. >> reporter: frank miller was hospitalized with covid more than two weeks ago. he spent more than a week on a ventilator. how scared were you? >> i was scared out of my mind. >> reporter: what did you think was going to happen? >> because you don't know. you don't know what's happening afterwards. i thought i'd come right out of it, and i'd be okay. then all of a sudden i couldn't move my hands. i couldn't feed myself. >> in the past week, montana averaged 108 covid patients, breaking the record seen during the winter of 2020. have you reached your breaking point yet? >> you have good days. you have bad days. i have days i have to call my college buddies and say, hey, man, it's been a bad day. we lost a tough patient last night and they're great about coming up and saying, hey, what can we do? >> reporter: the patient we spoke to regrets not getting the vaccine and plans to do so. he still has a long road ahead, including rehab to learn how to walk again and how to feed himself. >> this has put so much on our health care tonight in the britney spears case. spear

. >> reporter: 59-year-old frank miller was hospitalized with covid more than two weeks ago.cinated engineer spent more than a week on a ventilator. how scared were you? >> oh, i was scared out of my mind. >> reporter: you were scared out of your mind? what did you think was going to happen? >> because you don't know. you don't know what's happening. afterwards. i thought i'd come right out of it and i'd be okay. and all of a sudden, i couldn't move my hands. i couldn't feed myself. i couldn't feed mys >> reporter: in the past week, montana averaged about 108 covid patients in hospital i.c.u.s, breaking the record seen during the winter of 2020. have you reached your-- your breaking point yet? >> you have good days, you have bad days. i have days i have to call my college buddies and say, "hey, man, it's been a bad day. ( sighs ) we lost a tough patient last night." and, they're great about coming up and saying, "hey, what can we do?" >> reporter: the patient, frank, we spoke to here, regrets not getting the vaccine, and plans to do so. he still has a long road ahead of himse