( CNN)– Leah Blomberg’s voice is still scratchy from having a tube stuck down her throat for nine days.
Her muscles are so weak, it takes her 45 minutes to take a quick shower.
Now, as she has a hard time to recover from coronavirus, she wants protesters to stop “sobbing and complaining” about shelter-in-place orders, like the one in her state of Wisconsin that just got extended till Might 26
” I invested 9 days in a clinically caused coma, on a ventilator due to this infection. I spent another 9 days in the ICU having terrible hallucinations from the meds,” Blomberg posted on Facebook.
” I essentially had to learn how to walk once again due to muscle atrophy from being 100?dridden for 2 weeks. I’M FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE,” the post continued. “Remain in your house. Take the money they government is giving you. … Stop grumbling and be thankful for your health. Thank you Guv Evers for caring more about our HEALTH than our WEALTH.”
Her post gathered praise and criticism as numerous protesters throughout the nation required guvs end stay-at-home orders and reopen all services.
Blomberg said she feels sorry for protesters who are struggling economically– she, too, lost her task as a real estate receptionist throughout this pandemic.
However she echoed health officials who said the nation isn’t ready to resume due to the fact that this outbreak is not yet under control
Since Tuesday, more than 788,900 people have actually been infected in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 42,400 have passed away in the previous two months.
Blomberg stated the protesters’ needs are shortsighted due to the fact that the infection is still spreading out unabated.
” If you remain in a medical facility bed, you’re not making any money anyhow. In truth, you’re putting yourself in further debt,” Blomberg told CNN.
” If you’re dead, it does not matter anyhow– you’re not going to be able to offer your family. You’re going to have your medical expenses, your funeral service costs, you’re going to be leaving that for them on top of all of it.”
‘ Individuals don’t understand how quickly this spreads’
Like numerous millennials, Blomberg stated she didn’t think she ‘d suffer extreme complications from coronavirus.
She began feeling flu-like symptoms on March19 “I just seemed like I got hit by a truck,” Blomberg stated. “All the energy was gone, and actually everything in my body ached.”
Then she lost her senses of taste and smell, signs that are common with Covid-19
” It wasn’t until the 24 th when I didn’t have the energy to make it to the bathroom in time– when I finally stated to my spouse, ‘Take me to the ER,'” Blomberg said.
” They instantly called an ambulance to take me to a medical facility that was accepting Covid patients. And when I got there, they stated, ‘You’re not getting enou