{"id":429724,"date":"2022-04-11T02:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T23:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covid-was-frightening-and-left-her-exhausted\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T02:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T23:59:40","slug":"covid-was-frightening-and-left-her-exhausted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-was-frightening-and-left-her-exhausted\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVID was &#8216;frightening&#8217; and left her &#8216;exhausted&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a5fb3bc74\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a5fb3bc74\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-was-frightening-and-left-her-exhausted\/#%E2%80%9CCOVID_was_%E2%80%98frightening_and_left_her_%E2%80%98exhausted%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;COVID was &#8216;frightening&#8217; and left her &#8216;exhausted&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;COVID was &#8216;frightening&#8217; and left her &#8216;exhausted'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II says her battle with COVID-19 was \u201cfrightening,\u201d leaving her \u201cvery tired and exhausted\u201d and making it \u201cvery hard\u201d because she couldn\u2019t see her family. <\/p>\n<p>The 95-year-old British monarch, who turns 96 next month, spoke of her experience with the coronavirus during a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rGDkf35ZgcQ&amp;ab_channel=TheRoyalFamilyChannel\">virtual visit<\/a> last week to the Royal London Hospital commemorating the official opening of the Queen Elizabeth unit.<\/p>\n<p>The queen had developed\u00a0\u201cmild cold-like symptoms\u201d after she was diagnosed with the virus in February but was able to carry on with \u201clight duties,\u201d Buckingham Palace said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In her online chat with former COVID-19 patient Asef Hussain and his wife, the queen listened as Asef told her about his terrifying ordeal after he contracted the virus in December. He was put on a ventilator for seven weeks and remained hooked up to oxygen in a wheelchair after he was discharged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember waking my wife saying that I feel like there\u2019s no oxygen in the room,\u201d he said, holding himself up with a cane. \u201cI remember sticking my head out the window, just trying to breathe, trying to get that extra oxygen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-033.jpg?w=694\" alt=\"The queen said the coronavirus left her \u201cvery tired and exhausted.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-21850497\" width=\"282\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-033.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564 564w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-033.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=422 423w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-033.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=282 282w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-033.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=141 141w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-033.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\"\/><figcaption>The queen said the coronavirus left her \u201cvery tired and exhausted.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joe Giddens\/Pool via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth responded, \u201cI\u2019m glad that you\u2019re getting better, and It does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn\u2019t it? This horrible pandemic. It\u2019s not a nice result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt obviously was a very frightening experience to have COVID very badly, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hussain told the wueen of the difficulty of not being able to be with his family during his hospital stay, to which she remarked, \u201cof course not being allowed to see your relatives was very hard, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The large facility was constructed in just five weeks as serious COVID cases soared in London, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/apr\/10\/covid-left-me-exhausted-queen-tells-bereaved-couple\">according to The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, the hospital\u2019s 650 staff members were treating roughly 800 patients, according to a worker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has undoubtedly been the biggest challenge of our career to date for all of us,\u00a0and I think it was the scale and the pace at which things h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened,\u201d a National Health Service nurse told the queen during the virtual visit. \u201cHowever, I think having the facility this new facility allowed us to treat a lot more patients uh from the whole of Northeast London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The visit ended with the unveiling of a plaque dedicating the unit to the monarch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-030.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"NHS workers listening to Queen Elizabeth during the video call to commemorate the opening of the Queen Elizabeth unit at the hospital.\" class=\"wp-image-21850508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-030.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-030.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/queen-elizabeth-covid-030.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>NHS workers listening to Queen Elizabeth during the video call to commemorate the opening of the Queen Elizabeth unit at the hospital.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been very nice to be able to join you and also to hear hear what\u00a0happened and how well it has been achieved,\u201d the queen said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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