Yale music teacher's chest pains became a year of battling COVID
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Richard Gard, who has experienced the lingering health effects of COVID-19 after his hospitalization at Yale New Haven Hospital for COVID-19 in March 2020, is held by his wife, Evelyn, at their home in Beacon Falls on April 2, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media
NEW HAVEN — Richard Gard’s heart was racing; his chest hurt. He thought for sure he was having a heart attack.
“My heart was just out of control,” Gard said. “Overnight I had a night where my heart was pounding out of my chest.” He broke out in sweat.