Jerry Blais

After 11 weeks apart, a Windsor Locks man finally got to hug his wife and come home. The father of two fought for his life after contracting COVID-19, but he didn’t fight alone. With a little dance and a lot of humor Jerry Blais showed friends and family he’s back. Loved ones waited outside Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford with...

A Windsor Locks man was able to finally go home after spending more than a month in the hospital and rehab because of COVID-19

An excited wife waits at the window.  Save for the five minutes they saw each other as he was loaded onto the ambulance headed for rehab, Jerry and Karen Blais of Windsor Locks, have been separated for 51 days by COVID-19. “Hi,” Karen says into her phone while waving at her husband through a pane of glass. Through a window…

After 41 days at the hospital, a COVID-19 patient was reunited with his wife and sister as he moved from the hospital to a rehab center, the next step on his journey to recovery.