MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Less than a week ago, Cody Goff was in a hospital bed on a ventilator, fighting for his life.

He speaks to FOX10 News from his living room after being discharged today.

Click here to donate to Goff’s Go Fund Me for medical expenses

“I have 25 staples in my stomach, a bullet hole wound that’s still stapled, and there’s a hole where the drainage tube was,” Goff said.

Goff says his recovery was a miracle.

“It’s been five days since I was put on a ventilator and a feeding tube. I’m just worried about being alive. “I’m worried about loving people I haven’t seen, seeing people I haven’t seen, talking to people I care about,” he said.

Goff said he was having a fun night with friends at Hayley’s Bar in Downtown Mobile when he suddenly saw a man waving a gun enter the bar.

“I hear a noise and I look over there, I see the man come in, I see his hand raised, I see the gun. “I went to turn around and realized my right leg had given out because I hit a major vein and couldn’t apply pressure because I was bleeding,” he explained.

Goff immediately says he knows had been shot.

He says a man named Lane Nielsen ran out of a nearby bar to help him. Although Goff didn’t know it at the time, this wasn’t his first encounter with the Good Samaritan.

“As it turned out—and I didn’t even realize it—I went to grade school with the kid, and after high school he was an EMT and knew where to put pressure and where to look to see if there was an exit wound. He saw that people weren’t doing what they were supposed to do, so he maintained order in that situation,” Goff said.

Police arrest Michael Sullivan He charged her with first-degree assault in the shooting. Investigators said Sullivan planned to shoot another person but missed and shot Goff instead.

This is something Goff has yet to address, but he remains positive.

“I’m trying my best not to overdo it. Nightmares are kind of awful, I had a few last night, but overall I’m fine. I’ll be fine. The fact that I’m alive, I’m fine,” he said.

Goff wrote down a list of the names of all the doctors, nurses, and people who came to his aid. It’s a list he says he’ll cherish forever

“You trust these people so much with every little thing, the things you’re not sure about, the things you don’t even know. And it’s hard for them, it hurts them. “It sucks that you have to deal with this, but these people wake up every morning and deal with it,” he said.

As Goff begins the long road to recovery, he says he will pursue his passion as a local photographer. He says he loves Mobile and wants to highlight the beauty the Port City has to offer.

“We have a huge crime rate and it’s sad and awful, but the majority of people are nice. “There are a few bad eggs in the group,” he said.

With tears in his eyes, Goff wants to remind people to never take life for granted.

“The world is not as bad as it seems. The fact that you are awake, the fact that we are Facetiming the news right now, shows the magnificence of how successful the world can be,” he added.

As medical expenses piled up, his family started Go Fund Me. Goff says it’ll all work out.

“No matter what anyone is willing to do, I appreciate it. “Even if it’s just prayer, love, compassion or words, that’s wonderful,” he concluded.

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