“I was in bed for two weeks solid” – Castleford assistant Ryan Sheridan on his COVID battle

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Former Great Britain international Ryan Sheridan, the assistant coach of Castleford, says he was confined to his bed for two weeks and unwell for two months after being struck down by Covid-19.

The 46-year-old former Sheffield and Leeds half-back feared he would go through the same experience as his younger brother Brendan, the assistant Oldham coach who was left fighting for his life in April 2020.Brendan Sheridan, 41, spent two weeks in intensive care in an induced coma and on a ventilator to help him breathe before eventually pulling through.

READ: Oldham assistant Brendan Sheridan on his terrifying coronavirus experience and mental battle

“I was in bed for two weeks solid,” Ryan Sheridan told a press conference ahead of Saturday’s crucial Super League game at Hull KR.

“I couldn’t get out of bed and I had all sorts of symptoms. It got to the stage where, if it got any worse, it could be hospital time. Fortunately it didn’t get to that.

“The scary thing for me is that my brother had it and came within hours of dying. That was what was in the back of my mind. I was real conscious of that.

“There is nothing you can do, it’s a long-drawn out process waiting to get better. It’s the first time for a couple of months that I’ve felt all right.”

Sheridan says he received words of comfort from his brother during his illness.

“He told me to hang in there,” he said. “At the back of his mind, he was thinking about what he went through.”

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