Most of this little boy’s family from Atlanta, Georgia contracted COVID-19. Realizing he and his parents cannot visit them at the hospital, all he can do is pray for them. Most especially his grandpa, who had been in the hospital for more than a month.

Over the last month, five members of the Paulus family tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to WTOL.

It took them some time before they realized what it was, but Owen’s aunt, uncle, cousin, grandma, and grandpa, all were infected and had symptoms of the disease.

“Every one of us, out of all four of us — our chief complaint was something different,” Bob Paulus, the uncle, told WTOL. “We were able to interconnect that I had something similar with my mom or my wife had something similar with my dad, but at the time, we weren’t able to connect all the dots.”

The majority of them got sick with only minor symptoms and recovered pretty quickly. Owen’s grandma and uncle have already tested negative for the active virus and positive for the antibodies. And just last week, his uncle and aunt were allowed to return to work and take their son home with them.

For Owen’s grandpa Chuck, however, things didn’t go so smoothly.

He’s been in the hospital for more than a month now, mostly in a coma in the Intensive Care Unit.

Owen’s mom, Brandee Hanes, was left speechless when she found him in their backyard about two weeks ago. Sitting on the glass table with his toy trucks all piled up next to him, head bent, hands crossed, praying for his Opa to recover from this virus. His mom took a picture and posted it on Facebook, asking the community to pray for Grandpa Chuck and his grandkids.

“If I may ask, please say a little extra for the grandkids. All they know is Opa is very sick and they miss him dearly!!”

She has gotten an overwhelming response from the Facebook community. Her post has been liked by hundreds of people, while dozens of them have written a few words of comfort for the virus-hit family.

Hanes has been updating her online friends regularly about her dad’s condition. Thankfully, he seems to be getting better.

She posted an older photo of the family a few days ago, accompanied by an update on Chuck’s health. She posted that, he was more alert and the hospital staff even tried to take him off the ventilator to see if he could breathe without any mechanical support. Unfortunately, it proved too early for that, but, as she explained, it was a good sign that they even tried.

Hanes also shared a funny incident from the hospital when the nurses touched her dad’s feet.

“Something funny that happened today was the nurses asked if Dad had any kind of sensitivity to his feet because everytime they touch them Dad jumps and moves his legs. We laughed so hard. If you know Dad, he is EXTREMELY ticklish on his feet and HATES them being touched,” she wrote.

Until today, Chuck’s health has been improving- with ups and downs- and we wish for him to soon return to his family.

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Source: Facebook, Western Journal, Newsner