen, he knew things were serious. He called an ambulance and was taken to Mercy Hospital St. Louis. Once he arrived, he doesn't remember his first two weeks. Rick was placed on ECMO to help give his lungs time to recover. Learn more about how ECMO is used for COVID-19 patients.

[@sandrabowman8935]

Thank you for sharing. I too am a Covid survivor. From ICU, ventilator, tracheostomy and the biggest thing was when the Doctors was giving you up. That’s when God steps in and turn your situation around and you become a Miracle. God is good.

[@fullafulla4102]

My mom is at 70 now and shes been in that damn i icu for the past 30 days please pray

[@l2007303a]

Sending prayers my grandfather has been in icu since feb 11...cry we have a hospital meeting as of today his kidneys have shut down plz pray for him

[@unryval]

In the name of Jesus may God touch the health of these who cry out. We give you all the glory. In Jesus name.

[@fullafulla4102]

@@l2007303a i prayed for him how is he now hope hes recovered 🥺

[@fullafulla4102]

@@unryval thank u for ur prayers

[@osvaldomata5908]

@@fullafulla4102 how is everything my father has been in there and he's talking he's aware of everything we are able to see him but his kidneys are bad do you think this will get better for me ?

[@xquisitekerry5380]

I am going through it right now, almost 3 weeks to be exact, trust this is the hardest thing I've ever faced in my life. But God is in the midst of it all. I plan to share my story soon ...I want people to know that God is still in the healing business...

[@rhiannonleigh2715]

How are you feeling now ?

[@robertlongenecker3318]

This is great. Was a privilege to help care for this man. Wonderful to see him on his way to a full recovery.

[@ubnsrvd]

Thank you

[@lukisnootis5708]

God bless

[@ubnsrvd]

Robert, I’m at my “new normal”. I have approximately 60% lung capacity. I can breathe on room air. I still am constantly tired. I’m doing what I can. Again I thank you for taking care of me while I was hospitalized. I can’t thank you enough.

[@chandraseedial3571]

My brother is in Toronto hospital going through the ECMO procedure It's almost two weeks now He is recovering slowly with the help of the wonderful team of great doctors and nurses By the Grace of God we are all praying for him Way to go my loving brother, hurry up and get better We love you!

[@holdnuts761]

Hope your brother is doing well, my uncle was also the on ecmo at Toronto few weeks ago. Sucks that we had to FaceTime to be able to speak

[@holdnuts761]

Or see him I should say

[@ubnsrvd]

I truly don’t remember almost a month from the time I was admitted on 11/15 til almost the middle of December. I’m very lucky to have survived this. I will have after effects for a long time or for life.

[@nancysalgado8970]

I'm so glad to hear people are making it, my sister perfect healthy at the age of 41 will be put on ecmo if her oxygen doesn't improve in 24 to 48 hrs...time is of the essence please someone find a cure for all the beautiful people who r in the ICU battling this horrible disease.

[@alenyaclassic]

Get vaccinated if you are able

[@nancysalgado8970]

An update my beautiful sister has passed from covid after a long hard fight. God took her on July 14. She leaves behind a loving husband and 3 wonderful kids. A GoFundMe page was created by me to help my nephew and her husband. gofund.me/23ed3c89

[@nancysalgado8970]

@@alenyaclassic An update my beautiful sister has passed from covid after a long hard fight. God took her on July 14. She leaves behind a loving husband and 3 wonderful kids. A GoFundMe page was created by me to help my nephew and her husband. gofund.me/23ed3c89 Please forward this to whomever it would be truly appreciated 🙏💗

[@qsks8366]

@@nancysalgado8970 holy shit that’s sad , prayers up for you and your family

[@patrickrichmond9896]

Hey. I used to work at Mercy before I retired. I was the man who made the elevators sparkle. I was the guy that would sometimes shift all my weight to my mop to get rid of the droplets off the doors. I know sometimes when people think it's fun to spread lies about the virus, I sometimes have to shift to my dark side and block people for the lies. For anyone who wants to know who is the best guy in the EVS department there who helps speed the recovery for these patients, it's my buddy Ernie Blackburn. Sometimes I would huff and puff when I would get up. But when I was cleaning, my best job in fighting the virus is sometimes when I would be not only wiping down the panels of the elevators and the doors, I would be vacuuming the door gib tracks. Best thing for everyone here is to ALWAYS keep our friends in prayer.

[@pattiwilliams3164]

Thank you Rick for sharing this. Glad you are starting to feel better. Thank you folks at Merci for taking such good care of Rick and all your other patients.

