Airline pilot shares story of 2-month battle with COVID-19
49-year-old Chris Stickel had no underlining conditions but was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19.
COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - Chris Sickel is going home after a two-month battle with COVID-19. He is a 49-year-old Southwest Airlines pilot and has no underlying condition. His family shared his story with FOX 5 because Chris was healthy and yet suffered devastating effects. At Newnan Piedmont Hospital they told me that I was the youngest person they had who was so sick, Sickel said.
Family video taken Friday morning showed Chris ringing a bell at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital in Newnan where he had spent the last ten days recovering. A bell that tolled that Chris, although not recovered fully, was well enough to go home.