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Lufkin cardiologist surviving after H1N1 virus kept him in three-month long coma
Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:34 PM EDT Updated: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:34 PM EDT
By Michelle Reed
LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
For the past couple of months, a Lufkin cardiologist has had to relearn how to walk, even quitting his job to focus on rehab, after the H1N1 virus left him powerless.
Christopher Gill says he had never gotten the flu shot before.
"I figured if I got the flu. Ok, I'd get sick, lay up in the hospital for a couple of days and I'd be fine. The problem is the flu can sometimes be a very bad infection and I, unfortunately, just got the very bad form of it where it really just destroyed my lung function," Gill said...
Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:34 PM EDT Updated: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:34 PM EDT
By Michelle Reed
LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
For the past couple of months, a Lufkin cardiologist has had to relearn how to walk, even quitting his job to focus on rehab, after the H1N1 virus left him powerless.
Christopher Gill says he had never gotten the flu shot before.
"I figured if I got the flu. Ok, I'd get sick, lay up in the hospital for a couple of days and I'd be fine. The problem is the flu can sometimes be a very bad infection and I, unfortunately, just got the very bad form of it where it really just destroyed my lung function," Gill said...