Georgia Man now takes COVID seriously after wife hospitalized for months

A Georgian man reconsidered his position on COVID after his wife contracted the disease and spent 40 days in an induced coma.

Former preacher Jeff Martin, 52, urged people to wear masks and maintain social distance after initially believing that his partner Lisa, 49, was “buying the hype” for the new coronavirus by following official health guidelines People reported.

“I do [take the disease seriously] now – that’s for sure, “the Blackshear resident told the publication, adding that he probably brought the virus” from work “.

Lisa Martin was admitted to Memorial Satilla Health with COVID complications on September 27, 2020 and spent a total of 59 days on a ventilator. She suffered a stroke in the frontal lobe and on October 20 was in a coma, hospital officials said.

The woman was labeled a “miraculous patient” by the ease on Facebook after becoming receptive at a time when the family was considering removing her from oxygen.

“The hospital called his family to say goodbye. They decided to give 11 days before making the decision to remove her from the respirator that was breathing for her … on the eleventh day, Lisa broke off the sedatives and started tracking Jeff with her eyes and moved her hand, “explained the post of the Satilla Health Memorial.

After coming out of a coma, the hospital said she was moved to two facilities before entering the Satilla Rehabilitation Memorial on December 14. The mother of four was discharged on December 31, after spending three months in care.

Several children in the family have posted about the ordeal on Facebook in recent days, thanking health professionals and citing their Christian faith as an aid to recovery.

Madison Martin, 27, told People that her mother used a wheelchair to get around and an oxygen tube to help her breathing at home, but she was still able to talk and eat.

A video shared by Memorial Satilla Health showed Martin leaving the hospital’s rehabilitation center at the end of last month while using a walking aid, to applause from staff members.

Jeff Martin suggested in his own post on social media that the experience changed his perspective on the contagious disease, describing it as “threatening”.

“Please, if there is a singular lesson to be learned from everything we have been through, take this virus seriously! Reduce the potential spread by wearing masks, washing your hands and maintaining social distance. These measures can really help prevent infection and reduce the deaths of loved ones, “said Martin on Facebook last Thursday.

This advice corresponds to the guidelines of the Georgia Department of Public Health, which says that people should stand at least two meters away from others and wash their hands regularly to limit the spread of the disease, which is linked to more than 10,000 deaths. in the state.

Across the country, cases of COVID, a disease caused by the coronavirus, already exceed 20 million. The outbreak was responsible for at least 350,000 deaths in the United States and more than 1.8 million worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.