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Georgia teacher faces long road back from coronavirus

After 17 days on a ventilator, 47-year-old Yolanda Lawrence woke up from a coma and was surprised to hear it was April instead of March. She had survived COVID-19 but still needed inpatient rehabilitation to regain her strength and function so that she could return to her 5-year-old daughter and her 2nd grade classroom. Watch this great interview featuring Yolanda and Gary Baker, a lead occupational therapist at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Newnan, to learn more. (Source: WAGA)