Doctor who beat coronavirus comes home

Dr. Mark St.

Marie finally went home Friday afternoon, after battling COVID-19 for more than two months.

OVERALL -- CASENUMBERS CONTINUETO DROP ACROSSNEW YORK STATE.AND MORE PATIENTSARE BECOMINGSURVIVORS.ALA ERREBHI SPOKEWITH A DOCTOR WHOFOUND HIMSELF ONTHE OTHER END OFTHE PANDEMIC -- ANDLIVED TO TELL USABOUT IT.DR. MARK ST.

MARIEIS FINALLY HOMEFRIDAY AFTER A LONGBATTLE WITH COVID-19....WHICH HE WON."SOME OF THOSEPRAYERS THAT WERESAID FOR ME MUSTHAVE MADE IT TOHEAVEN BECAUSESOMEBODY HEARDME,"PRAYERS FROM HISFAMILY..AND FRIENDS.DR. ST.

MARIE, AGASTROENTEROLOGIST, SAYS HE'SGRATEFUL TO HAVE ASECOND CHANCE ATLIFE.IN MARCH, HE WENTTO THE HOSPITALAFTER EXPERIENCINGSHORTNESS OFBREATH."AND TWO HOURSLATER I WAS ON ARESPIRATOR.

EARLYMARCH, WE HADHEARD ABOUT THISVIRUS.

NOBODY KNEWANYTHING ABOUT IT.AND WE COULDN'TSEE IT, WE COULDN'TTEST FOR IT.

BUT WESTARTED TAKINGPRECAUTIONS IN THEHOSPITAL ANDSOMEWHERE ALONGTHE LINE I PROBABLYWAS EXPOSED,"BUT THEN, A MIRACLE.STANDUP: "ABOUTTWO WEEKS AGO HETESTED NEGATIVEFOR CORONAVIRUS,AND FINALLY AFTERMORE THAN TWOMONTHS IN THEHOSPITAL, HE'SFINALLY HOME."AND FAMILY ANDFRIENDS THREW APARTY, COMPLETEWITH LAWNDECORATIONS,BALLOONS, AND AMOTORCADE.FRIENDS CHEER FORTHE COVID-19PARTY, COMPLETEWITH LAWNDECORATIONS,BALLOONS, AND AMOTORCADE.FRIENDS CHEER FORTHE COVID-19CHAMPION ANDMIRACLE."SOME OF THE STAFFWOULD COME BYAFTER HOURS ON THEFLOOR AND SHAKETHEIR HEAD AND SAY,YOU'RE LIKE AMIRACLE.

WHAT YOUWENT THROUGH ANDHOW SICK WE SAWYOU, THAT YOU'RESTILL ALIVE TODAY.

SOAGAIN I THINK THOSEPRAYERS PAID OFF."NOW HE'S SAYS HE'SLOOKING FORWARDTO RESTING,RECUPERATING, ANDSPENDING TIME WITHHIS FAMILY 7 EWN.GREOUTDOORS.HOW THE RETURN OFERREBHI, 7 EWN.