A few weeks ago, Nassir Little, the Portland Trail Blazers player, gave a chilling account of his experience with the Covid-19. If some people continue to take this pandemic lightly because they and their loved ones have not been affected, or only by mild forms, let them take two minutes to reflect on what has been going on, and this what is still going on Asia Durr.
Durr, 23, is one of the WNBA’s most talented young players. Drafted by the New York Liberty in 2nd position in 2019 upon leaving Louisville, the rear had to forfeit the 2020 season after contracting the Covid before the start of the Florida bubble. Since then, Asia has not recovered like the majority of patients her age. While she had to play the LFB season with Montpellier, she had to give up coming to France because still not sufficiently recovered.
This week, Asia Durr came out of her silence to talk about the hell that has become of her life, while she still has not conquered the side effects of the severe form of Covid that she contracted at the time . Here is what she said during her interview on Real Sports.
“There are days when I feel good and feel like I can go shopping or clean the house. And others when I can only stay in bed, with the feeling like I had been hit by a bus My life has changed completely since June 8 (the date she tested positive).
I went back and forth to the hospital to see doctors. I couldn’t breathe, I was coughing up blood. The pain was so severe that I felt like someone was stabbing me every second with a long knife straight into my lungs. I would wake up at 2 a.m. and go back and forth to the bathroom to throw up. I couldn’t keep anything, I lost 15 kg “.
Nassir Little recounts his experience with COVID-19 and it’s cold in the back
If the situation has improved very slightly, Asia Durr is still severely handicapped by what the Covid has done to her body. If she hopes to be able to return to basketball one day, she is still far from being out of the woods and being able to consider continuing her promising career.
“I haven’t touched a ball or tested my body since. It’s very difficult for me. The doctors told me that I wasn’t allowed to do anything physically, because “It could go into a spin. It’s hard because usually when I’m having a hard time I play basketball. Now I can’t even do that. I can’t even shoot a free throw.”
Will I be able to play again one day? This question crossed my mind many times “.
This testimony, combined with that of Nassir Little, is obviously cold in the back. There is not yet enough perspective on the disease to know if it can have long-term effects on the health of athletes. Some cases unfortunately indicate that sequelae with serious consequences are to be feared, even if it is a small percentage.
It is by hearing stories like these that it is difficult to keep calm in front of people who downplay the gravity of the global health situation today …
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