William Wavrin will long remember the trip to Grenoble on October 31.
Not only the third line of Mont-de-Marsan and his teammates suffered a setback (24-17) but the entire workforce returned with the Covid-19 in its suitcases.
"We were tested just coming back from this match," said the former Racing player.
We were about 30 positive guys in the workforce.
It is enormous!
We caught him with an opposing team on the field.
We do not know if it was in the match in Grenoble or the one before (
against Nevers
).
But the damage was done.
"
At the time, William Wavrin did not seem particularly affected by the symptoms: "I had a little cold and for a day, I felt tired but nothing crazy", he recalls.
But the coronavirus is a sneaky enemy: "The National League knows that it can leave scars on the heart and lungs," he continues.
It therefore requires us to do a heart test before resuming training.
"
"If the MRI hadn't reported anything, I would have continued to live normally…"
This is where William Wavrin, a 30-year-old athlete, in perfect physical condition with his 1m93 for 108 kg, without any history falls from the cupboard: “On the electrocardiogram, we detected a small alert.
I was sent to see a sports cardiologist in Bordeaux.
There, after a stress test and an MRI, I was told that I had developed myocarditis during the contamination.
You can have it with any virus, a bad flu for example.
But there, it is the Covid which gave it to me because I had nothing before.
"
Myocarditis is an inflammation in the muscle that allows the heart to contract and therefore pump blood.
Undetected, this inflammation can increase the risk of heart failure, heart rhythm disturbances, infarction or sudden death: “I never felt anything, continues the former player of Racing.
I have colleagues who have lost 5 - 6kg with the virus, have been bedridden for a long time, but I have nothing.
So, I wasn't expecting it.
If the MRI hadn't reported anything, I would have continued to live normally without noticing anything.
"
He hopes to find his way back to competition
To avoid taking any risks, William Wavrin was arrested until the first week of March with a ban on raising his heart rate above 80% of its capacity.
When he performs a new battery of tests necessary because myocarditis is not irreversible, he is hopeful that it will be resolved to find the way to competition: “I am lucky to be a very professional athlete. followed, continues William Wavrin.
I am especially thinking of amateur athletes who do not have these means, of those who simply run from time to time and who have had the virus.
I tell them:
Be careful, do not go back to sport without taking all the precautions, without the advice of your doctor because it can be serious.
"
In his club, William Wavrin is the only player struck by this type of pathology while he was not the most affected by the virus: "If the inflammation is resolved, I will resume my life normally, hopefully. he.
I am not to be pitied.
I heard that after having the Covid, a teenage girl had to have her leg amputated.
If I am told that the inflammation has worsened and that I have to stop my sport, it will give me a shock.
I dread it but what could I do about it?
Life is more important.
"
