Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla needs a pacemaker after long-haul covid-19 battle
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/12/michelle-de-la-isla-pacemaker-covid-topeka-mayor
Eight months and three hospitalizations later, the 45-year-old mom of three — who ran for Congress in 2020 — says she will have a pacemaker implanted next week to fix heart damage inflicted by the virus. De La Isla is one of millions thought to be suffering from long-haul covid, a lingering condition that leaves some facing heart palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, joint pain and other health problems months after their initial illness.
