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Fully vaccinated man released from ICU after battle with COVID-19 says vaccine saved his life

Fully vaccinated New Orleans man admitted to ICU with COVID-19, says the vaccine saved his life
Shay O'Connor
Reporter
Fully vaccinated man released from ICU after battle with COVID-19 says vaccine saved his life

Fully vaccinated New Orleans man admitted to ICU with COVID-19, says the vaccine saved his life

EXPECT AND WHEN YOU NEED TO LOOK UP FOR THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER. STACEY: WHEN THEY SAID HE WAS COVID-19 POSITIVE, WE SAID, "THE FIGHT BEGINS NOW." YOU KNOW? MY DAD IS 71 YEARS OLD. HE HAS UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITNSIO. SULA: A DAUGHTER SAYS E SHWAS IN FULL DISBELIEF AS SHE PRAYED FOR HER FULLY VACCINATED FATHER ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS HIS DEATHBED. THIS MAN, 71-YEAR-OLD ERROLL WINDON, SPENT DAYS THINKING IT WAS THE END AS HE LAID IN ETH ICU AFTER BATTLI ANG BREAKTHROUGH COVID-19 CASE. BUT TONIGHT, HE IS RECOVERING IN THE COMFORT OF HIS OWN BED. WDSU NEWS REPORTER SHAY O’COORNN IS LIVE TONIGHT WITH THE MESSAGE THAT HIS FAMILY WANTS TO SHARE TO THOSE WHO STILL DOUBT THE REALITY OF COVID-19. IT’S A STORY YOU’LL SEE ONLY ON 6. SHAY? SHAY: THAT IS RIGHT, SULA AND GINA. ERROLL WINDON WAS A BREAKTHRGHOU CASE. WE ARE TOLD THAT HE SPENT 10 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL, NOT TOO LONG AGO, TO B EXACT, AND DOCTORS SAY IF IT WAS NOT FOR MHI BEING VACCINATED, HE WOULD NOT HAVE MADITE . STACEY: WE FEEL THAT THE VACCINE COUPLED WITH HIS FAITH, OUR FAITH, AND PRAYER GAVE H AIM FIGHTING CHANCE. AYSH: A NEW ORLEANS FAMILY BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF. JUST ONE DAY AFTER THEIR PATRIARCH, ERROLL WIND, ONWAS RELEASED FROM THE OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL IN BATON ROUGE LLFOOWING A LONG AND HARD BATTLE WITH COVID-19 ERROLL EXPLAINING , HIS CONDITION. ERRO: WHLLEN I FIRST GOTERE, H THE OXYGEN WASN’WOT RKING. THEYAD H TO MOVE ME TO ISOLATION -- TO THE ICU. SHAY: THE 71-YEAR-OLD WAS COMPLETELY VACCINATED. THE FAMILY SAYS ERROLL HAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND IS BORDERLINE DIABICET ERROLL: THEY SAID, "YOU’LL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO ON A VENTILATOR." I SAID, "NO, DOC. I WANT TO TALK TO MY WE.IF HE SAID, "TALK TO HER NOW." SHAY: FOR HIS ENTIRE FAMILY, ALONG WITH HIS DAUGHTER, STACEY, AND SON-IN-LAW, KENNETH, THE HOPE WAS ALWAYS THAT HE WOULD PULL THROUGH. STACEY: WHEN I HEARD IT,Y M HEART DROPPED. TBU I -- DEEP DOWN INSIDE, I SAID THIS VACCINE IS AT LEAST GOING TO GIVE HIM A FIGHTING CHANCE. >> GOD BLESS YOU REAL GOOD. SHAY:ND A ALSO, THE COUPLE’S SON, KENNETH MATTHEWS, III, OWH HAD THIS MESSAGE PLAYED TO HIS GRANDFATHER WHILE ON HIS DEATHBED. >> I LOVE YOU, PAPA. STACEY: HE SENT IT TO MY DAD. AND FOUR HOURS LATER, HE GOT OUT OF ICU. STACEY: THE COUPLE SAYS IT WAS THE PRAYER OF THEIR SON AND PRAYERS FROM PEOPLE FROM ARODUN THE COUNTRY THAT HELPED ERROLL TO RECOVER. ANOTHER HUGE HELP WA TSHAT ERROLL WAS VACCINATED. IN FACT, ERROLL SAYS DOCTORS TOLD HIM IT’S THE VACCINE THAT KEPT HIM ALIVE. ERROLL: HE SAID, "THAT VACCINE KEPT YOU ALIVE. IT WAS FIGHTING FOR YOU." STACEY: IF IT WEREN’T FOR THAT VACCINE, HE WOULDN'T’HAVE MADE IT AT THE AGE OF 71 WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS. SHAY: NOW, AFTER WITNESSING RTPA OF THE HORROR OF COVID-19, THE FAMILY WITH A MESSAGE FOR THEOS STILL ON THE FENCE ABOUT TAKING THE SHOT. KENNETH: PEOPLE TAKE THELU SHOT. PEOPLE TAKE ALL OF THESE OTHER SHOTS, DOUEBL VACCINATIONS, AND WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS IN THEM, BUT THEY STILL HELP US. IF YOU CAN GET VACCINATED, WCHHI IS REALLY EASY NOW, DO IT. IT SAVESY FATHER-IN-LAW LIFE, AND I FEEL HE GIVES ME A SENSE OF PROTECTION. SHAY: ERROLL AND HIS FAMILY THANK ALL OF THE HEALTHCEAR HEROES THAT HELPED HIM DURING S TIME IN NEED, INCLUDING HIS OWN SON-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, WHO IS A NURSE AT THE VERY OVERWHELMED HOSPITAL WHERE HE STAD.YE I AM T
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Fully vaccinated man released from ICU after battle with COVID-19 says vaccine saved his life

