The Olympic gold medalist provided a detailed account of his harrowing experience—including the very first signs something was off.
—started feeling unwell, too, and the couple began to worry for their son. “We were really worried about what would happen if we were both ill and couldn’t look after Robbie,” he writes. Though Daley's condition actually seemed to improve for a few days, hisand other symptoms soon returned. “My head felt like I had a [vise] tightening around it and my oxygen levels were dropping,” Daley continues. This time, the NHS sent a paramedic to evaluate him.
Daley says he felt a mix of emotions during the “scary" ambulance ride, including guilt about burdening London's already-overwhelmed hospital system and fear about what might happen to him. “I knew I was really sick, and it was Saturday night, so I wouldn’t be able to speak to a consultant until Monday. I understood how quickly things could potentially go downhill," Daley writes. He was afraid he might die.
A chest X-ray revealed “loads of blotches” on Daley's lungs. Doctors gave him supplemental oxygen and monitored his vitals. After about 10 hours, Daley's oxygen levels stabilized, and he was discharged. Three days after getting home from the hospital, Daley finally started feeling some relief. “The overwhelming feeling was a sense of relief that it was finally over.”
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