COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - Chris Sickel is going home after a two-month battle with COVID-19. He is a 49-year-old Southwest Airlines pilot and has no underlying condition.
His family shared his story with FOX 5 because Chris was healthy and yet suffered devastating effects."At Newnan Piedmont Hospital they told me that I was the youngest person they had who was so sick," Sickel said.Family video taken Friday morning showed Chris ringing a bell at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital in Newnan where he had spent the last ten days recovering.
A bell that tolled that Chris, although not recovered fully, was well enough to go home.Sign up for FOX 5 email alertsChris Sickel leaving Encompass Health in Newnan His COVID-19 story began just before.