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Nebraska’s first coronavirus patient has been removed from a ventilator and has spoken her first words since being hospitalized on March 5.

Her first words? “Hi, Dad,” in a deep, husky voice, according to her father.

“I was talking to my neighbors today that three weeks ago, we didn’t know if she was going to live or die. And today she asked me what I was going to put in her Easter basket,” the father said on Wednesday.

“When she starts saying things like that, I know she’s better,” he said.

The 36-year-old first patient, who is developmentally disabled and has suffered from lifelong respiratory problems, is suspected to have contracted the virus during a trip to London with her father.

After she returned to Nebraska, she played in a Special Olympics basketball tournament on Feb. 29 in Fremont. Her father said that because she frequently coughs and has a runny nose due to her respiratory issues, he had no suspicion that she may have contracted the coronavirus.