A 'COVID miracle': Pennsylvania man heads home after 210-day battle with virus

Thursday, April 22, 2021
PENNSYLVANIA (KABC) -- After a 210-day battle with COVID-19, Wednesday was an emotional day for a Pennsylvania man who was released from a rehab center.

David Louis, 42, is not out of the woods yet, but he is on his way to recovery at home.
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He was admitted to the hospital back in September with a case of COVID-19 so severe he had only 12% lung capacity.

Doctors say his lungs collapsed several times and he required multiple surgeries.

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Louis also suffered seizures, strokes and a traumatic brain injury that left him almost paralyzed on the left side.
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He also had to relearn how to do everything, from speaking, to eating and swallowing food and pills, moving his limbs and dressing himself.



His medical team calls him a COVID-19 miracle.

Louis is now permanently disabled. He can't walk and requires oxygen, but he's taking it one day at a time and is so happy to finally go home after 210 days.

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