Multiple Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein has documented his coronavirus battle in detail for a new The Hollywood Reporter essay.The Moulin Rouge!
star realized he was sick with COVID-19 after suffering symptoms in mid-March, but he was told to stay away from the hospital unless he was experiencing breathing difficulties, which came while he was showering on March 22.“My breathing became laboured, I felt a tightening in my chest,” he writes. “I couldn’t seem to get enough air into my lungs.
I felt light-headed and got down on one knee fearing I was about to faint or fall. I asked myself, ‘Is this it? Is it time to go to the emergency room?’”He started coughing up blood and made the decision to go to the hospital.“Our room was near the