Most of his doctors did not believe he would be able to leave the hospital. If he did, doctors told Crochet’s wife, he could have been in a vegetative state.
But after recovering from a virus and a series of complications after 453 days in the hospital, Crossett emerged from a wheelchair to the cheers of doctors and nurses, just in time to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas at home for the first time in a year. .
“It was hard for me to lie there during Thanksgiving [and] I’m a big holiday person around Christmas,” Crosette told The Washington Post. “It was hard to miss.”
Crochet drove home a new phase of the pandemic, where for the first time in the U.S., more people who received the primary series of the coronavirus vaccine are dying from Covid-19 than those who haven’t. Analysis Hosted by Cynthia Cox, vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, for The Post’s Health 202. Fifty-eight percent of the coronavirus deaths in August were vaccine-induced or induced, the analysis showed.
Unvaccinated people still have A Higher chance of dying from covid-19, the effectiveness of the vaccine eases over time and can kill the vaccinated. US health officials have urged people to keep their vaccinations current by getting booster shots.
Crossett, who had no pre-existing conditions and was fully vaccinated at the time, tested positive in August 2021, his wife Rachel Crossett told The Post. Crochet’s visit to the emergency room to treat a fever and low oxygen levels led to a hospital ICU stay. Four days later he was put on a ventilator.
He suffered from pneumonia, a collapsed lung, pancreatitis, kidney failure and what appeared to be an endless list of viral complications. Every time Crochet begins to recover, a new ailment arises.
“Every organ in his body failed at some point except his heart and brain,” said Rachel Crossett, 70. “The doctors looked at me and said, ‘He’s not going to survive’.”
In December, Crosette was transferred to a long-term care facility, where things began to seem slow, but an infection that didn’t heal properly after another emergency surgery caused his doctors to postpone his discharge date.
Until Nov. 9, a nurse pushed Tubb’s wheelchair through the facility’s hallways while doctors, nurses and family applauded as he approached the exit door. Some say, “Daddy, way to go!” They had signs saying. and “Dub Crochet. You are my hero” on the way home.
In an interview with a Houston-based news station CPC, Crochet credited the hospital staff and her family. “God bless them,” he told the store. “They are my rock.”
This week, Crochets hosted Thanksgiving. He sat at one end of the table, surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren. They ate green beans and sweet potatoes made by Croche.
The kids made Thanksgiving crafts. They took a small photo. The family turned on the TV to watch football. For the first time in a year, things felt normal.
“Did you ever think that Dad would be sitting at the table at home?” Rachel Crosette described what a family member asked her grandchildren.
“I feel like I’m dreaming.”
McKenzie Beard contributed to this report.
