David Louis, 42, is not out of the woods yet, but he is on his way to recovery at home after leaving the facility outside of Philadelphia.
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Louis was admitted to the hospital back in September with a case of COVID-19 that was so severe, he had only 12% lung capacity.
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Doctors said his lungs collapsed several times, and he required multiple surgeries.
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 called him a COVID-19 miracle.
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Louis, a police department employee, 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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