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Troy nurse battles coronavirus and pneumonia in the ICU
Troy nurse battles coronavirus and pneumonia in the ICU By Ashley Bowerman | March 1, 2021 at 6:08 AM CST - Updated March 1 at 10:24 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A nurse in Troy who has spent months protecting some of the most vulnerable people from contracting COVID-19 has now spent over a month in the ICU fighting COVID-19 and pneumonia.
Marie Post, 49, and her husband, David Post, are both nurses at Troy Health and Rehabilitation Center.
According to their daughter Sydni Dickey, the couple tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 30th, just days after receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.