Teki Vejseli was finally able to return home to the Rockford area to his family after battling COVID while overseas.
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On New Year’s Day Shannon Halligan aired a story for WGN News about former Rochelle resident Teki Vejseli who granted the interview as he fought for his life, a patient at Acibadem Sistina Hospital in Skopje, Macedonia.
A soccer standout in high school who has remained very active, Vejseli traveled to North Macedonia last month to attend his grandfather’s funeral. He was supposed to be back at home here with his family on Dec. 27 to ring in the New Year, but those plans changed once he contracted COVID-19.
The virus viciously attacked his lungs. He developed pneumonia before his lungs hemorrhaged. He flat lined twice. His medical team worked frantically to revive him.
“I was dead two times. My oxygen (levels) dropped and my lungs gave up,” he said via Facebook messenger. “I am very fortunate to be alive. God has given me a second chance.”
Vejseli’s roommate was not as fortunate.