Stevie went from being an athlete all her life to struggling to do minimal exercise.
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I was very athletic person in sports before this happened. I played hockey my entire life since I was 4. And I played baseball in the summers and hockey most summers as well. And that all of that stopped a) because of COVID and then b) because of my heart condition now. I couldn’t do much. I couldn’t even go on an exercise bike for 2 minutes at a time. It was a really big struggle.
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