Paramedic and son battle COVID-19 in same ICU room
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SAN TAN VALLEY, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) As a paramedic for American Medical Response, Garett Hensley transports COVID-19 patients across the east valley, then he became one.
“It was painful to get out of bed,” said Hensley. The next thing he knew, it was him being transported to a hospital. “I was just felt really, really horrible, aches and pains and fever. I was getting up to 103.7.”
His wife and two kids contracted the virus, too. He had no idea that his 25-year-old son, Nathaniel, who has autism, was suffering the most. That was until he saw him face to face in the same ICU room.
EMS community helps paramedic as he and his son battle COVID-19
Garett Hensley
and last updated 2021-01-13 19:21:28-05
PHOENIX â The EMS community is coming together to help one of their own get back on his feet after both he and his son were hospitalized with COVID-19.
Garett Hensley has been a paramedic for 10 years and works for the medical transportation company AMR in Mesa.
The 51-year-old and the rest of his family were diagnosed with COVID last month. Hensley s condition quickly deteriorated. I have never felt that bad in my life. It was horrible, said Hensley.
He had trouble breathing, body aches, fever, and low oxygen levels. He ended up hospitalized for nearly two weeks.