Violaine went for a short walk and was unable to make it back home.
Transcript
Donc mon amoureux, après dix jours, il est venu me chercher pour qu’on aille prendre une marche, sortir de la maison ensemble, je n’étais plus contagieuse. Donc on s’est mis à marcher, puis rendue au coin de la rue ouf! J’étais essoufflée. Ça tournait. Donc on voulait se rendre jusqu’à l’épicerie, on y est allé mais de peine et de misère, je n’ai pas été capable de revenir à la maison. Il est venu me chercher en voiture.
[So, after ten days, my boyfriend came to get me to go for a walk, to get out of the house together, because I wasn’t contagious anymore. So we started walking, and when we got to the corner, phew! I was out of breath. It was spinning. We wanted to get to the grocery store. We did, but I couldn’t make it home. He came to pick me up in his car.] Translation from original French.
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