LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The first Kentucky resident diagnosed with the state's first COVID case is looking back on that scary time when she prepared herself for the worst. 

Julia Donohue is a cake decorator living in Harrison County, just north of Lexington. She was working as a baker at Walmart on March 6, 2020, when she tested positive for the coronavirus.

That diagnosis led to two weeks in the hospital fighting for her life.

"I tried to prepare myself for the worst, too, when they told me I'd be on a ventilator and they didn't know what was wrong with me," Donohue said. "So I tried to say my goodbyes to the people I love so, just in case, you know."

Donohue ended up getting COVID a second time, but said it was much less severe. 

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