Couple Married for 55 Years Hugs for the First Time in a Year Due to the COVID Pandemic People 2 hrs ago © Provided by People 9 news
For the past year, Karl Waitschies has made the 10-mile drive to Belleview Heights Assisted Living and Memory Care in Aurora, Colorado, three times a week.
With a window separating them and a phone to talk through, Karl would visit his wife Donna, who he has been married to for 55 years.
Karl and Donna had been separated since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Donna s assisted living facility where she has spent the last three years due to her Alzheimer s diagnosis stopped allowing visitors inside.
Couple married for 55 years reunites for first hug since start of pandemic
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Couple married for 55 years reunite in person after COVID
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Colorado Couple Of 55 Years Able To Hug For First Time In A Year
Covid has taken away so much for ALL of us and really has thrown our everyday routines out of whack but for THIS couple of 55 years from Aurora, it s taken things to a whole new level.
According to 9 News, Karl Waitschies and his wife (who is in a nursing home) have been married for 55 years and have not been able to touch or hug each other since the beginning of the pandemic, over one year ago.
This past week though, things changed and good old Karl was able to proudly walk into the Broadview Heights Assisted Living and Memory Care facility and give his beautiful bride a hug.