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Woman beat COVID twice, says take it seriously

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An Oklahoma City woman said she beat COVID-19 twice and that the two experiences could not have been more different.Leslie Tanyan just turned 46 years old. She said her two battles with COVID-19 could not be more different. The first she said she barely felt. The second, she barely survived.“I said we need to go to the hospital. I can’t breathe,” Tanyan said.It was mid-August. Tanyan and her husband rushed to a metro hospital.“I couldn’t get my oxygen up. It was going down so fast I started passing out,” Tanyan said.Doctors immediately put her in ICU.“You feel like your head is going to explode because it gets so much pressure, because you’re not getting any oxygen,” Tanyan said.Tanyan said at first, they didn’t test her for COVID-19. “Because I had been previously diagnosed with COVID back in June,” Tanyan said.Tanyan said when she tested positive in June, she barely had any symptoms. Shortly after that, she tested negative and thought she was finished with coronavirus.“I thought I was immune. Did not think I’d get it again, and I did,” Tanyan said. “I was really shocked. I told them I had it in June and thought we were supposed to have immunity.”She said the medical team told her that the virus is so new. “COVID is so new they’re learning every day,” Tanyan said. Tanyan was then rushed to the COVID floor, where she stayed for three and a half weeks.“It’s scary and you feel alone. It’s not like the flu. That’s something I want to say. The flu you can get over in three days,” Tanyan said.After her stay in the COVID ICU, she got two negative tests and moved to a long-term care facility.“They said I was very lucky. Not many people who get to that part make it,” Tanyan said.Tanyan was at that facility for a month.“All of that in my lungs, the damage– looks like a cloud over your whole lung,” she said.Tanyan has been back home for a few days with the lingering effects of COVID-19 and said her survival now comes with a renewed purpose.“This is serious and it’s taking a lot of lives. Those numbers have families,” Tanyan said.She is on a mission to warn others.“I want my Native American community to be careful,” Tanyan said. “We hold our elders in high regard. Those are the ones we want to protect. Oklahoma, we can do better.” Tanyan also said the nurses, the techs and the doctors are the true heroes and front-line fighters. She said they deserve all the credit in the world. But more than anything, she credits her faith with helping her beat COVID-19 twice.

OKLAHOMA CITY —

An Oklahoma City woman said she beat COVID-19 twice and that the two experiences could not have been more different.

Leslie Tanyan just turned 46 years old. She said her two battles with COVID-19 could not be more different. The first she said she barely felt. The second, she barely survived.

“I said we need to go to the hospital. I can’t breathe,” Tanyan said.

It was mid-August. Tanyan and her husband rushed to a metro hospital.

“I couldn’t get my oxygen up. It was going down so fast I started passing out,” Tanyan said.

Doctors immediately put her in ICU.

“You feel like your head is going to explode because it gets so much pressure, because you’re not getting any oxygen,” Tanyan said.

Tanyan said at first, they didn’t test her for COVID-19.

“Because I had been previously diagnosed with COVID back in June,” Tanyan said.

Tanyan said when she tested positive in June, she barely had any symptoms. Shortly after that, she tested negative and thought she was finished with coronavirus.

“I thought I was immune. Did not think I’d get it again, and I did,” Tanyan said. “I was really shocked. I told them I had it in June and thought we were supposed to have immunity.”

She said the medical team told her that the virus is so new.

“COVID is so new they’re learning every day,” Tanyan said.

Tanyan was then rushed to the COVID floor, where she stayed for three and a half weeks.

“It’s scary and you feel alone. It’s not like the flu. That’s something I want to say. The flu you can get over in three days,” Tanyan said.

After her stay in the COVID ICU, she got two negative tests and moved to a long-term care facility.

“They said I was very lucky. Not many people who get to that part make it,” Tanyan said.

Tanyan was at that facility for a month.

“All of that in my lungs, the damage– looks like a cloud over your whole lung,” she said.

Tanyan has been back home for a few days with the lingering effects of COVID-19 and said her survival now comes with a renewed purpose.

“This is serious and it’s taking a lot of lives. Those numbers have families,” Tanyan said.

She is on a mission to warn others.

“I want my Native American community to be careful,” Tanyan said. “We hold our elders in high regard. Those are the ones we want to protect. Oklahoma, we can do better.”

Tanyan also said the nurses, the techs and the doctors are the true heroes and front-line fighters. She said they deserve all the credit in the world. But more than anything, she credits her faith with helping her beat COVID-19 twice.