“I felt my life escaping”: COVID-19 survivor says plasma donation kept her alive

HERE’S OUR TAGGART HOUCK. >> I CALL IT MY PLAGUE THAT I HAD, DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS SO SICK. >> The Reporter: THAT PESTER FOR LISA HARDEN WAS COVID-19 LISA WAS HOSPITALIZED BACK ON APRIL 10, A FEVER OF MORE THAN 103 DEGREES, SEPARATED FROM HER FAMILY WHEN SHE ESTABLISHED BILATERAL VIRAL PNEUMONIA. >> IT HURT SO BAD, THAT TEARS WOULD DRIP FROM MY EYES EVERY BREATH. >> The Reporter: SHE HAVE WASN’T ELIGIBLE FOR TWO TRIAL DRUGS, SO HER DOCTOR ADVISED A PLASMA TRANSFUSION. IT PUTS ANTIBODIES FROM CLIENTS WHO RECOVERED HAVE COVID-19 IN HER SYSTEM. >> AND I TOLD THEM, ABSOLUTELY, DON’T GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> > 2 DAYS LATER ON EASTER SUNDAY– >> BOY, I ACTUALLY NEEDED TO HEAR THAT THEN SINCE THAT DAY, I FELT IN MY HEART THAT I WAS OFFERING, I ACTUALLY DID, I THOUGHT I CAN’T KEEP COMBATING. >> The Press reporter: SHE RECEIVED PLASMA FROM A DONOR IN TENNESSEE. >> AND WHEN I GOT THEM, IT STARTED FIGHTING FOR ME AND IT DID IT EXTREMELY, VERY RAPIDLY. >> THE INFECTION IS A SPRINTER, RUNS A 100- BACKYARD DASH REALLY, REALLY FAST AND WHAT WE’RE ABLE TO DO WITH THE ANTIBODIES IS TAKE THEM INTO THE BODY IMMUNE SYSTEM, IT OUTRUNS OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, SO IT CONSIDERS THAT INDIVIDUAL A 50- BACKYARD RUNNING START. >> > 3 DAYS AFTER THAT, SHE WAS OUT OF THE HEALTHCARE FACILITY. WEDNESDAY, SHE TESTED NEGATIVE. NOW THANKING HER DONOR, HOPING OTHERS DO THE SAME TO CONSERVE LIVES LIKE HERS. >> I GET TEARY EYED, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT I UNDERSTAND HOW I FELT. I FELT MY LIFE WAS ESCAPING. >> The Reporter:.