Friends and family lined Betty Draper's street to cheer as a bright yellow Jeep brought the 99-year-old home after two weeks in the hospital battling Covid-19. Everyone kept their distance and some people stayed in their cars and honked their horns.
Draper used her walker on Wednesday to get from the carport into her Springfield, Illinois, house.There were balloons and a huge banner that said,"Welcome Home Betty Jane!" and loved ones waved homemade signs with messages like"Draper strong","99! Stronger than COVID-19!" and"Grandma beat Covid.
One of the first things she wanted when she got home was a Steak 'n Shake hamburger and a milkshake.Draper said she has no idea how she got coronavirus and that the only places she'd been were her church and Walmart. None of her family members have gotten sick.She's not officially under quarantine, but her son said the family is limiting visitors to give her a chance to get settled in at home.
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