EXTREME RISK. WELL, HOMECOMING AND VAN BUREN TODAY, THAT ALMOST DIDN’T HAPPEN DUE TO COVID 19. DIANE, A PIECE WAS AT AN ILLINOIS NURSING FACILITY FOR OVER A YEAR. FOR SIX MONTHS DURING THAT TIME, SHE WAS ON A RESPIRATOR. HER CONDITION WAS SO BAD, HER HUSBAND, JIM, SAYS DOCTORS DIDN’T EXPECT HER TO MAKE IT. BUT TODAY SHE ARRIVED BACK IN VAN BUREN TO A WELCOME. HOME PARTY AND INCLUDED FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND LOVED ONES. THAT WAS AWESOME. JEFF, DID A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP? HOW DID IT FEEL TO HAVE LIKE YOUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATING THIS? IT WAS AMAZING. IT MADE ME CRY. THERE WAS LOTS SUPPORT. YEAH. AND HOW ABOUT YOU? HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT PARTY? ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY. NEONATOLOGY HAD A BIG SUPPORT GROUP, AND I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF THAT. THEY STEPPED DOWN AND DROVE BACK FROM ILLINOIS TODAY WITH THEIR COUSIN. JIM SAYS THOSE AT THE NURSING
Van Buren woman returns home after year-long battle with COVID-19
Updated: 5:52 PM CDT Oct 23, 2022
A Van Buren woman returned home Saturday after being on a respirator for over a year and was told she may not live, following a battle with COVID-19. Dubbed the ‘miracle patient’, Diana Pease was in a nursing facility in Illinois since August of 2021 and on a ventilator for six months. Today, the 55-year-old drove back from Illinois with a cousin and was greeted by friends, neighbors and loved ones at a welcome home party at their Van Buren apartment complex.”That was awesome,” said Pease, who is still having trouble breathing due to scar tissue. “It was amazing, it made me cry.””She had a big support group and I appreciate every one of them,” said Pease’s husband, Jim.
A Van Buren woman returned home Saturday after being on a respirator for over a year and was told she may not live, following a battle with COVID-19.
Dubbed the ‘miracle patient’, Diana Pease was in a nursing facility in Illinois since August of 2021 and on a ventilator for six months.
Today, the 55-year-old drove back from Illinois with a cousin and was greeted by friends, neighbors and loved ones at a welcome home party at their Van Buren apartment complex.
“That was awesome,” said Pease, who is still having trouble breathing due to scar tissue. “It was amazing, it made me cry.”
“She had a big support group and I appreciate every one of them,” said Pease’s husband, Jim.