His family could never have anticipated that just a few days later, Ron would be admitted into the intensive care unit at UCSF Parnassus, where he would spend 21 days in a medically induced coma, 34 days on a ventilator and 40 days on a feeding tube.

Concurrently, Ron was being treated for Stage 5 prostate cancer, but he and his wife, Linda Temko, were highly active and avid travelers.

When they returned to their apartment in the Marina district of San Francisco around March 10, everyone was feeling fine — as well as all the people they’d seen abroad — so they decided to shelter in place with their daughter Perri Garner’s family: her husband, Zak, 34, and two children, Mila and Knolls, who all live in San Rafael.

It had been a lovely few days — the family went on walks over to Crissy Field and Ron got to spend time with his newborn granddaughter, who was 3 months old.

“I just remember him holding me all night,” Linda said.

For a little while, everything seemed to be under control, Perri said.

But Linda was unwavering as she reminded her family of the rule: No negativity was allowed.

Ron remained in the coma for three weeks, during which the family never left his virtual side — they sat with him on Zoom calls for hours, hoping that he would hear them, feel them, somehow.

The family said that over and over, to remind him — and themselves.

“He’s a firm believer in the power of positive thinking — that what you believe you can achieve,” Linda said.

During those three weeks, Linda tried her best to block the negativity, but there were moments where it cracked.

The Garners had already pushed through being sick and Linda was planning to see them, but plans changed when Perri got cold feet, worried about potentially infecting her mother.

“I had a bit of a breakdown then,” Linda said.

They removed his ventilator on April 27 — he’d been on it for 34 days.

She came home to a bouquet of flowers he’d ordered her: 40 red roses and two white roses, surrounded by 9 candles — for their immediate family — that Perri had arranged.

After Ron’s two months in the hospital and three weeks in a coma, his family arrived at UCSF Mount Zion, where he’d been transferred, to take him home on Wednesday.

Family and friends swarmed the outside, holding up neon signs that glowed under the warm sun: “Strong like Ron” and “We’re so happy you’re home.” Linda and Perri embraced each other.