“Then there's a big blank in my life,” he said.
Describing his story from home, Link said it took him a while to realize how close he came to being unable to tell it.
“It took people telling me these stories but the one that hit the hardest was when an ICU nurse that had been so awesome with me came to visit me after the ICU and said, ‘You are our COVID miracle’,” Link recalled.
After 32 days in the hospital, Link said what helped him pull through were prayers, family, friends and students who had an envelope full of cards waiting for him on his doorstep when he got home.