Rita Wilson reflects on this time last year when she and her husband Tom Hanks were diagnosed with coronavirus.
The couple, both 64, were in Australia when they began to feel ‘very tired and achy,’ and were hospitalized two days later.
Wilson shared more details about that scary time in my life in an Instagram post, saying ‘I want to take a moment to say how grateful we are for our health. ‘
A year later: Rita Wilson, 64, reflects on her and her husband Han Hanks’ coronavirus diagnosis a year later, after the pair were hospitalized in Australia after having a miscarriage positive test
‘One year ago today I was playing Sydney Opera House, the next day I started feeling really tired and achy, two days later in hospital with Covid 19.
‘I want to take a moment to say how grateful we are for our health, how grateful we are for the medical care we received in Queensland, and that we share in grief everyone who has lost someone with this virus.
She said ‘I hope so many can get the vaccine,’ and says she feels blessed that music has been carried through this beautiful year and that she has been very healing. ‘
Last year on March 11, Hanks shared the news of their positive review via Instagram.
Hospital care: The famous couple were placed alone in Gold Coast University Hospital for two weeks to prevent them from spreading to others, Hanks reveals Wilson ‘s symptoms were worse than his.
Nutrition: While Wilson had no taste or smell, Hanks had painted vegemite on toast from their hospital show last year writing ‘Thanks to the Helpers. We take care of ourselves and each other ‘; pictured 15 March 2020
‘We felt a little tired, like we had a cold, and a little bit of body aches. Rita had a few chills that came and went. A slight fever too. To play things right, as it is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the coronavirus, and found to be positive, ‘he said.
They were the first celebrities to receive a good diagnosis when the virus was not yet known, and they were quarantined in Queensland where Hanks was filming Baz Luhrmann ‘s Elvis Presley film.
In an interview with the National Defense Radio Show Hanks revealed how bad Wilson’s symptoms were, which were worse than it was. ‘Rita went through a harder time than I did. She had a much higher fever and some other symptoms. She lost her taste and smell, ‘he said.
Actress Forrest Gump also reported that her side effects from the hydroxychloroquine – which was administered due to her high fever – brought her such embarrassment that she had to ‘crawl on the floor from the bed to the facilities.’
Hollywood hit: Wilson and Hanks were the first celebrities to get a good diagnosis when the virus was not yet known, and they were quarantined in Queensland where Hanks was filming Baz Luhrmann ‘s Elvis Presley film; pictured May 2019
Wilson – who had also survived breast cancer – spoke to Hoda Kotb and Jenna Hager on TODAY a month after her time in hospital as she described how cancer helped prepare her for COVID-19.
‘You hear stories, and you think,’ That’s going to happen to someone out there, ‘and I had told Tom after I had cancer that I don’t think so. that things happen to other people. They can happen to you too, ‘she said.
She continued: ‘So I had said that to him. I said, “You know, we could get a coronavirus. There’s nothing to say we shouldn’t get it,” and two days later, it was confirmed for us. “
Other celebrities who tested positive for the virus relentlessly include Idris Elba, Andy Cohen, The Rock, Colton Underwood (The Bachelor), Zoey Deutch, Lena Dunham, and the late Nick Cordero.
Regarding guard: Wilson spoke to TODAY a month after her time in the hospital where she thought to live breast cancer, which gave her a new perspective that the coronavirus could ‘happen to him too,’ and two days later she confirmed himself and Hanks positive; pictured February 2020