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Family shares story of 'miraculous' COVID-19 recovery

Patty Seged tells the story of how convalescent plasma saved her father's life.

04/16/2020

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Family shares story of 'miraculous' COVID-19 recovery

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Patty Seged tells the story of how convalescent plasma saved her father's life.

Seventy-four year old Glenn Perkins received plasma from a recovered coronavirus patient on Good Friday. On Easter, St. Luke's Warren Hospital told the family Perkins was alert, awake and talking. He's the hospital's first patient to be in a national Mayo Clinic trial.

04/16/2020

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