Carlie Hamburg, 21, is helped out of a vehicle by husband Brandon Friday, 23, at their home in Dixon on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Just weeks after their Sept. 18 wedding, Carlie was admitted to the ICU at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb with COVID-19 related issues. After four months and three hospitals, enduring a ventilator and an ECMO machine, Carlie returned home. (Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@shawmedia.com)