PHILADELPHIA - It's been a year since the COVID-19 pandemic first began and it has claimed thousands of lives while scores more have battled the illness.Brett Breslow and Monty G., both of the Philadelphia area, battled COVID-19 and won but their battles were difficult.Brett Breslow, 50, had no prior health condition when he felt ill with COVID-19.
His condition rapidly deteriorated and he had been hospitalized in the ICU at Cooper University Hospital for over a month. Likewise, Monty G., a diehard Philadelphia sports fan, ended up hospitalized for a month.
Both men spent time on ventilators, which at the time, was a dark sign of how severe their illnesses were. "I thought I was going to die," Monty G.