The saying “love has no limits” turned out to be true for a couple in South Carolina after a 43-year-old man who contracted the coronavirus and was hospitalized for two months said his wife’s voice helped him out of a coma .
In July, Don Gillmer tested positive for COVID-19. A few days after the positive test result, he was hospitalized – and remained so for more than 60 days.
Gillmer told the local news station WYFF that he received convalescent plasma twice during his stay in the hospital, as well as antiviral remdesir, which was found to be effective in reducing recovery time for patients with COVID-19 who are hospitalized.
But, according to Gillmer, “nothing was working”.
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“Nothing was helping me to recover, so I will never really forget when they arrived with the papers I needed to sign to get on the respirator. It scared me, ”he recalled.
Eventually, when Gillmer’s temperature did not improve – it reached 40 degrees at one point – doctors put him into an induced coma.
The man claims that his wife’s words of encouragement helped him to survive.
“I just told him that he was doing great, that they were taking good care of him. He was in incredible hands,” Lacy Gillmer, Don Gilmer’s wife, told the news station.
Eventually Gillmer woke up and was released from the hospital on September 11 – just over two months after being admitted.
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“I swear I heard it, [I] I swear I heard her voice, and when she left [the hospital], I was stable. She is my angel. She’s the reason I’m here, “he said.
The South Carolina man said he needed physical therapy after his battle with COVID-19 and said he needed to relearn how to walk. After his discharge, Gillmer said he still needed physical therapy twice a week on his way to full recovery.
“I often tell her that I don’t know if I could have been as strong as she is,” he said of his wife.
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Speaking of the virus more broadly, Gillmer encouraged others to remain diligent.
“We need to be smart and diligent and take care of each other. It’s about your neighbor,” he said.