After he was hospitalized and struggled to breathe due to the novel coronavirus disease, Georges Laraque is now resting at home in self-isolation. “It’s just awesome to be back after those first hard days that I had,” he said in a video posted to his Facebook page on Tuesday.
The former NHL enforcer was admitted to a hospital on Montreal’s south shore last week after he experienced COVID-19 symptoms while delivering groceries to vulnerable people in his community. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Laraque, who has asthma, was having difficulty breathing.
The former Montreal Canadiens player said he was given oxygen. While he said he was initially supposed to spend two weeks at Charles-Le Moyne