WRAL's Gilbert Baez shares his COVID-19 story while fighting the virus in the hospital

But I don't want to be the story

But I am the story Is an 18 minute Facebook

post from Gilbert pays just seconds in

He shares his hospitalized with the delta variant

She's giving me the shot right now

And before you ask

Yes he's vaccinated

We followed him through the process when he got the

shot

Now he's taking us through the process of being admitted

with the virus right now

I'm stable because I'm just sitting here

But if I get up and move around I started

having a a coffin um fits and breathing difficulties

And that was happening at the house and the town

along and Gatorade wasn't giving I needed some real medicine

And so uh uh huh

I was told To go to the hospital

Gilbert says he recently had a small gathering at his

house for his birthday with only 10 fully vaccinated people

He says five of the 10 were diagnosed with COVID

four have recovered and he's the only one still fighting

I hadn't eaten in three days

I've lost £15 and I'm living what we've been reporting

for the past 18 months

And it gives me a different perspective and reporting the

story going forward

Always the reporter

Gilbert says he found out everyone on his floor is

on oxygen or a ventilator due to covid

He says he's the only one on the floor who

is vaccinated and currently he does not need any breathing

support

Lastly Gilbert left us with this exchange he had with

his nurse had a nurse who comes in takes my

blood

She said the hardest part for her is the same

people her age died

I said how old are you 36

I have daughters 36

This touches me