Brevard Feel Good Story: Local Woman Beats Coronavirus after 41 days in ICU

A Titusville woman has beaten COVID-19 after spending 41 days in the ICU at Parrish Medical Center.

Parrish Medical Center said Joy Medeiros was visiting her hometown of Titusville to help care for her ailing sister. However, she ended up in the hospital for six weeks instead, fighting against coronavirus. 

They said that Medeiros spent 41 days in the hospital, 35 of which were on a ventilator.

Medeiros' husband brought her to Parrish Medical Center on April 2 after she started to experience coughing, difficulty breathing, and a high fever.

Joy’s condition improved with time and they said that she came off the ventilator completely on May 7.

She was released from the hospital on Wednesday, May 13, and was reportedly given a celebratory send-off by her Parrish Medical Center care team and hospital care partners. At her request, Joy rode away from the hospital with 'Celebration' by Kool & The Gang playing.