Todd Chrisley Is Hospitalized After Testing Positive for Coronavirus: "This Is Serious"
Todd Chrisley opened up about his experience with coronavirus after testing positive for the respiratory illness.
The Chrisley Knows Best star said he's never been so sick and was admitted to the hospital for treatment.
Todd is home now, though he says he's not fully recovered.
Todd Chrisley is home recovering after testing positive for COVID-19. The Chrisley Knows Best star, 52, shared that he was recently hospitalized for four and a half days after "battling corona" for three weeks.
"It has been the sickest that I have ever been in the 52 years I've been on this earth," he shared on his podcast Chrisley Confessions. "I cannot ever tell you a time in my life where I have ever been as sick as what I had been with the coronavirus."
"This is serious," Todd’s wife, Julie Chrisley added. "This is something that we’ve been dealing with for the past few weeks. Todd and I have been together for 25 years, I have never in 25 years seen him as sick as what he was in the past few weeks."
Julie emphasized the importance of social distancing. "If you are doubting or have not been affected by corona personally … you need to know that this is serious. There are people who are dying and we have to take it seriously," she said.
While Todd is home now, the reality star said he's still "not clicking on all cylinders" and operating at "about 70 to 75 percent."
"This has been a life-altering experience for me. I know it's been a life-altering experience for everyone in my family," he explained. "I think that what it has taught me is to look around and see the things that truly, truly matter—and what matters is health. You can have all the money in the world but if you don’t have your health, you have nothing. It's been a tough, tough three weeks."
On Wednesday, Todd and Julie's daughter Savannah Chrisley shared a family photo to Instagram detailing her dad's journey with coronavirus. "I have never been so scared in my life," she wrote in the caption.
Savannah said that when her dad got sick, she immediately started worrying. "He stayed at Vanderbilt [hospital] for 3 days and those were the hardest 3 days I think I’ve ever endured," she said. "At one point I fell on my hands and knees and begged God to not take him..to not take my best friend..I would give everything I had if it meant keeping my daddy."
The Chrisley Knows Best star said the experience changed her perspective of COVID-19. She's urging everyone to take it seriously and hold your loved ones close.
On Thursday, Savannah shared an update of her father's condition to Instagram alongside a photo of him smiling.
"UPDATE: I’ve realized instagram cut me off on my last post! DAD IS HOME AND DOING WELL! He said he feels 75% better!! Within the past couple days he’s kinda been a smartass...so we know he’s definitely on the mend! ?? I mean that mischievous smile isn’t ever gonna give up ??" she wrote.
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