Officer home from hospital after 8 months fighting COVID-19

US TONIGHT. LYON ON 13, CRAIG PRUETT SHARES IS LONG JOURNEY WITH COVID-19. >> IT FEELS AMAZG.IN BRITTANY: CROWDS CHEERING OUTSIDE A GADSDEN REBHA FACILITY, SIGNS IN HAND. >> SO TOUCHED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHOWN SUPPORT FOMER . BRITTANY: ALL TO CELEBRATE ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT, AIG CRPRUETT, FINALLY GOING HOME. >> I ASOM HAPPY, AFTER 300 DAYS, TO SEE MY HE.OM TO START BACK TO SOME TYPE OF NORMALCY AFTER ALL THESE MONTHS. REPORTER: AND HEADING THERE IN STYLE, MAY WE ADD, ESCORTED BY DOZENS OF POLICE CARS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS. THE PARADE OMFR THE HOSPITAL TO HIS HO.ME HIS FIRST TIME BACK ALL YEAR. >> IT HAS BE AEN LONG TIME. THERE IS A LOT YOU DON’T REMEMBER. REPORTER: COVID-19 BROUGHT HIM TO RIVERVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN AUGUST OF 2021. HE SPENT OVER 200 DAYS OAN VENTILATOR. >> I DON’T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE I WAS ASLEEP OR SEDATED, BUT ONCE I STARTED COMING BACK AND GETTING HEALTHIER, S ITARTED MAKING MORE MEMORIES AGAIN AND REALIZING I HAD MISSED SO MUCH, BUT I HAVE A LOT TO MAKE UP FOR. REPORT:ER BUT TAKING IT ONE DAY AT A TIME AND APPRECIATING WHAT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF MHI >> GOD IS GOOD AND I’LL BE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SLEEINP MY OWN BED. A LOT OF SMALL THINGS, LIT

‘It’s been a long journey’: Police officer released from hospital after 8 months fighting COVID-19

Updated: 4:57 PM EDT May 10, 2022

A big celebration took place in Alabama on Monday as an officer with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency beat COVID-19. Officer Craig Pruett first arrived at Riverview Medical Center in August 2021. His stay eventually included more than 200 days on a ventilator. This week, he finally got to go home.”It’s been a long journey,” Pruett said. “There’s a lot that I don’t remember.”Watch the video above to see how Pruett’s release from the hospital was celebrated.

A big celebration took place in Alabama on Monday as an officer with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency beat COVID-19.

Officer Craig Pruett first arrived at Riverview Medical Center in August 2021. His stay eventually included more than 200 days on a ventilator.

This week, he finally got to go home.

“It’s been a long journey,” Pruett said. “There’s a lot that I don’t remember.”

Watch the video above to see how Pruett’s release from the hospital was celebrated.