“But the doctors just said it was a viral infection and we should continue with what we were doing and let it run its course.”

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But soon, he stopped breathing properly. “I wasn’t breathing properly… it was almost like an asthma attack, or like watching someone with emphysema trying to breathe,” Sutton said.

During Cathy’s hospitalization, doctors tested her for COVID-19 and RSV, both of which came back negative. Eventually, they informed her family that Cathy had a viral infection and discharged her to return home.

A few days later, on August 28, Cathy’s lips were reported to have turned purple. Her