![Within a week after Robin Bates arrived home from Mexico, he was dropped on the floor by staff at a rehabilitiation facility. In mid June he was transferred to Kootenai Health, pictured. He also caught COVID-19 and food poisoning and spent months in the hospital.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/11/10/IMG_4191_t1170.jpeg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Within a week after Robin Bates arrived home from Mexico, he was dropped on the floor by staff at a rehabilitiation facility. In mid June he was transferred to Kootenai Health, pictured. He also caught COVID-19 and food poisoning and spent months in the hospital.
November 11, 2023
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November 13, 2023 1:07 a.m.
One step at a time
Robin Bates' healing journey has brought him home
Bates was accepted to undergo chemotherapy and stem cell treatment in Mexico. His return home has been a struggle toward healing.