White House head of security has lost his lower right leg to COVID and spent three months in the ICU

[Demovictory9]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9052987/White-House-head-security-lost-lower-right-leg-COVID-spent-three-months-ICU.html

White House head of security has lost his lower right leg to COVID and spent three months in the ICU, friends reveal, as they plead for donations towards his 'astronomical' medical bills

White House security director revealed to have had three-month battle in ICU with COVID and to have lost lower right leg and part of his left foot

54-year-old career civil servant's condition was first revealed in October but not his ongoing battle or scale of impact on his life
Married father-of-one is now in rehabilitation unit and faces 'astronomical' medical bills, friend has revealed through GoFundMe
He will have to undergo intensive therapy and have his house adapted to his disability

Unknown how he contracted the condition, but he is believed to have been in the hospital since September

COVID has torn through Trump's White House and inner circle, with the president, first lady and his attorney Rudy Giuliani among those hit

[raccoon]

1. If the Dotard had taken covid more seriously, and encouraged

Mask-wearing, social distancing, etc , this may not have happened.

And multiply that by ....oh I don’t know, untenable thousand.

[spinbaby]

2. Many people aren't aware of these complications

It’s not just lungs. Because the virus produces blood clots, it can cause dysfunction anywhere in the body—circulation to the extremities, for instance. I have a friend who just lost part of a foot to a mild case of covid when the disease made already impaired circulation worse.

[Rorey]

3. Lifelong implications

These are the things we don't hear much about.

We hear about the positivity rate and the death rate. We don't hear about those whose lives are forever changed.

I read about this yesterday, and then the story sort of faded into the abyss of news stories. We'll continue to hear the loudmouths who say, "Yeah, I got Covid, and I'm fine. No big deal." Everyone really needs to know that just because someone "survives" Covid, it doesn't mean they're ok. Even if this guy survives (he has only survived *so far*), he's going to spend the rest of his life suffering physically and financially.

I wish the media would make a bigger deal out of what life is like after one spends extended time in the ICU. Post ICU Syndrome isn't talked about much.