Colby and Tori Vondenstein (Credit: Tori Vondenstein) HOUSTON - Colby Vondenstein never thought his bout with COVID-19 would bring him near death and lead to a double-lung and kidney transplant.The 24-year-old said he was perfectly healthy and working in construction when he started feeling sick after a holiday gathering with his family in late December 2020."I started feeling bad," he told FOX Television Stations Saturday from his hospital bed at Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas. "I took some medicine.
Thought it was like a common cold."However, his symptoms worsened and he tested positive for COVID-19. He then was admitted into a local hospital.