Former Jacksonville Jaguars star offensive lineman Tony Boselli detailed his recovery from coronavirus recently. His son, Andrew Boselli, an offensive lineman for Florida State is 6-foot-5 and 321 pounds. He took to explaining what the virus did to him, too, in a self-bylined story released Friday by the school.
I’m 22 years old. A healthy student-athlete playing football at one of the best programs in college football history. And I had coronavirus.
When I first heard the news of the coronavirus pandemic, I, like most, saw the studies that said it was primarily a danger to the elderly and figured it wouldn’t have much impact on me, my family or friends.
I even had plans to spend Spring Break on a cruise to the Bahamas.
The last few weeks, though, have shown just how wrong I was, and just how seriously we all need to treat this outbreak.
Andrew Boselli write that he felt like he “was hit by a bus” when the virus set in on his body. He says “I was glued to the couch with no energy, no appetite and nothing but fluids and over-the-counter medicines to help me feel better. The hardest part was feeling slightly short of breath. That’s a bad feeling anyway, and knowing that shortness of breath is often a symptom of severe cases made it that much worse.”
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Andrew Boselli concluded by writing:
Summer is coming and we all want to be together, enjoying each other’s company.
And, for me, I know I’m counting down the days until I can be around my coaches and teammates again, especially after the way they supported me over the last few weeks.
But the only way for that to happen is listen to the experts and follow their guidance.
Because even if this doesn’t turn into a big thing for you, it could have an impact on your parents, your grandparents, or someone else’s family.
This is something that needs to be taken seriously. And if we all do our part, we can get through it.
