Mille Porsild/Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - Fairbanks, Alaska 
Irods COVID survivor
For Alaska musher Mille Porsild, the thrill of finishing her first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as Rookie of the Year in mid-March was followed almost immediately by the nightmare of COVID-19.
Now, more than two months on from her Iditarod high, she is finally emerging from her COVID low. As with others who have been lucky enough to be able to recover at home, she describes what can only be called a grueling experience.
Imagine week after week of the flu from hell, and you’ll get the idea.
“I was conked out sleeping some 20-plus hours a day the first three or four weeks,” she messaged Sunday; “then much better but still in bed another couple of weeks.”
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