It was in the second half of his recovery from COVID-19 that the fatigue and shortness of breath began in Vancouver Canucks forward Brandon Sutter.
“I was going to go up some stairs,” Sutter told The Athletic in an extensive telephone interview on Saturday. “I’d get up there and you can’t take a deep breath, you’re just like …” Sutter pretended to take a deep, urgent breath.
It’s like having a hard time catching your breath. You would feel lightheaded and your chest would be so full of air, but it isn’t.
“I never felt like I was at risk for something really bad – or that anyone in my family was at risk for something really bad – but I understand 100 percent that what we had would pose a serious risk to someone older or more higher risk.