YOUR HANDS AND AS WE SPEAK THERE ARE 317 PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID-19 38 ARE ON VENTILATORS AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO PUT THE NUMBERS IN HOSPITALIZATIONS INTO CONTEXT BECAUSE AS VACCINATIONS GO UP, ARE STILL PEOPLE BEING DIAGNOSED AND HOSPITALIZED WITH THE VIRUS? AND THE LAST THING I’D ASK FOR WAS. AND WRAP THIS HEALING ARMS AROUND ME. AND FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO GET STRONGER AND HEALTHIER. HE DID. A SERGEANT WITH THE TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER BATTLING COVID-19 IN A HOSPITAL FOR 150 DAYS TOMORROW. HE WILL FINALLY GO HOME AND HE’S THANKING THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT WDSU NEWS REPORTER SHAY O’CONNOR SPOKE WITH THE SERGEANT. SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH HIS STORY. IT’S ONLY ON SIX SHAME. THAT’S VERY GINA IN SELLING OUR SERGEY THE CHARLES WARREN TELLS ME THAT HE’S BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. IT’S A VERY LONG JOURNEY AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND STILL MORE OF A JOURNEY TO GO, BUT HE TELLS ME TOMORROW WILL BE A DAY THAT HE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER. FINALLY SEEING FAMILY MEMBERS AND MY CHILD YOU KNOW. SEE NOTHING, BUT THE INSIDE OF HOSPITALS FOR FIVE MONTHS SERGEANT CHARLES WARREN FIGHTING TO HOLD BAD TEARS AT THE THOUGHT OF FINALLY GOING HOME AFTER SPENDING 150 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL BATTLING COVID-19. I REMEMBER. GOING INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER THAT. I DON’T REMEMBER A WHOLE BUNCH, BUT THEY EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING HIS FAMILY WILL NEVER FORGET. HIS WIFE. DONNA SAYS THE SERGEANT COATED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES AND NEEDED A RESPIRATOR TO BREATHE. SHE WANTED. I WANT TO SAY HE WENT TO A COMA FOR THREE DAYS. ARE FALLING EVERYTHING SHUTTING DOWN? AND I SAID HE’S NOT GIVING UP SERGEANT WARREN SAYS KEPT HIM ALIVE WHERE HIS TALKS WITH GOD. AND WRAP HIS HEALING ARMS AROUND ME. AND ME TO CONTINUE TO GET STRONGER. AND THE HEALTHIER HE DID. PRAY MR. AMAZING AND HE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE PRAYING FOR HIS RECOVERY THE TANGIPAHOA’S SHERIFF’S OFFICE WHERE HE’S BEEN SERGEANT FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS POSTING A FACEBOOK MESSAGE CONGRATULATING WARREN ON A BATTLE. WELL FOUGHT IN WARREN HAD A MESSAGE FOR OTHERS FIGHTING COVID-19. BRAIN MATTER SIGNIFICA I’M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. GIVE UP. AND YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF COMING OUT ON TOP OF IT. NOW THE SERGEANT IS CURRENTLY AT A REHAB HOSPITAL IN BATON ROUGE, OF COURSE PENDING HIS RELEASE TOMORROW MORNING WHERE I’M TOLD THAT THERE WILL BE FAMILY AND FRIENDS HONORING HIS COMING OUT NOW ON AND ONE MORE THING THAT I SHOULD MENTIONED SERGEANT WARREN SAYS THAT HE DID RECEIVE A CALL FROM MIKE PENCE WHILE INSIDE THE HOSPITAL AND THAT IT GAVE HIM A LOT OF HOPE SO DID OTHER MESSAGES FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT FOR NOW REPORT