Connor Reed is a 25 year old from North Wales who was teaching English in Wuhan. On Nov 25th he noticed he had a slightly stuffed nose. Around a week later he started feeling much worse. Connor documented his time with the virus and in a diary. He wrote:
This is no longer just a cold. I ache all over, my head is thumping, my throat is constricted.
About 2 days after, now around day 9 since the first onset of symptoms he started experiencing labored breathing, and was very easily out of breath. He said that just going to the bathroom leaves him panting for air.
Once I felt like I was suffocating I checked myself into the hospital.
The infection got really bad around December 6th, when he felt like he was “suffocating” and checked himself into Zhongnan University Hospital where he tested positive for COVID-19 and was given anti-biotics.
I felt like I’d been run over by a steamroller, my eardrums felt ready to pop
This was around Day 21 and was close to the worst symptoms, then all of the sudden on Day 24 I was better.
