A 25-year-old who had to get a double lung transplant due to COVID-19 said his lungs look like...
A 25-year-old who had to get a double lung transplant due to COVID-19 said his lungs look like 'chewed up pieces of bubblegum'.
Blake Bargatze from Georgia, who had no underlying health issues, was admitted to ICU earlier this year after he fell seriously ill from the coronavirus. During his stay, his condition worsened and doctors told him to survive, he needed a new set of lungs. In June, he got a double lung transplant.
The 25-year-old told Insider he was shocked at how quickly COVID-19 attacked his body. "It just ate away my lungs," he said. "They literally looked up like chewed up pieces of bubblegum by the time they took them out. They were riddled with holes. I was just fortunate enough to not have multiple organ failures."
Bargatze is among the few people to have successfully received a double lung transplant as a result of the coronavirus, which has so far killed more than 687,000 Americans.
He believes he contracted the virus at a concert in Florida back in March, which he now regrets attending.
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