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“Best Christmas ever” - Montana woman beats COVID against all odds

Woman treated at Billings Clinic
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Posted at 1:02 PM, Dec 22, 2021
and last updated 2021-12-22 15:09:51-05

Hilary Lee, a 35-year-old Montana woman, spent seven weeks in the hospital with a severe case of COVID. On the day after Thanksgiving, she was able to walk out of Billings Clinic on her own.

Montana patient beats COVID against all odds

Hilary, a restaurant manager, was planning to get the COVID vaccine but contracted the illness at the end of September. Within two weeks she was on a ventilator.

"I was a nurse for over 40 years, and so I knew this could happen," said her mother Pam.