Edmond 10-year-old Recovering from H1N1 Virus

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BETHANY, Oklahoma -- One of three children hospitalized from the H1N1 virus has been released from the hospital. Tony Estlinbaum spent over a month at Children's Hospital.

At one point, he was on life support, but last week, the 10-year-old was awake and telling jokes.

Now Tony is starting treatment at the Children's Center in Bethany and will spend the next week or so in rehabilitation to gain back his strength. Tony's dad said his son is very courageous.

“For somebody to be laying down for close to five weeks and then pushing me off to the side saying ‘Dad, I can stand up by myself. I'm ok.’ Yeah that's courage,” said father Hugh Estlinbaum.

Tony said he can't wait to get go back to school and play tackle football again.

Two other children, both girls, remain in critical condition at the Children's Hospital with H1N1. Lateasha Howard is one of those children. She's been in the hospital for more than a month.