COVID-19, Stroke Survivors Look Back on Life-Changing Years

I try to focus on what I can do, not what I can’t do. I’m not complaining because I may be dead. I called it twice, and I’m grateful just to be alive. Keith Carter and his wife, Stephanie. I actually met through each other’s friends. People in the community say, “Hey, Christina, you really need to cover the story.” This is a well-known man throughout the community. He has done a lot of construction work and has been randomly infected with Covid, demonstrating this terrible, long-term reaction. I think I should talk about him. We were. We were surprised. We had a lot of travel, health, health, health and vibrant bunnies. go, go, go! But here in New Orleans, you’ll see them come across a jazz fest. They were waiting for Marty Girl to go to all the balls. He was always traveling. Their life was pretty good, as they told me. Keith tested positive for Covid in early March 2020. He just returned from leaving town for a business trip he went to and went to Texas. He wasn’t feeling well, so he would have already been quarantined in his room. I was weak. I had a headache. I had a body temperature. I thought it was terrible on April 1st and I couldn’t shake it. And I was trying to call Steph, Steph couldn’t hear me, but my daughter happened. Nicole at the same time. Thank God for it because she called. I later learned that I was in the midst of a stroke. E ms came and was taken to the hospital. It only had a spillover effect on him. And remember, this was as his wife described a perfectly healthy man who had no previous health condition. So this definitely surprised the family. The kidneys, lungs, heart, everything he never had because he had never been to a hospital or hospital was acute. So when this happened, it was like a bomb entered his body from its covid and stroke. Well, I had to dialyze. Well, I couldn’t eat it, so he put a tube in my stomach. One day, I received the call at midnight. My daughter said he was in the ICU, as you know. His code. What do you want us to do? And she’s like doing whatever you can probably save. And uh, he arrived in the I cu two days later and he was in the stroke ward. So the recovery period began from there, but it was a monster. it was. They told me it wasn’t an easy time for him because he was used to doing everything himself. He had never been to a hospital before. You can see that you get up and leave. Then he got up and turned his face down. Wow. You know, and it helped me find out that what was wrong with me was a little more serious than I thought. The hardest part you know, you couldn’t see your loved one like that, was really hard. Stephanie couldn’t hold her hand and couldn’t see him not understanding how he was doing and how he felt. Therefore. He hadn’t been sent home yet when he was released. While he was there, he had to go right away to rehabilitate and start learning the basics. brush teeth. How to get dressed, my vocal cords were diagnosed as paralyzed on one side. So I had surgery. At that time, we were talking a lot about the people who defeated Covid, but that was all. It was just that they survived. And sadly, he shared the stories of those who didn’t survive in Keith’s story. He defeated it, but he is learning how to live again. And at that moment, his entire life changed. And finally he was able to go home. That was his welcome home, Keith Drive, at the celebration of the parade they went to. He sat outside. He had a balloon. He was able to meet many families, many of whom had not met for a month. Man, that was amazing. My daughter, I was lying in bed inside, and my daughter let’s come, let’s go out. The inside of the scroll is wonderfully sunny. Let’s go get it strongly. And when she took me for a walk, the streets were full. My friends and whole family, uh, he was very touching, man, all I could see was all the people who were praying for me. Stephanie actually contacted me first about his update.She sent me a video and said, “Look, he’s walking alone, and I’m ah, well, look at him. Yes Yes Yes. Last summer, the first time ever in the summer. All I met him was his spirit and attitude, and his physical growth. When I first talked to him, he was almost defeated. This happened to him and his family. The fact. It wasn’t just Keith. It was Stephanie who had to change her life and become his caretaker. You can’t bear all this burden yourself, otherwise You’re depressed. You give up. I think she was a good caregiver and watched over her recovery as a wife. Well, it’s a blessing to see it happen. You know you can come back. The big thing Keith was really looking forward to was playing with his grandchildren again. He had really really young grandchildren, hugging them, He wasn’t sure he could do it again because he could throw the ball and catch them such a little thing. My grandson, he called every night before going to bed. Good night, Papa Paul, I love you, Popo as an old man who melts me like butter, but it motivates me to do better. Now he has his wrong solution to rest his pipes and vocals. But when he tries, he will say, yeah, you can see how I still have my voice. I’m pretty fluent. That’s what I do. Doing what you have to do, getting in and out of bed, going to the shower. At first I used my left hand, but now I’m using my right hand and I can use my right hand rather than right-handed Now I’m still a little dragged and walking, but at least I’m well balanced enough to walk to some extent. I’m trying to reach a place where I can stand on the other foot, and it’s a little difficult, but again, here’s the biggest message that the treatment follows the guidelines being practiced. And the sooner everyone cracks down and does what is planned, the sooner we They said they could go back. To what we love. Keith is currently vaccinated and he is just overjoyed about it. He told me he was still in his church and was helping others dealing with the spiritual weight of this pandemic. He uses his stories and circumstances to motivate and inspire others who are feeling defeated. The important thing is to continue your life as before, and I challenge to do it now. Having taken a shot, I’m thinking of going out a little further and going to Atlanta with my other grandchildren for another car show. The numbers are really down. I hope I’ll wait a little longer for the numbers to go down. That way, you can really move around and be free again.

