A smoker for five decades who is now in hospice battling liver cancer, Rickey Hedger should have been another grim COVID-19 statistic.
Gainesville man in hospice has battled through COVID-19
![](https://gainesvilletimes.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/images/2020/04/16/images/04182020_HEDGER_1.max-1200x675.jpg)
![04182020 HEDGER 1.jpg](https://gainesvilletimes.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/images/2020/04/16/images/04182020_HEDGER_1.max-752x423.jpg)