After 18 days hooked up to a ventilator, Michael Chambless woke up. The 60-year-old was 70 pounds lighter and paralyzed below the neck, but he was alive. Read more about his recovery from severe COVID.
February 24, 2022
Inside one Mississippian’s recovery from severe COVID by Will Stribling, Mississippi Today February 24, 2022 After 18 days hooked up to a ventilator, Michael Chambless woke up. The 60-year-old from Brandon was 70 pounds lighter and paralyzed below the neck, but he was alive. When Chambless was diagnosed with COVID-19 on July 23 of last year, he, like more than half of Mississippians at the time, was unvaccinated.
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