WAINSCOTT. I GOT COVID. SIX AND A HALF MONTHS AGO. YEAH. DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU CONTRACTED IT? I AM I’M A PEDIATRICIAN AND I DID GET IT AT WORK FROM A PATIENT WHO MY LOVE VERY MUCH DR. SARAH HAMBRUCK IS A MILWAUKEE PEDIATRICIAN AND A MOTHER OF FOUR WHO WAS HIT HARD BY COVID LAST OCTOBER. I WAS UM SEVERELY ELLE HIGH FEVERS AND THEN ALONG WITH SEVERE SHORTNESS OF BREATH INITIALLY. I HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME EVEN PERFORMING LIKE ROUTINE SELF-CARE THINGS LIKE BRUSHING MY TEETH WERE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME MORE THAN SIX MONTHS LATER. SHE STILL GASPS FOR BREATH CAN ONLY WALK SHORT DISTANCES AND HAS A LONG RECOVERY AHEAD OF HER THE FACT THAT I CAN SET UP AND TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW IS IS A PRETTY MAJOR WIN. SHE CAN’T WORK BUT A FEW HOURS A WEEK. MISSES HER YOUNG PATIENTS AT SHOREVIEW PEDIATRICS ON MILWAUKEE PC SIDE AND NOW ESPECIALLY MISSES THE CHANCE TO TALK TO FAMILIES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATING KIDS AND YOU HAVEN’T HAD THE ABILITY TO SAY THAT OR DELIVER THAT MESSAGE FACE TO FACE. SO THIS WEEK SHE POSTED A MESSAGE TO HER PATIENTS ABOUT HER RECOVERY AND REMINDING THEM THAT COVID-19 CAN POSE A RISK TO KIDS OR AS IN HER CASE THAT CHILDREN CAN SPREAD THE VIRUS TO OTHERS. WE DON’T KNOW. WHO IS AT RISK FOR SEVERE COVID? I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE IN THIS PLACE AND URGING PARENTS WHEN THE TIME COMES TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED AND I AM NOT GOING TO HESITATE TO VACCINATE ALL FOUR OF MY KIDS AGAINST THIS REALLY TRULY HORRIFIC VIRUS, AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY WILL DO THE SAME THING IN MILWAUKEE. I’M KENT WAINSCOTT WISN 12 NEWS. WE CERTAINLY WISH FOR THE BEST DR. HAMBURG SAYS SHE IS HOPING THAT THE VACCINE WILL BE APPROVED FOR