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Photos: Naples man celebrates 85th birthday, leaves hospital after COVID-19 recovery

Alex Driehaus
Naples Daily News
Gayle Czekanski leans down to kiss her husband, Richard Czekanski, as doctors, nurses and hospital staff clap at Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Czekanski, 85, was released on his birthday after spending more than ten weeks at the hospital recovering from COVID-19.
Gayle Czekanski leans down to kiss her husband, Richard Czekanski, as doctors, nurses and hospital staff clap at Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Czekanski, 85, was released on his birthday after spending more than ten weeks at the hospital recovering from COVID-19.
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Richard Czekanski, center, is wheeled out of the building as doctors, nurses and hospital staff clap at Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Czekanski, 85, was released on his birthday after spending more than ten weeks at the hospital recovering from COVID-19.
Richard Czekanski, center, is wheeled out of the building as doctors, nurses and hospital staff clap at Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Czekanski, 85, was released on his birthday after spending more than ten weeks at the hospital recovering from COVID-19.
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Richard Czekanski fixes his hair after being released from Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020.
Richard Czekanski fixes his hair after being released from Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020.
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Gayle Czekanski holds hands with her husband, Richard Czekanski, after he was released from Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Czekanski, 85, was released on his birthday after spending more than ten weeks at the hospital recovering from COVID-19.
Gayle Czekanski holds hands with her husband, Richard Czekanski, after he was released from Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Czekanski, 85, was released on his birthday after spending more than ten weeks at the hospital recovering from COVID-19.
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Gayle Czekanski talks about a shirt that reads "Poppy. The man. The myth. The legend." with her husband, Richard Czekanski, after he was released from Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020.
Gayle Czekanski talks about a shirt that reads "Poppy. The man. The myth. The legend." with her husband, Richard Czekanski, after he was released from Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020.
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Hospital staff wheel Richard Czekanski to his wife's car after he was released form Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020.
Hospital staff wheel Richard Czekanski to his wife's car after he was released form Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge in Naples on Thursday, June 11, 2020.
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