Troy family reunited with father after 3-month battle with COVID-19
DETROIT – A Troy family is grateful to be back together, especially since there were times doctors warmed them their dad wouldn’t make it.
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George Shamoun spent three months in a hospital, fighting for his life.
“I don’t remember anything. It just was, from what I heard, I was going septic and it was like -- I was just, like, delirious,” Shamoun said.
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