Stairs are a challenge for Carrie MacKay, the Langley woman who has been chronicling her battle with COVID-19 in a series of posts on her .

MacKay shared a video to show the effort it takes her just to go downstairs.

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She91裸聊视频檚 been told it could be another three months to a year before she has recovered.

91裸聊视频淚 can now walk for six (to) 10 minutes a day and I can stand with the oxygen on for quite a bit longer,91裸聊视频� she related.

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MacKay is hoping to beat the odds so she can resume kayaking with her dog, as well as hiking, biking, by the summer.

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Friends set up a GoFundMe page, 91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� to help with bills and food, which MacKay called 91裸聊视频渟uper awesome.91裸聊视频�

People have been following her story across Canada and in the U.S., she discovered.

91裸聊视频淧eople I don91裸聊视频檛 even know have messaged me on Facebook, messenger or Instagram,91裸聊视频� MacKay described.

91裸聊视频淎 lot of them don91裸聊视频檛 know anyone with COVID and they had no idea the symptoms could be like this - and can91裸聊视频檛 believe what I went through91裸聊视频� and they thank me for sharing. Some people have COVID and message me and ask what to do?

Her advice: 91裸聊视频渘ot to wait at home as long as I did when my fever was so high 91裸聊视频� and to go to the hospital if it gets really bad.91裸聊视频�

For the physically active MacKay, 46, a graphic designer and artist who has no underlying health conditions and doesn91裸聊视频檛 smoke, her encounter with COVID began on Jan. 22, when she began to feel unwell.

Two days later, she was diagnosed with COVID-19, and by Jan, 29, she was admitted to Langley Memorial Hospital, then transferred a few days later to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Abbotsford Regional Hospital.

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In her Facebook postings, MacKay described the impact of the coronavirus, how at at times she was fighting to draw a full breath during her stay in the ICU, and finding it nearly impossible to sleep as a result.