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CHICAGO – Sandra Wilson-Muriel cried when she first picked up her cane. When the Skokie, Illinois, woman came down with COVID-19 in March 2020, she knew the diagnosis was serious, but she never imagined that a respiratory virus would result in her needing to walk with a cane more than a year later. Wilson-Muriel is a mom of four, co-owner of an accounting business and now a COVID-19 ...

CHICAGO – Sandra Wilson-Muriel cried when she first picked up her cane.

When the Skokie, Illinois, woman came down with COVID-19 in March 2020, she knew the diagnosis was serious, but she never imagined that a respiratory virus would result in her needing to walk with a cane more than a year later.

Wilson-Muriel is a mom of four, co-owner of an accounting business and now a COVID-19 long-hauler. She experiences vertigo, pain in her joints, fatigue and breathing problems.

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