David Lat is an attorney and writer of the "'Above the Law" blog. He was diagnosed with coronavirus a few days ago and is now on a ventilator. Courtesy David Lat

David Lat spent 17 days hospitalized with Covid-19, including six days on a ventilator before being discharged last week.

“It was like a scene out of ‘ER’ or ‘Chicago Hope’ or something. But I have no recollection of my time on the ventilator, which is interesting because I've since read that some ventilator patients have hallucinations, delusions. I don’t remember anything,” said Lat, a lawyer and legal writer whose tweets during his time in the hospital were shared widely on social media.

While he was in good health, didn’t smoke and has run two New York City marathons, he told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota he did experience exercise-induced asthma.

“There probably are a lot of people out there who have conditions that are similar that don't make a big impact on their day-to-day lives, but they should be aware of because if you get coronavirus or Covid-19, it can make things a lot worse for you,” he said.

He said he was treated with a few different drugs, including hydroxychloroquine and Zithromax, but doctors were unable to tell him definitely if they helped him recover.