National Defense Radio Show Hanks revealed the severity of Wilson's symptoms, which were worse than his. 'Rita went through a tougher time than I did.
She had a much higher fever and she had some other symptoms. She lost her sense of taste and smell,' he shared. The Forrest Gump actor also shared that her side-effects from the hydroxychloroquine — which was administered due to her high fever — caused her such extreme nausea that she had 'to crawl on the floor from the bed to the facilities. ' Wilson — who had also survived breast cancer — spoke to Hoda Kotb and Jenna Hager on TODAY a month after the hospital stint as she shared how having cancer helped prepare her for COVID-19.