Meghan McCain is opening up about her bout with COVID-19, from being overcome with fear and shame to «this phenomenon of post-Covid depression.»The former panelist and current columnist penned her experience with the potentially deadly virus in her Tuesday column.
The 37-year-old daughter of the late Sen. John McCain said she knew that she was tempting fate when she reposted a meme on Instagram joking about dodging golf balls at a driving range.«That's how I felt — having gone nearly two years into the pandemic without catching Covid,» she wrote.But, McCain wrote, several weeks ago she started feeling lightheaded and developed a bad cough.
She said she got her hands on a rapid test and the results were in — positive. McCain, who left in August, said she «became overcome with feelings of fear and shame» following the positive result.«I think there is a feeling of invincibility after somehow dodging the virus for so long,» said McCain, who revealed she and her husband, Ben Domenech, are vaccinated.
Domenech also tested positive for the virus. Panic also set in for McCain, who desperately checked her 15-month-old daughter, Liberty Sage's, temperature every couple of hours to make sure she hadn't developed a fever.
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