COVID-19 and Stroke Survivors Look Back on The Year That Changed His Life

A New Orleans man who had a stroke during the fight against the coronavirus talks about the difficult early days of recovery and how far he has come in the past year.

Updated: March 29, 2021 3:00 pm EDT

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, retired New Orleans Keith Carter and his wife Stephanie were always out, but in early March 2020, Keith began to feel sick after returning from a business trip. It was. A few weeks later, he had a stroke while still fighting the virus. “The kidneys, lungs, heart, everything was acute. He never went to the hospital and never had it,” said Stephanie Carter. “So when this happened, it seemed like a bomb had entered his body.” He was hospitalized for several months before moving to a rehab center and finally returning home. He had to undergo surgery on one side of the vocal cords, but a year after the pandemic occurred, Keith was able to walk and improved the strength of his dominant right hand before the stroke. did. Keith is excited that the world will be reopened once it is vaccinated and safe. “I try to focus on what I can do, not what I can’t do,” he said. Because you can die. I coded it twice. “I’m just alive, I’m just grateful,” he said. “We are living in an unprecedented time, talking about how COVID-19 has spread to countries and the world, and how people live. Dealing with pandemics, fighting, and patience have ever been. It’s more important than that. In each episode, the “field note” gives you some stories about how the coronavirus affected real people across the United States, and what you are. You can hear more about it’s like covering a pandemic from a local news team that promises to keep it, let us know whatever happens.

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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, retired New Orleans Keith Carter and his wife Stephanie were always out.

However, in early March 2020, Keith began to feel sick after returning from a business trip. A few weeks later, he had a stroke while still fighting the virus.

“The kidneys, lungs, heart, everything was acute. He never went to the hospital, he never had,” Stephanie Carter said. It was. “So when this happened, it was like a bomb entered his body.”

After being hospitalized for several months, he moved to a rehabilitation center and finally returned home.

Keith had to relearn how to brush his teeth, get dressed, and even speak again. He had to undergo surgery on the vocal cords, which was paralyzed on one side.

A year after the pandemic occurred, Keith was able to walk, improving the strength of his dominant right hand before the stroke.

He is currently vaccinated and is excited to reopen the world when he is safe.

“Don’t focus on what you can’t do, focus on what you can’t do [more on] Keith said, “What can I do?” “I’m not complaining because I may be dead. I coded twice. I said,” I’m just alive. And I’m just grateful. “

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We live in an unprecedented era of COVID-19 spreading across the country and the world, and talking about how people deal with, fight, and endure pandemics is more important than ever. It has become.

In each episode, “Field noteBrings you some stories about how the coronavirus affected real people across the United States, and you are committed to keeping you informed no matter what. You can hear more about what it’s like to cover a pandemic from your local news team.