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From near death to walking steady: A COVID-19 survivor's journey

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From near death to walking steady: A COVID-19 survivor's journey Choose PT Brian de Castro hardly fit the profile of someone likely to find himself in a life-and-death battle with COVID-19 this spring. He was 39 years old, in good health, with no significant underlying health conditions. Yet that’s exactly what happened. The novel coronavirus entered the family home in New Jersey and afflicted everyone — mother, father, two brothers, and Brian. Although his father was hospitalized for a week, COVID-19 hit Brian by far the hardest. He spent two weeks on a ventilator and another week at a rehab facility, where he underwent intensive physical and occupational therapy. READ MORE

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