‘This Can Happen To Anyone’: Windsor Man Finally Awake, Back On His Feet During Long COVID Recovery - CBS Denver
(CBS4) — A man who was given a 5% likelihood of survival after contracting COVID-19 is now sharing his story of survival in hope of saving others from going through the trauma he did this year.
Nathan Washam, 43, was in a coma for nearly two months and later diagnosed as paralyzed following his contracting COVID-19.
Washam, who prior to COVID-19 was very physically active, went into the hospital in January 2021 weighing 218 pounds.Doctors with UCHealth said his previous cancer diagnosis do not contribute to his severe response to COVID-19.
“This can happen to anyone,” Washam said.Washam said he didn’t remember much from when he contracted COVID-19.“I remember being wheeled in through the back door, but beyond that, I don’t remember anything until I woke up months later,” Washam recalled.Couldn’t do anything,” Washam said.
“It was scary, it was heartbreaking,” Sarah Washam said.