"That we lived and established and reached this time": For the first time since recovering from Corona, Shlomi Shabat appeared tonight pic.twitter.com/gv7tvVasqa
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Singer and songwriter Shlomi Shabat performed tonight (Thursday) for the first time since recovering from the coronavirus and being released from Beilinson, where he was hospitalized six months ago.
Shabbat wore a kippah and recited the blessing "Shehayinu" to the applause of the audience.
About six months ago, about a week and a half after being released from the Corona ward: He held a press conference on Shabbat via Zoom, while connected to the oxygen machine.
The singer and songwriter then spoke about the difficult moments: “There was an evening when I deteriorated and the doctors told me they were going to intensive care. It was the night of Hoshana Rabbah, a very important night in Judaism. I was afraid of the word intensive care like you are afraid of singing in Caesarea.
“I took advantage of the fact that the doctor admired me and told him: ‘Just give me a few hours to do this, and in the morning I’ll go to intensive care.’ And then, like in fairy tales, I really felt that an entire nation was praying for me. In the morning he came to me and said, ‘Let’s wait it out.'”.
He added: “There were very, very difficult moments. They always put it into my head that I had to be careful because I was at risk, and in the end it did happen to me. I was very, very scared, I started remembering who I loved. There are all kinds of side effects because I was lying down and not moving for a long time – my legs swelled, but now I'm fine.”.
Shabbos noted at the time that he “still doesn’t breathe 100 percent on his own.”.
Shlomi Shabat then expressed deep sorrow over the passing of the late actor Yehuda Barkan: ”Because he and I were hospitalized together at the same time, more or less, it was very, very difficult for me. I said, wow, there were moments when I was in his situation, somehow a miracle happened. A lot of people prayed for me, sent me videos from Costa Rica and South America and the United States. Yehuda didn’t survive it. I said it could have happened to me too, it affected me a lot.
“Everyone asks me the most asked question: Aren’t you bored? It’s the least boring disease in the world because you’re all about breathing, you constantly want to breathe, and the hours go by and you don’t feel it.”.
Shabat says that the difficult moment was actually at home. “The doctors recommended lying down and I was glad they wouldn’t mention a hospital. I told my assistant that I couldn’t take it anymore, I don’t know how to live with ambulances. Suddenly they take me in a stroller, and my daughter, who is my life, is crying, it was very difficult.
“I feel good, I play, I sing,” he said at the time, “I’m not really behind, I’m still limited, doing respiratory physiotherapy. I still can’t go outside and walk around, I need a few more good days. Life is different after you get this disease.”.
As mentioned, tonight he appeared on stage for the first time.
