Experiences of survivors vary greatly
1 case involves weeks in hospital; others milder
DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette
Jason Shanks started feeling weak in mid-November – so weak that one day his family called 911, requesting an ambulance take him to the hospital.
“That morning, he told me he d had a good night, but he had to get up every three hours to do breathing treatments,” Shanks wife, Melissa, said.
Jason Shanks, who has asthma, had to stop several times while walking down a flight of stairs in his home. He, his wife and their five children, had been diagnosed with COVID-19 about a week earlier. The family, Shanks said, was exposed through his daughter, who has special needs that require one-on-one attention. The rest of Shanks children are home-schooled.