726100login-checkAfter Double-Lung Transplant, UVA Patient Is Again Competing in Triathlons |
By Alice Berry
R.J. Redstrom didn’t have much time left.
On a Monday in August 2020, still early in the pandemic, he noticed he had a cough. The next morning, he woke up feeling even worse – a rarity for Redstrom, whose intense fitness regimen usually helped prevent him from getting sick. He took a COVID test, and days later the results confirmed his fear: He had come down with the virus.
A week later, he couldn’t breathe.
The sudden and serious sickness was a new experience for Redstrom, who had always thought of himself as a healthy person. Read the full story in UVAToday.
726100login-checkAfter Double-Lung Transplant, UVA Patient Is Again Competing in Triathlons |