Fernando spent 85 days in the ICU fighting COVID-19. (Renown Health via Storyful)RELATED: 'A dose of her own medicine’: Dolly Parton gets COVID-19 vaccine that she helped fundVideo shared on Feb.
21 showed the happy moment when Fernando was finally discharged from the hospital with staff lining the hallways, applauding as he rolled by.AdvertisementFernando’s wheelchair was adorned with balloons as he made his way to be reunited with his children.RELATED: Illinois couple fighting coronavirus treated to 'dinner date' by hospital staff: 'Always inseparable'"For weeks, doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists at Renown worried Fernando wouldn’t recover," a representative for Renown Health stated. "Fortunately, his fighting spirit prevailed,.