“COVID-19 can’t stop me from turning 100!” 💛 Share your sweet birthday wishes below for Leora Martin -- the inspiring COVID-19 survivor who is giving others hope.
facility who tested positive for COVID-19, The Associated Press reports. But one week before her milestone birthday, she learned she beat the virus.. “You have to remember, I’ve been through cancer. I had to go to the hospital for 5 days with rods in my body -- that was not comfortable, but I survived. They didn’t think I would survive pneumonia last year either, but I did.”
Greenleaf Health Campus shared a photo of the birthday girl grinning and holding up a sign reading, “COVID-19 can’t stop me from turning 100!” As for her secret to living a long life, Martin suggests people stay active. “Also, keep loving other people,” she says.
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