Lt. Gov. of Guam Josh Tenorio says his battle with the coronavirus has been rough. On KUAM's  "The Link" he described the past couple of weeks as scary and grueling.

The lieutenant governor said he went nine straight days with a fever.

"There was one day that I thought maybe I might have to go to the hospital but continuing to rest just drinking water and continuing to just try and fight it I was able to move past that," Tenorio shared

Tenorio, who tested positive almost two weeks ago, has been in isolation with his partner, also a COVID positive.

"There were days that I had it way worse than he did," he said. "There were days that he had it you know a few days ago he had it much worse than I."

The lieutenant governor said he's going on five days now without a fever.


"I'm almost back to normal but I'm not there yet," he said. 

What's helped is the support from friends and family who've dropped off supplies outside his door. It's a gesture he encourages the community to extend to others infected with the virus.



"For people that are not sick and can offer some help I would totally encourage there are little things the water the juice really the water sometimes you don't have an appetite but having people call over and check on you to make sure if there's anything you need it really does play a big difference," Tenorio said. 

The most terrifying part though was the possibility he could have infected his mother.


"And I had seen her maybe three days before I tested positive kept checking and unfortunately my sister has it," he said. "She's segregated in isolation from my mom and her two kids. Our house in Sinajana they're able to separate but that's the biggest fear you have --a mom for sure shouldn't have this and then you have now taking care of my young nephews making sure they don't have it it's very, very scary."

And it's all the more reason he hopes the community will take this seriously and follow the governor's stay home order.


"So if we're going to be able to fight this and respond to people's healthcare needs then this sacrifice is something that we need to take together," Tenorio said. "And it's not going to be forever we must continue to monitor the situation and do things to get us into a better outcome where we have been in the last few weeks especially."