Due to a respiratory issue, a Huron woman reports that she has to take extra care during the COVID-19 crisis.
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HURON — The Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the entire world has seen millions of people quarantined - voluntarily or otherwise - in their homes. While the effect of the virus is considered to be mild on younger adults, those who are older or have existing health issues are at a higher risk and need to take extra precautions to preserve their health.
Michelle Namanny Gascoigne is a 60-year old Huron native, who in July of 2012 underwent a double lung transplant at the University of Minnesota.
“As a transplant patient, I and others become immunosuppressed - our immune systems are suppressed - because of the medicines we must take. It is also in part to the disease or diseases which any of us may have.”
Gascoigne said it all means that she doesn’t have the ability to respond normally to any type of infection, due to her weakened and impaired immune system.
“I have precautions that I normally take, particularly during flu season,” she said. “For the most part that means thorough and frequent hand washing, while avoiding others who are ill.”