'I am so grateful': Woman gets a second chance after surviving 2-month COVID-19 induced coma
Bettina Lerman contracted COVID-19 over Labor Day weekend in 2021 when she traveled from her home in Florida to visit family in Maine, where she grew up.
Lerman was not vaccinated at the time and began experiencing severe symptoms. An ambulance was rushed to Maine Medical Center, where she was put on a ventilator.
After 60 days in a coma, doctors were convinced Lerman was not going to make it out alive. Her family began making funeral arrangements, donated all her belongings and got rid of her apartment in Florida.
"They had an enormous amount of pressure on them to stop my life because it was so long," Lerman said.
The day before her family was going to pull the plug, Lerman woke up. She had to go through rehab and spent a total of four months in the hospital. Although unsure at first, Lerman decided to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
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Lerman says surviving her ordeal is a miracle because people from churches in Maine, Alabama, Atlanta, Massachusetts and Florida who heard of her condition were all praying for her.
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Lerman's family has set up a GoFundMe to help her settle into her new apartment in Maine. They are still accepting donations .
