While Tom Brady is starting to prepare for the 10th Super Bowl of his career, his parents had an even bigger battle on their hands earlier this season.
Tom Brady Senior revealed on Monday that he and his wife, Galynn, contracted COVID-19 in the fall and both were “sick as a dog”.
“When the season started this year, I was in the hospital with COVID for almost three weeks and my wife was sick with COVID at the same time,” said Brady Sr. on Monday on ESPN’s “#Greeny” program.
“We haven’t even seen the first two games of the year. It was the first two games I missed in his career because he was sick as a dog and my wife was sick as a dog.
“We never lost a game in Michigan, New England or anywhere. In the first two games, when I was in the hospital, I didn’t even care if they were playing, let alone losing the game. It was a matter of life and death, like who goes to the hospital. This is a serious thing. “
Brady Sr. said his son was “stressed” while trying to make sure his parents were well in California, as he was starting the season with a new team in Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers’ quarterback tried to face his father daily on the way round trip to training, according to Brady’s sister, a nurse, who was on hand to look after her mother, a cancer survivor.
“Tommy fought it,” said Brady Sr .. “Now, it’s in the rearview mirror. We are healthy, we are happy and everything is fine.
“We are just representatives of 25 million Americans who have had this kind of thing so far. It is nothing to shake. He stayed in the back seat of the football season. On the other hand, Tommy has yet to appear, everyone has to appear. “
What if the Brady family plans to be in Tampa to see Tom chase a seventh Super Bowl ring?
“We hope to be,” said Brady Senior, noting that they would be “extremely cautious” in the midst of the pandemic. “It’s just a matter of being able to make travel plans together.”