[@KiniaSwaby]

God bless

[@FGsltw2009]

May the people with money and scientists behind this plague be brought to justice soon. This is a crime against humanity. It got the orange man unelected, but it was at a terrible costs to many.

[@Rose4Results]

My cousin just recovered and what we learned was seek immediate emergency care when diagnosed or you might not get access to leading therapies.

[@rhiannonleigh2715]

My family told me the same thing but how when most the time they tell you to go home and self medicate or worse make you sit in the er for hours because you aren’t an emergency. What should I do ?

[@testing448]

Ever since covid happened I’ve always followed all the guidelines it finally caught up to me as of Feb 20th of 2021. I’ve been wearing masks, gloves, I always wash my hands, practice social distancing, kept away from crowds, always use sanitizer. I always wash my clothes after going out and i still got covid which is utterly bullshit. I’m coughing my lungs out right now but my oxygen is between 95-99 and it can go as low as 92 sometimes. No fever it began as a small scratch sore throat, to a minor cough, to a cold now to an annoying nagging cough, night sweats hopefully it stays that way and doesn’t get worst. Because I’ve heard stories about people getting sick bad, then getting better then getting really extremely bad.

[@jonnelledelossantos4226]

How are you feeling now?

[@sharonmcauley8735]

I hope you have recovered 🌷

[@Rosie82333]

Holy Hypochondriac

[@testing448]

@@jonnelledelossantos4226 I got it again but this time it’s far worst. I have a mild pneumonia, body chills, body aches, bad fever, lots of taste, no appetite, overall mild cough, no stuffy nose.

[@testing448]

@@sharonmcauley8735 recovered my first one, 2nd one 100% zero symptoms so recovered from that and now I’m experiencing my third one as we speak which I’m still recovering from.

[@jonathanpowell613]

This is EXACTLY why I got myself vaccinated.

[@conservativegirl3371]

I’m glad this man is ok...but my question is what if therapeutics that’s could’ve prevented the hospital for him altogether. Have proven meds been kept from people?

[@EBIRCSBUS33]

i took hp ivermectin full recovery in 4 days delta plus variant did do nebulizer with water peroxide lugols iodine stayed at home and worked outside everyday did have high pulse rate labored breathing 3rd day took iver everyday the third day felt better 30 min after iver the wife fully vaxxed me not she layed in bed 3 days like a zombie 4th5th day was able to get up walk now moving pretty good but still has a terrible dry cough hacking 9 days in i lived the facts shes coughing now but no iver for her i feel great

[@FGsltw2009]

That is the cure, that is why its forbiden by the FDA and CDC. They are not on our side.

[@Pepperdove]

Please add or enable captions!

[@xquisitekerry5380]

Face steams with peppermint oil a few pinch of salt or CRYSTAL menthols or eucalyptus oil or a little lavender oil to help with the calming..

[@SunShine-sp8zw]

Take you vitamin D, people. High quantities but check with your Doctor first.

[@itsjustme176]

That has not been proven. Get vaccinated if you want to stay out of the hospital.

[@SunShine-sp8zw]

@@itsjustme176 Too bad I'm not afraid of cv19 like you are. Had covid, so immune. I don't NEED a vaccine. And you should read the studies about vitD and respiratory infections and immunity. There are many studies that found a connection between low vitD and severe cv19. Look it up.

[@sharonroberts4977]

Sun Shine! ....my Autistic daughter won't go outside to sit in the sun and she developed a bald patch on top of her head ......research suggested vitamin D which she's had for over a decade now ...... If she ever gets a cold and it's rare that she does , it's usually gone in 24 hours !!!!! ...... I never connected that phenomenon to her extra vitamin D but it's absolutely true !!!! I can't get her vaccinated because she would need half a dozen people to hold her down and that's a real Nono !!! I will mask up even after they say not to ..... I will protect her till a nasal spray vaccine is available !!!! Best wishes!!!

[@paulvalery9778]

Notice how he never said get vaccinated.

[@alexisdarrough48]

Check your timing, and your bias. This happened before the vaccines were available (Nov-Dec 2020), and the video was posted well before most people could get vaccinated (Jan 2021).

[@jackhume6456]

Some people have comorbidities that put them in the hospital with covid. Unfortunately, pandemics have been killing human beings for many centuries. Mercy is paid for by the government, so it makes sense that they would spew the government's Dogma.

[@steve0680657]

Great, but why have you eaten yourself fat?