'Let me put things in perspective for you, I basically had to learn how to walk again,' Leah Blomberg wrote.

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HER MESSAGE, STOP CRYING AND COMPLAINING. TO WALK IN LEAH BLOMBERG’S SHOES, ONE WOULD HAVE TO RETURN TO THEIR OWN FIRST STEPS. >> THAT FIRST TIME STANDING AGAIN, I FELT LIKE I WEIGHED A 1000. IT WAS, IT WAS INSANE. BASICALLY HAD TO LEARN TO WALK AGAIN. >> WORDS FROM A WOMAN WHO SURVIVED COVID-19. AT 35, SHE HAD NO UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITION BUT IT GOT SO BAD, SHE SPENT NINE DAYS IN A COMA AND ON A VENTILATOR, PLUS A WEEK IN THE ICU, ALL AWAY FROM HER HUSBAND OF 15 YEARS. WAS THERE EVER A POINT WHERE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT? >> IT WAS SCARY, ESPECIALLY NOT HAVING SOMEBODY THERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND, YOU KNOW, TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT’S GOING ON. YOU KNOW, WAKING UP IN A STRANGE ENVIRONMENT. >> SHE’S BETTER NOW, BUT HER MOOD SHIFTED WHEN SHE SAW THE RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR EVERS EXTENDING HIS SAFER AT HOME ORDER. >> THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ARE THE ONES WHO HAVEN’T LOST ANYONE OR DON’T KNOW ANYBODY CLOSE TO THEM THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS. >> AND TO THEM SHE WROTE THIS. >> TO EVERYONE CRYING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAFER AT HOME BEING EXTENDED, LET ME PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU. I BASICALLY HAD TO LEARN HOW TO WALK AGAIN DUE TO MUSCLE ATROPHY FROM BEING 100% BEDRIDDEN FOR 2 -- TWO WEEKS. I’M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. GET SOME STUFF DONE AROUND YOUR HOUSE. EVERYONE IS IN THE SAME BOAT STOP COMPLAINING AND BE THANKFUL FOR YOUR HEALTH. >> FOR THIS SURVIVOR, THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS, JUST CONVICTION. >> IF YOU THINK BEING CONFINED TO YOUR HOME IS BAD, IMAGINE BEING CONFINED TO A BED. AND THAT’S BEST CASE SCENARIO, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM THIS JOYCE: THE PERSPECTIVE SHE HAS. YOU MENTIONED HER HUSBAND. DID HE ALSO GET SICK? >> HE DID, BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. DOCTORS DID NOT TEST HIM FOR COVID-19, BUT BELIEVE HE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS, AS DID HIS WIFE. BOTH ARE DOING FINE TONIGHT, BETTER THAN THEY WERE A WEEK AGO, BUT SAY THE GOVERNOR EXTENDING HIS SAFER AT HOME ORDER IS ANOTHER MEASURE TO PREVENT OTHER PEOPLE FROM HAVING TO SHARE THEIR SAME EXPERIEN

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To walk in Leah Blomberg's shoes, one would have to return to their own first steps. She counts herself among the coronavirus survivors. But it was not an easy fight.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in Wisconsin"That first time standing again, I felt like I weighed 1,000 . It was insane; basically had to learn to walk again," she said.At 35, Blomberg said she had no underlying health conditions and was unclear how she contracted the virus. Her case got so bad, she said, she spent 9 days on a ventilator in a medically induced coma.That was followed by an additional week in intensive care.All of it, away from her husband of nearly 15 years."It was scary, especially not having somebody there to hold your hand, you know, to explain to you what's going on. Waking up in a strange environment," she said.Blomber is better now, but her mood shifted when she saw the pushback Gov. Tony Evers received after extending the "Safer at Home" order to May 26. Many said the Evers should open the state sooner, especially for business owners who need to make a living."If you're in a hospital bed, you're not running your business anyway. You're not going to be making any money. If you're dead, you're not going to be making any money," Blomberg said.She praised Evers decision as a measure to prevent others from having to share her same experience."The people complaining, haven't lost anyone or don't know anyone close to them that's been through this," she said.Blomberg's frustration spilled out in a sharply worded Facebook post."To everyone crying and complaining about the Safer At Home being extended, let me put things in perspective for you," her post began. "I basically had to learn how to walk again due to muscle atrophy from being 100% bedridden for 2 weeks. I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE."She finished, "Get some stuff done around your house. Everyone is in the same boat. Stop complaining and be thankful for your health. Thank you Governor Evers for caring more about our HEALTH than our WEALTH."The post had been shared more than 800 times by the time this story was published."If you think being confined to your home is bad, imagine being confined to a bed, and that's best case scenario, because people are dying from this."Sign up for coronavirus email alerts from WISNGet breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 app.Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube