It's a death sentence," said Dr. Darren Boe, ICU medical director. Boe intubated Valenzuela and put him in a medically-induced coma. "Up until that time, I had six years clean," Valenzuela said.

The ICU filled fast with very sick people suffering from COVID-19 and patients multiplied in days. "That became four that became 12, before you knew it, we had 48 intubated patients, and to put ...