The impression I get from Michael Hurley, now 36 years, working and living, with his wife, in Las Vegas (NV, USA), is that he was just a regular, active 17-year-old. In May 2001, on a school trip to Spain, he developed bronchial symptoms: “I was coughing a lot, but at 17, I was not really in tune with my body, and we think we are invincible at that age”, he says. “It persisted and got worse and worse, but I never thought it was something major that I needed to seek medical attention for.” Back home (Indianapolis, IN, USA), at the end of July, after a visit to a physician, he was diagnosed with pneumonia (mainly annoying because “I had to quit smoking”), but Michael's health continued to deteriorate. For a week, he was vomiting, losing weight, having night sweats, and eventually coughing up blood. But when he had a very real, and alarming, sensation that he couldn't breathe, he was taken to the emergency room by his family.

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在ICU中生存只是漫长道路的开始。

我从现年36岁的迈克尔·赫尔利（Michael Hurley）和他的妻子在拉斯维加斯（美国内华达州）工作和生活中获得的印象是，他只有17岁，是一个正常，活跃的年轻人。他说，2001年5月，在去西班牙的一次学校旅行中，他出现了支气管症状：“我咳嗽得很厉害，但是在17岁时，我的身体并不协调，我们认为我们在那个年龄是无敌的”。 。“它持续存在并且变得越来越糟，但是我从来没有想过这是我需要寻求医疗照顾的重大问题。” 7月底，回到家乡（印第安纳州印第安纳州），去看医生后，他被诊断出患有肺炎（主要是因为“我必须戒烟”而令人讨厌），但迈克尔的健康状况持续恶化。有一个星期，他呕吐，减轻体重，盗汗，最后咳血。但是当他有一个非常真实，令人震惊的时候，