COVID-19 survivor pleads for Iowans to wear masks

DEALING WITH AND HER PLEA TO YOU. MARCUS: THIS IS 49-YEAR-OLD BO SCHNURR DURING HER 6 DAYS AND 5 NIGHTS HOSPITALIZED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS. OUT OF THE HOSPITAL SINC NOVEMBER 2, SHE POSTED ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE ON FACEBOOK. SEEN IN THE ER TWICE BEFORE BEING TAKEN BY AMBULANCE FROM ALGONA TO MASON CITY WHERE DOCTORS ASKED IF SHE STOPPED BREATHING, DID SHE WANT THEM TO DO CHEST COMPRESSIONS. >> I LOOKED AT HER, AND I SAID, AM I THAT BAD? SHE SAID, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU, BUT THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS CRUCIAL. MARCUS: SCHNURR SAY THAT IS WHEN SHE REALIZED HOW SERIOUS HER SITUATION WAS. ONCE SHE PASSED THE 24 HOUR PERIOD AND LATER GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, SHE KNEW SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE. >> BEFORE I GOT THIS, I DID NOT WEAR MY MASK VERY OFTEN. MARCUS: HER HOSPITAL STAY WAS A WAKE UP CALL. AND NOW WEARS HER MASK WHEREVER SHE GOES AND WANTS OTHER TO FOLLOW HER LEAD. >> TO ME, THIS IS NOT POLITICAL. TO M AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS, IT IS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO. YOU COULD BE A CARRIER THAT GIVES IT TO SOMEONE WHO MENDS UP -- WHO ENDS UP IN THE HOSPITAL. MARCUS: SCHNURR SAYS COVID HAS ATTACKED AND AFFECTED HER LUNGS SO FOR THE TIME BEING HER MEDICAL CARE CONTINUES. >> I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED AND I AM STILL DEPENDENT ON OXYGEN AT NIGHTTIME. I AM ON BLOOD THINNERS AND I AM ON MEDICATION. THERE ARE SEVEN PILLS A DAY I TAKE IN THE MORNING AND NIGHTTIME AND BEDTIME. MARCUS: SCHNURR SAYS THIS HAS CHANGED HER LIFE AND DOES NOT WISH WHAT HAPPENED TO HER TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE E

Bo Schnurr, of Algona, had no underlying health conditions when she started coming down with COVID-19 symptoms last month. The 49-year-old spent six days and five nights in the hospital due to the virus. She's been out of the hospital since Nov. 2 and posted about her experience to Facebook. "I looked at her and said, 'Am I that bad?' She said, 'We will take care of you, but the next 24 hours is critical,'" Schnurr recalled her hospital stay. "She said that when she realized how serious her situation was, he knew something had to change. "Before I got this, I didn't wear my mask often," Schnurr said. Her hospital stay was the wake up. Now, she wears a mask wherever she goes and wants others to follow her lead. "To me, after experiencing this, it's about life and death. You never know who you could be a carrier that gives it to someone who ends up in the hospital," Schnurr said. She said COVID-19 has attacked and affected her lungs so for the time being her medical care continues. "I'm still dependent on oxygen at night time," Schnurr said. "I am on blood thinners and I am on medication. Seven pills a day, I take in the morning and night time before bed."Schnurr said this has changed her life and doesn't wish for this to happen to anyone else.

ALGONA, Iowa —

Bo Schnurr, of Algona, had no underlying health conditions when she started coming down with COVID-19 symptoms last month.

The 49-year-old spent six days and five nights in the hospital due to the virus. She's been out of the hospital since Nov. 2 and posted about her experience to Facebook.

"I looked at her and said, 'Am I that bad?' She said, 'We will take care of you, but the next 24 hours is critical,'" Schnurr recalled her hospital stay.

"She said that when she realized how serious her situation was, he knew something had to change.

"Before I got this, I didn't wear my mask often," Schnurr said.

Her hospital stay was the wake up. Now, she wears a mask wherever she goes and wants others to follow her lead.

"To me, after experiencing this, it's about life and death. You never know who you could be a carrier that gives it to someone who ends up in the hospital," Schnurr said.

She said COVID-19 has attacked and affected her lungs so for the time being her medical care continues.

"I'm still dependent on oxygen at night time," Schnurr said. "I am on blood thinners and I am on medication. Seven pills a day, I take in the morning and night time before bed."

Schnurr said this has changed her life and doesn't wish for this to happen to anyone else.

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