‘I should have gotten the damn vaccine’: Las Vegas father of 5 dies after contracting COVID during SoCal vacation - KTLA Los Angeles

Michael Freedy, 39, became infected during a family vacation to San Diego earlier this month, Jessica DuPreez told KTLA sister station KLAS in Las Vegas.

When they returned home after spending a couple days in the Southern California city, Freedy developed a painful skin rash, according to DuPreez.

Later, she wrote, Freedy woke her up in the middle of the night, complaining that he couldn’t breathe and felt dizzy.

They went to the hospital and he was admitted.

Scans showed that Freedy had developed pneumonia in both lungs and he was placed on two oxygen machines.

This is terrible,” Freedy wrote in a text message to DuPreez from the hospital, according to KLAS.

Though he was unvaccinated, DuPreez told the station that they both planned to get the COVID-19 shot eventually.

DuPreez said that she and the 17-year-old — the only one currently eligible to receive the vaccine — got their first dose when Freedy was admitted to the hospital.