Bartlesville COVID-19 survivor shares regret over not getting vaccine

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BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — A Bartlesville antheral is sharing his regret implicit not getting the COVID-19 vaccine aft the microorganism made him spell from steadfast to adjacent death.

While his woman and girl got vaccinated, James Cutler decided against it. He thought due to the fact that helium was healthy, helium would beryllium okay.

“I effort to enactment successful shape," Cutler said. "I don’t person immoderate underlying aesculapian problems. I don’t drink. Don’t smoke. Never utilized drugs. And I don’t instrumentality immoderate medicine for anything. So I thought man, I’m good.”

But then, Cutler’s lad brought COVID location from summertime camp. His woman and girl didn’t get it, but helium rapidly developed symptoms similar a precocious fever, aches and pains and had occupation breathing.

“I walked retired the doorway a small spot and I couldn’t breathe," Cutler said. "And past my anxiousness kicked in. And past it made it worse.”

Cutler went to the doctor, but helium lone got worse. He had a precocious fever for much than 2 weeks and mislaid 15 pounds.

“I consciousness similar I’m a fighter, but I consciousness similar determination was a clip wherever I told her I’m conscionable astir ready," Cutler said. "I’m done. I’m struggling. I’m hurting. And you know, I’m astir acceptable to go.”

James was struggling to breathe, but his woman told him to support fighting.

“When she came up she grabbed a clasp of me, she said, 'Ok present effort to breathe,'" helium said. "'Stay with maine babe. Stay with me. Fight it. You’re not leaving me.'”

He was acrophobic of what mightiness hap if helium went to the hospital.

It got to the constituent wherever helium started readying his funeral.

“It’s surreal past knowing that, you know, we’re gathering a location and we’re trying to bash each this and I’m sitting determination telling her what I would want," Cutler said. "I was stupid. And I don’t privation that for nobody.”

After being sick for astir 3 weeks, Cutler is present amended and backmost astatine enactment for the metropolis of Bartlesville.

He has a connection for those who haven’t received the vaccine.

“I privation radical to cognize this [the virus] ain’t the aforesaid one," Cutler said. "Please. I conscionable privation them to look into it. Do what you deliberation is champion for you and your family, but I deliberation it’s decidedly worthy a 2nd look due to the fact that it opened my eyes.

“Don’t beryllium that idiosyncratic who was similar maine and it was astir excessively late," helium said.

Cutler said helium inactive feels lingering broadside effects successful his lungs. Once helium hits 90 days since he’s been sick, helium said helium plans connected getting vaccinated.

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