"MY BIGGEST FEAR WAS NOT BEING
WHO I WAS." THE FATHER OF THREE
HAS HAD THAT WEIGH ON HIS MIND
SINCE HIS DIAGNOSIS.
SALVADOR ROSALES BRAVO
"I WAS REAL DEPRESSED FOR A FEW
DAYS." FAMILY IS EVERYTHING. TO
SALVADOR ROSALES THEY LIVE
TOGETHER
THEY EAT TOGETHER
NATS OF WORKING
AND WORK SIDE BY SIDE.
WHEN IT CAME TIME TO BATTLE
COVID-19.
THEY DID THAT TOGETHER TOO.
SALVADOR ROSALES BRAVO
"THEY'VE GOTTEN POSITIVE, BUT IT
WAS AFTER TWO DAYS OR THREE
DAYS. AND THEN THEY'RE GOOD."
WHEN SAL BECAME SICK - HE
ENDURED SOMETHING COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON JUNE
FIRST.
AND STAY THERE FOR NEARLY 90
DAYS.
DANIEL PIERCE
"WHAT WAS THE WORST DAY YOU HAD
WITH COVID?
SALVADOR ROSALES BRAVO
"I JUST COULDN'T BREATH. I TRIED
TO SUCK IT IN TO FEEL THOSE
LUNGS UP
AGAIN TO BREATH."
SAL WAS PUT IN A COMMA.
AND HOOKED UP TO A VENTILATOR.
AS THE VIRUS CAUSED HIS ORGANS
TO SHUT DOWN.
SALVADOR ROSALES BRAVO
"IT WAS JUST HARD TO KNOW THAT
THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THEY HAD
TO STRUGGLE, TO COME SEE YOUR
DAD THAT MAY BE
THE LAST TIME YOU SEE HIM. JUST
WAITING THAT THIS MAY BE THE
LAST TIME YOU SEE HIM."
MORE THAN A MONTH LATER.
SOMETHING HAPPENED.
SALVADOR ROSALES BRAVO
"I WOKE UP I THOUGHT IT HAD ONLY
BEEN A DAY OR TWO THAT I WAS
OUT. WHEN I WOKE UP, IT WAS JULY
14TH." -BUTTED-
SALVADOR ROSALES BRAVO
"I HAVE TO CALL MY FAMILY. I
WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE DOING,
BECAUSE I LEFT EVERYTHING ON
THEIR BACK." THE ROSALES' FAMILY
BATTLED A TOUGH ROAD BUT ON ON
AUGUST 28-TH.
NATS OF BEING RELEASED
THERE WAS CELEBRATION AND SIGN
THAT FAITH HELPED IN THE
FIGHT.
POINTING TO PHOTO OF JESUS
SALVADOR ROSALES BRAVO
"I'M GOING TO LET THIS FINE MAN
RIGHT HERE TAKE MY PAIN, I CAN
HANDLE IT."
IT WILL TAKE SAL MONTHS TO GET
BETTER. HIS FAMILY DOESN'T KNOW
THE FULL EFFECTS COVID-19 HAS
HAD
ON HIS BODY.
NO MATTER THE STRUGGLES.
