Nurse Paralyzed By COVID-Related Infection To Return Home After Months In Hospital, Rehab

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Each small movement Desmon Silva makes reminds his family how far he’s come, but also how far he still must go. The 23-year-old was working as a nurse in Florida when he contracted COVID-19 back in July. He became paralyzed from the neck down due to a coronavirus-related infection.

“He remains hopeful. He definitely wants to prove everyone wrong. He stays super positive,” Desmon’s mom Barbara Bonnet told WBZ-TV on Monday.

Silva was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital and was in the ICU. For the past two months, he’s been rehabbing at Spaulding Hospital in Cambridge.

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