INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - An Indianapolis husband and wife married for 67 years were finally reunited after five weeks apart – their longest ever separation – while the wife battled COVID-19, local media reported.Joyce and Don Hoffman, both 90, had been forced to separate after Joyce tested positive for the coronavirus on May 1.
She spent a little over a month in the COVID-19 unit at Hooverwood Living in Indianapolis, Indiana.This video captured the moment Joyce “graduated” from the coronavirus unit on June 11 and walked with a sign reading “COVID-19 Survivor” past applauding staff.
Don is seen waiting for her at the end of the corridor with a bouquet of flowers.“I have to cry from happiness. I have to cry,” Don is heard saying in the video once.