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Older COVID-19 patients battle ‘brain fog,’ weakness, and emotional turmoil

Sudden cognitive dysfunction is a common concern for seniors who’ve survived a serious bout of COVID-19.

Tom Stevens and his wife, Virginia, were hospitalized with COVID-19 in early August and put in separate rooms. Within a day, their physicians agreed that the couple, married for 66 years, should not be kept apart — they needed to recover in a room together.
Tom Stevens and his wife, Virginia, were hospitalized with COVID-19 in early August and put in separate rooms. Within a day, their physicians agreed that the couple, married for 66 years, should not be kept apart — they needed to recover in a room together.Read moreE. Wesley Ely
    by Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News
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