BOSTON (AP) — The man who inspired the ice bucket challenge to raise millions of dollars for Lou Gehrig's disease research could be released from the hospital this week, his family said.
Pete Frates' brother, Andrew, told a Boston sports radio show that he has his "fingers crossed" that Pete will be released Tuesday from Massachusetts General Hospital and head home.
He told WBZ-FM that Pete Frates, who was hospitalized last week, is "doing great."
"He's taking this thing in stride," Andrew Frates said.
Andrew Frates addressed a false report of Pete Frates' death that circulated last Monday, saying the incident put the family into "a little bit of a tailspin.