{"id":5223,"date":"2018-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prd-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/?p=5223"},"modified":"2023-06-29T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:40:08","slug":"from-a-coma-to-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/from-a-coma-to-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"From a coma to Sound to Narrows: Fred’s story","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jen Rittenhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fred Angus stood at the Sound to Narrows 2018 start line with a smile on his face and a look of triumph in his eye.<\/p>\n

He was registered for the 2017 race, but didn’t make it to the start line that year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just missed it by a few days,\u201d Angus says.<\/p>\n

He missed it by four days, to be exact.<\/p>\n

Angus missed the 2017 Sound to Narrows because he had a severe case of pneumonia. He arrived at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital by ambulance and needed to be placed in a medically induced coma.<\/p>\n

Things got worse before they got better.<\/p>\n

While in the coma, Angus experienced Guillain\u2013Barr\u00e9 syndrome and suffered a stroke. When he woke up, he was a shell of his former self \u2014 35 pounds lighter and unable to use his right arm.<\/p>\n

Angus and his family met respiratory therapist and 2017 Sound to Narrows finisher Gina McCarthy in the Intensive Care Unit at Tacoma General.<\/p>\n

“I never give people false hope, but I told Fred and his wife I would run Sound to Narrows with him when recovered,” McCarthy recalls.<\/p>\n

McCarthy says she immediately questioned herself after she said that.<\/p>\n

“He was the sickest patient we had in 2017,” McCarthy says. “He tried to die on me a few times. I never thought we’d get here. It’s pretty amazing.”<\/p>\n

Angus left Tacoma General in a wheelchair in July 2017. He had to relearn to walk, talk, eat and\u00a0regain the use of his right arm.<\/p>\n

With the support of friends, neighbors and coworkers, Angus said he was able to focus on his recovery.<\/p>\n

There was something else that motivated him along the way.<\/p>\n

“I thought, ‘I’m going to get through this and I’m going to run Sound to Narrows next year,'” Angus said.<\/p>\n

McCarthy received an email from Angus two weeks before the race: “So, are we running Sound to Narrows?”<\/p>\n

In her words, she freaked out.<\/p>\n

“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ It’s awesome to have someone make a recovery like that so fast,” McCarthy says.<\/p>\n

Celebrating his recovery with McCarthy at Sound to Narrows was important to Angus and his family.<\/p>\n

“She was instrumental in my recovery. She was there for my wife and stepson, that was important,” Angus says. “Even when I was unconscious she was there and instrumental in helping me get where I am today.”<\/p>\n

With Sound to Narrows 2018 under his belt, Angus says he is ready for the 2019 race.<\/p>\n

“Completing the Sound to Narrows this year was very exciting and, although I have run it in years past, this was the best run I have ever had. Not the fastest by far, simply the most enjoyable and exciting. Crossing that finish line was emotionally amazing.”<\/p>\n

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