Sarah Michelle Gellar opens up about her 'difficult' recovery from coronavirus.
On Monday, 45-year-old Buffy Vampire Slayer star announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19 and was struggling to recover from her asthma.
"I know that I am very calm here. After two and a half years, COVID has finally caught me. Luckily I was vaccinated and boosted," she wrote on Instagram Story. "But for those who say, 'It's just a cold '... maybe for some lucky ones." But for this (relatively) fit young man who has battled asthma and lung problems his entire life, it was not my experience.
"Even with therapy and all my protocols, it was difficult. I knew I was on my way to recovery, but it wasn't easy. I'll be back soon (hopefully with super antibodies ... even temporarily)," Gellar continued. "To quote a friend of mine, 'I'd wear a shower mask if that meant I wouldn't get it again. '" Gellar has spoken about treating his asthma, telling PEOPLE last year that he and his children, who also have asthma, are not letting the disease get to them.
"I don't let these things limit me," the Golden Globe nominee said in September 2021.
"I feel that for any health, you must understand what it is, and if there is a cure, use it. That's why we live in a modern world and science, right?", He said. "...Not everyone has the same case as me, but I have to be a role model for someone who doesn't let an asthma diagnosis delay them and my children."
Gellar has two children — daughter Charlotte Grace, 12, and son Rocky James, 9 — with her husband, Freddie Prince Jr. Gellar said that "there is nothing worse than not being able to breathe," Gellar says that learning and understanding fully. health "a better way to protect yourself, the right way."