Fully vaccinated New Orleans man admitted to ICU with COVID-19, says the vaccine saved his life
Shay O'Connor
Reporter
A New Orleans family breathed a huge sigh of relief just one day after their patriarch Erroll Windon was released from a hospital in Baton Rouge, following a hard battle with COVID-19. Windon is a COVID-19 breakthrough case. The 71-year-old is fully vaccinated and spent about 10 days inside of the hospital. "We feel that the vaccine coupled with his faith, our faith, and prayer gave him a fighting chance," said Stacey Windon-Matthews, Erroll Windon's daughter.Erroll explained his condition when first arriving at the hospital. "When I first got here, the oxygen was not working. They had to move me to ICU," Erroll Windon said. Members of Erroll's family said he has high blood pressure and is borderline diabetic. "They said you will probably have to go on a ventilator. I said, 'No doc I want to talk to my wife.' He said, 'Call her right now,'" Erroll said.For his entire family, along with his daughter Stacey and son-in-law Kenneth, the hope was always that he would pull through. "When I heard, it made my heart drop. But deep in my heart, I felt this vaccine will give him a fighting chance," Stacey said.Erroll's grandson, Kenneth Matthews III, had a message played to his grandfather while still in grave condition. Stacey said, "He sent it to my dad. And four hours later, he got out of ICU."The couple said it was the prayer of their son and prayers from hundreds of people around the country that helped Erroll recover. Another huge help was that Erroll was vaccinated. In fact, Erroll said doctors told him it was the vaccine that kept him alive. "He said, 'That vaccine kept you alive. It was fighting for you,'" Erroll said. "If it were not for that vaccine, he would not have made it at the age of 71 with underlying health conditions," Stacey said. After witnessing part of the horror of COVID-19, the family has a message for those still on the fence about taking the shot. "People take the flu shot and all of these other shots. We do not know what is in them but they help. If you can get vaccinated, which is really easy now. Do it. It saved my father-in-law and I feel it gives me a sense of protection," said Kenneth Matthews Junior, Erroll's son-in-law. Erroll and his family wanted to thank all of the health care heroes that helped him and continue to help him on his journey to full recovery, including his own son-in-law and daughter-in-law who is a nurse at the very overwhelmed hospital where he was admitted.

A New Orleans family breathed a huge sigh of relief just one day after their patriarch Erroll Windon was released from a hospital in Baton Rouge, following a hard battle with COVID-19.

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Windon is a COVID-19 breakthrough case. The 71-year-old is fully vaccinated and spent about 10 days inside of the hospital.

"We feel that the vaccine coupled with his faith, our faith, and prayer gave him a fighting chance," said Stacey Windon-Matthews, Erroll Windon's daughter.

Erroll explained his condition when first arriving at the hospital.

"When I first got here, the oxygen was not working. They had to move me to ICU," Erroll Windon said.

Members of Erroll's family said he has high blood pressure and is borderline diabetic.

"They said you will probably have to go on a ventilator. I said, 'No doc I want to talk to my wife.' He said, 'Call her right now,'" Erroll said.

For his entire family, along with his daughter Stacey and son-in-law Kenneth, the hope was always that he would pull through.

"When I heard, it made my heart drop. But deep in my heart, I felt this vaccine will give him a fighting chance," Stacey said.

Erroll's grandson, Kenneth Matthews III, had a message played to his grandfather while still in grave condition.

Stacey said, "He sent it to my dad. And four hours later, he got out of ICU."

The couple said it was the prayer of their son and prayers from hundreds of people around the country that helped Erroll recover. Another huge help was that Erroll was vaccinated.

In fact, Erroll said doctors told him it was the vaccine that kept him alive.

"He said, 'That vaccine kept you alive. It was fighting for you,'" Erroll said.

"If it were not for that vaccine, he would not have made it at the age of 71 with underlying health conditions," Stacey said.

After witnessing part of the horror of COVID-19, the family has a message for those still on the fence about taking the shot.

"People take the flu shot and all of these other shots. We do not know what is in them but they help. If you can get vaccinated, which is really easy now. Do it. It saved my father-in-law and I feel it gives me a sense of protection," said Kenneth Matthews Junior, Erroll's son-in-law.

Erroll and his family wanted to thank all of the health care heroes that helped him and continue to help him on his journey to full recovery, including his own son-in-law and daughter-in-law who is a nurse at the very overwhelmed hospital where he was admitted.