“I was just weak. I couldn't get out of bed,” he said.
The Orange County man spent two weeks on a respirator, but he also suffered from kidney issues and pneumonia.
“They called my lady, to let her know I have a fifty percent chance of living and let her come to the hospital to see me just in case I didn't make it,” he said.
Hampton fought hard, battling an infection in his feet that eventually cost him his right leg.
“I just told them pretty much, I'm ready for the amputation because I was ready to get back home to my kids and my lady,” he stated.