“It was hard to get a breath in and my chest felt constricted,” Amy Driscoll said. “It was like nothing I had ever quite experienced.”
The Hudson, Ohio resident still contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that has caused daily life in many places around the world to come to a screeching halt.Driscoll became the second confirmed case of COVID-19 in Ohio's Summit County last week, posting about her experience on Facebook – under her maiden name of Brock – as a way to encourage others to take the disease seriously.
Driscoll, who is home now under quarantine, said she is starting to feel better, but is still exhausted and dealing with symptoms like fatigue and headaches.The mother of four said she was at work at an insurance company on Wednesday when around 3 p.m. she started to feel tired, like she was starting to get sick.
She called her cousin, who is a nurse, and then University Hospitals’ Ahuja Medical Center. The hospital, she said, initially told her to call the Ohio Department of Health’s call center number, but at 3 a.m., there was no answer. Her cousin called Ahuja Medical Center back and told them Driscoll was on her way.
By Friday night, after her fever reached around 102 degrees, she had a positive COVID-19 test result.
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