A West Island woman confirmed to have COVID-19 is sharing her experience to drive home how dangerous the illness can be. “Every morning is a bit better.
I feel like I have more energy, but as the day goes on I sort of lose steam and it gets harder,” said 42-year-old Melanie Fournier, from self-isolation in her Dollard-des-Ormeaux home.
She has not travelled recently and says she has no idea where she got the virus. She told Global News she realized something was wrong last Friday. “I woke up Friday morning, and I had a little tickle in my throat.
I tried to cough it up, then 20 minutes later: fever,” Fournier said. “Bang. It was almost at 40 degrees already, then I started coughing, hacking, I was congested.” After spending hours trying to