A COVID-19 survivor is saying thank you to the doctors who saved her life, one year after she was admitted to the hospital. 

KMBC talked to Michele Yoder and two of her Saint Luke's doctors, Dr. Carole Freiberger and Dr. Michelle Haines, about her incredible recovery and how she hopes her story serves as a warning to others.

Watch the story below.


Dr. Haines and Dr. Freiberger explain how Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) helped save her life and the lives of many others among the most critically ill.


Yoder thanks all front-line workers who put themselves on the line over the COVID-19 pandemic.

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