Maple Grove COVID Survivor Goes Home After 208 Days Of Hospitalization

From CBS Minnesota:

By Marielle Mohs

October 22, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Maple Grove man is finally home after enduring one of the longest hospital stays in the state. Fifty-year-old Chris Hirte has battled the virus since March 28, 2020, a total of 208 days.

Hirte spent five months in a hospital, two of them on a ventilator, before moving to the transitional care unit in Osseo for the final two months of around-the-clock care.

On Thursday morning, Hirte left the Villa transitional care unit and went home to find “Welcome home Chris” signs lining the street up to his house, and several neighbors, family and friends cheering him in the cul-de-sac. It’s that support system that Hirte credits for his recovery.

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