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'Just glad to be alive' Glencoe man wins battle with H1N1, pneumonia
By Rich Glennie
Duston Cohrs of Glencoe is fortunate to be alive today. He went into the emergency room at Glencoe Regional Health Services Oct. 18 and did not wake up until over a month later in a bed at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. He can remember little or nothing of that time period because he was in a coma.
He went in weighing 180 pounds, and came out at 143. He was told he was close to death on at least three occasions, and his family was called in just in case.
"I lost four weeks of my life; I don't remember," Cohrs said after finally getting out of the hospital on Dec. 1. "There were 49 days ... that's a lot of my life to lose. I'm told I was a miracle, but I was just lucky."
So what felled the apparently healthy 28-year-old?
It was a combination of bronchitis and H1N1 that turned into pneumonia.
"I usually don't like to go see a doctor," Cohrs said, but on Oct. 13, he went into GRHS the first time and was diagnosed with bronchitis and dehydration. "I was told to keep hydrated and rest.' He was sent home.
He went back to the hospital the second time and was diagnosed with pneumonia. "I was in a lot of pain and had a hard time to breathe," he said. But he was released again.
On Oct. 18, he was taken into GRHS's emergency room because, "I couldn't get up, and I couldn't breathe," Cohrs said.
He was brought in about 9 p.m., and by midnight he was on a respirator, said his mother, Kim Cohrs. "He could not get oxygen," and she was told the oxygen content in his lungs was down to 60 percent.
By 2 a.m., Cohrs was in an ambulance headed to Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park as a GRHS nurse was pumping oxygen into him.
For the complete story, see this week's Chronicle.
'Just glad to be alive' Glencoe man wins battle with H1N1, pneumonia
By Rich Glennie
Duston Cohrs of Glencoe is fortunate to be alive today. He went into the emergency room at Glencoe Regional Health Services Oct. 18 and did not wake up until over a month later in a bed at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. He can remember little or nothing of that time period because he was in a coma.
He went in weighing 180 pounds, and came out at 143. He was told he was close to death on at least three occasions, and his family was called in just in case.
"I lost four weeks of my life; I don't remember," Cohrs said after finally getting out of the hospital on Dec. 1. "There were 49 days ... that's a lot of my life to lose. I'm told I was a miracle, but I was just lucky."
So what felled the apparently healthy 28-year-old?
It was a combination of bronchitis and H1N1 that turned into pneumonia.
"I usually don't like to go see a doctor," Cohrs said, but on Oct. 13, he went into GRHS the first time and was diagnosed with bronchitis and dehydration. "I was told to keep hydrated and rest.' He was sent home.
He went back to the hospital the second time and was diagnosed with pneumonia. "I was in a lot of pain and had a hard time to breathe," he said. But he was released again.
On Oct. 18, he was taken into GRHS's emergency room because, "I couldn't get up, and I couldn't breathe," Cohrs said.
He was brought in about 9 p.m., and by midnight he was on a respirator, said his mother, Kim Cohrs. "He could not get oxygen," and she was told the oxygen content in his lungs was down to 60 percent.
By 2 a.m., Cohrs was in an ambulance headed to Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park as a GRHS nurse was pumping oxygen into him.
For the complete story, see this week's Chronicle.