Grand Strand teenager home from hospital following leukemia, COVID-19 diagnosis Ariel Griffith, a student at Ocean Bay Middle School, was diagnosed with leukemia after contracting COVID-19. (Source: Lauren Hocin) By WMBF News Staff | January 19, 2021 at 10:39 AM EST - Updated January 19 at 11:31 AM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Welcome home, Ariel!
After weeks in a hospital, a Grand Strand teenager who contracted COVID-19 and then learned she had leukemia is back home.
Lauren Hocin said her daughter, 13-year-old Ariel Griffith, came home from the hospital on Friday, Jan. 15.
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A student at Ocean Bay Middle School, Ariel got sick in December, just before Christmas.