I’ve been on a slew of medications to control the asthma. I was diagnosed with severe asthma from the COVID damage. They didn’t have a lot of COVID patients. That office is very used to treating older people with lung issues and young kids with asthma. Lauren Wilke: Since we talked last time, I got to work pretty quickly with a pulmonologist who is with the hospital near my house. Women’s Running: What’s the latest on your health? “Now that everything is FDA-approved, maybe we can push people to go get vaccinated.”Īs she continues to struggle with asthma and other related health issues, Wilke spoke about the never-ending recovery, the expenses of her health care now, and why she hopes runners will take precautions as in-person races begin again. “Very similar to the last time we talked, I don’t have a whole lot of answers,” Wilke said. She spoke with Women’s Running first in July 2020 to describe what she had been through, but as symptoms persisted for another year, she volunteered to update us on her condition. Now 18 months later, Wilke, 37, who was an active ultrarunner prior to 2020, is suffering from what’s known as “long-haul” COVID. RELATED: An Ultrarunner Describes Her COVID-19 Recovery Struggle I don’t think they had anyone that had been quite that sick yet.” “I could tell that all of the nurses and staff there could see that I was the first of what would be a bigger issue,” Wilke said. It was so early in the pandemic, COVID-19 testing wasn’t readily available, but Wilke went home to Pittsburgh with a dry cough, fever, and inability to catch her breath. While she was out on a run between appointments in Salt Lake City, she couldn’t figure out if she was suffering from the effects of high altitude, jet lag, or if the worst-case scenario had happened.
In March 2020, Lauren Wilke boarded 12 flights in 14 days for her job, which involved going into occupied nursing homes and apartments all across the country to inspect them. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!
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