A Delaware County man is home for the holidays after continuing to endure heartbreaking medical challenges when a dangerous illness made it seem he might not leave the hospital.
An emotional homecoming five months in the making for Joe Laudadio, of Ridley Park, Pa."I’m just happy he’s home," says Joe’s grandson, Vincent Angstadt.It’s something that Joe’s wife, three children and six grandchildren weren’t sure they’d see."Being an ICU nurse, I knew how sick he was," says Joe’s wife, Peggy. "I actually did not think he was gonna live.
But, he kept fighting."I wanted to live. I’m not gonna give up," he stated.Five months later, the carpenter by trade, long-distance cyclist and devoted Pop-Pop is now a quadruple amputee."New goals are to walk with the prosthetics," he proclaims.Joe perseveres and inspires."He never gets down, never gets upset," says Peggy.
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