Antonio Resines reappears for the first time after his admission for coronavirus: “I thought five days had passed and I was in the ICU for 36”

Anthony Resines has appeared publicly for the first time after leaving the hospital, where he has been hospitalized for coronavirus for more than a month. He has done it with a live connection to ‘El Hormiguero’, where he wanted to send a clear message: “We must support public health Either way, it saved our lives.”

As the actor has explained, his time in the ICU has marked him and has made him aware of what is happening in there throughout the pandemic: “There are people who are amazing, they study, they leave their lives… There were 14 shifts to serve the 97 people who were in the ICU, we have saved 80“, he explained. A confession that has left the presenter of the program, Pablo Motos, visibly moved.

In addition, Resines wanted to explain first-hand how he got to the point of needing to be admitted. “I was fine until I felt a little fever. I tested positive and it was a week of debacle coughing and very badly”, he has related. At that point, they took him to the hospital and from then on he no longer remembers anything of the 48 days he has remained in the hospital complex (36 days in the ICU and 12 on the ward).

“I thought five days had passed, like a little blackout and When I woke up on the twenty-something of January. I was scared“. He also remembers that during his admission he experienced strange sensations: “You live in a very strange world that has points in common with reality and you have a very bad time because you do not control,” he said.

The ravages that the virus has wrought on him are still evident. Gets very tired when talkingas explained, and has “80% atrophy”has lost muscle and needs the help of a walker to be able to walk. However, the artist does not lose hope: “I will recover, but it is slow and complicated and it takes effort”, and he is grateful to be able to tell it today. “I got rid of one, man, that’s the summary”, he has confessed to his friend Pablo.

For this reason, the actor also wanted to leave a message at the end of his speech on the program: “Everyone get vaccinated and take it seriouslywhich is a very serious thing.”