Michelle Sogge enjoyed hiking before contracting COVID-19.
Courtesy of Michelle Sogge
Michelle Sogge says when she tested positive for COVID-19 on June 18, she expected she’d need some recovery time. She didn’t foresee being short of breath six months later.
“Up until I got COVID, I was very healthy,” she said. “I was running 10Ks, I was climbing mountains that were 13,000 feet high.”
But three months later, long after she stopped testing positive for the virus, the 25-year-old was still struggling to walk around the backyard.
“I just couldn t do it,” she said. “I couldn t get through it without running out of breath, without really feeling the long-term effects of it. That’s been a loss for me”