Huntingburg Native Recovering From Severe COVID-19 Illness
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Covi?19 impacts each person differently.
Tonight in a 44 news exclusiv?
Joylyn bukovac talks with one family about their fight against the coronavirus.
"it was a tough time for the whole famil?
Knowing the odds were against them as jeff battled such a severe case of covi?19."
Jeff martindale is a huntingburg native who got hit hard by coronavirus back in march.
The 4?yea?
Old lives in farmington, connecticut with his wif?
Who took him to the hospital as his symptoms worsened.
He spent more than two weeks in a connecticut hospita?
Most of that time he was on a ventilator.
His mom says they credit prayers and the incredible hospital staff for his survival.
"he said they weren't going to give up on me.
He said they did whatever they needed to do to save me."
His mom is hoping more people take this potentially deadly disease seriously.
Martindale was the first person in the state of connecticut to be released from the hospital after having to be put on a ventilator to combat coronavirus.
"jeff martindale was not up for speaking with us today, his mom says he's trying to get his lungs working like they shoul?
Which could take a few weeks.
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