Katie Bryant thought she was doing everything right during lockdown.
The writer from North Carolina had been staying home, social distancing, only going out to buy essential food and wearing a mask and gloves when she did so.
However last week, she started to feel unwell and soon realised she was experiencing the major coronavirus symptoms – a persistent cough and a fever.
But when her symptoms worsened and she became short of breath and was left feeling sicker than she ever had before, she called her doctor who told her to go to the hospital.
“The Emergency room doctor said it is ‘presumed positive Covid 19’,” she wrote on Instagram.
Shortly after, as her oxygen levels were deemed ok, she was sent home to self-isolate and urged to call the emergency services if her lips turned blue.
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Now back home, Katie claims there are two things she has been doing that really help to ease her symptoms.
Writing for Love What Matters, she explained: “The two things that actually help for me have been laying on my stomach and sipping hot tea but I am only miserable not critical.”
She went on to say that she can’t believe how kind and generous everyone has been since she caught the virus.
“I expected the coughing, the fever and the low energy that makes you want to give up. What I didn’t expect was the flood of kindness that absolutely surrounded my family,” she said.
“Friends I don’t even know well offered to run errands.
“People have made meals for us. Someone I’ve never even met from my husband’s office called in Chipotle to feed my entire army of boys.”
And while she’s so grateful for the help, she still wants people to stay home and stay safe.
Katie added: “I am so tired of hearing this is a hoax or ‘just a flu’ it isn’t. It’s real and it’s serious.
“I can’t remember ever feeling this bad before. Just walking from the bed to the X-ray room was enough to completely exhaust me.
“There are so many more cases than are being reported. I don’t want to add to the hysteria but please take it seriously and stay home.”
Do you have an inspirational coronavirus story to share? Email courtney.pochin@mirror.co.uk
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