An emergency room physician got infected from COVID-19 due to his exposure. He also had a stroke and now reunited with his family after recovering from the virus.

Dr. Grant Lashley contracted the virus as one of the frontliners in the country in fighting the infectious and deadly disease and at the same time taking care of the COVID-19 patients. After almost a month as an ER physician, he tested positive for the virus.

He fought the virus for three months and was separated from his family. The worst part, he was nearly in death because he was put on a ventilator for 39 days. It is painful to imagine that a doctor who once took care of patients is now being taken care of.

Fortunately, after three months of grueling battle against the virus, Dr. Grant Lashley has finally recovered from the virus and is now reunited with his family. In a published article in ABC News, you can see how overjoyed his three children were when they were united with their father.

His wife, Dr. Melissa Harrington, told a news outlet that there were days they thought that her husband could not survive the intensive care. She also knew as a physician that getting out of the ICU was just the beginning of the long road to recovery.

He spent six week weeks at the TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston. He said, "It's humbling to say, 'help me put my socks on, help me go to the bathroom, help me go to the shower. All those things that we just take for granted."

After 96 days or over 3 months of grueling battle against the virus, the hospital staff at the TIRR Memorial Hermann were very happy as he departed the facility. They are also happy to know that he is now reunited with his family. In an interview with Dr. Lashley, he said that it was overwhelming and exciting.

He also shared that now that he slowly recovered from the virus he can now walk on his own, and he added that to be able to walk again was his goal. He said this after he suffered from a stroke he had as a complication of the virus.

Dr. Grant Lashley recalled that the first week was rough because they are getting new things and to do new activities. He also knew that every one of them was at first very challenging. However, despite this, he told the that he will do the wheelchair and walker for a little while until he can walk without the support of anything.

Dr. Nikola Dragojlovic, his attending physician, told the ANC News that when Dr. Lashley arrived in the hospital with weakness in his arms and legs due to a loss of muscle mass from a stroke. Dr. Dragojlovic said that it was as part of his complication from the virus.

His physician said, "It's happening to people with COVID. It's not just a breathing disease, people get neurologic impairments like loss of strength, or they can develop a stroke or loss of circulation in the arms and legs that can contribute to weakness and loss of independence as well."

Dr. Grant Lashly is now with her wife and three children in their home in Lafayette, Louisiana. Her wife said that her husband's experience gave her empathy for other families who are going through similar challenges in life as they faced COVID-19.

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