Although Tom Brady is starting to prepare for the 10th Super Bowl race, his parents had an even bigger battle at the hands of this season.
Tom Brady Sr. revealed 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. to ESPN’s “#Greeny”.
“We didn’t even see the first two games of the year. They were the first two games I lost of his career because he was sick as a dog and my wife was as sick as a dog.
“We have never lost a game in Michigan or New England or anywhere else. During the first two games, when I was in the hospital, I didn’t even care if they were playing, let alone missing the game. It was a matter of life or death, like anyone who goes to the hospital. This is serious. “
Brady Sr. he said his son was “stressed” as he tried to make sure his parents were okay in California as he started the season with a new team in Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers quarterback tried to face his father FaceTime daily on his way to and from practice, according to Brady’s sister Sr. Brady, a nurse, was available to care for his mother, a cancer survivor.
“Tommy fought it,” Brady Sr. said. “It simply came to our notice then. We are healthy, we are happy and everything is good.
“We are just representatives of 25 million Americans who have had these things so far. It’s nothing to shake a stick. He brought the back seat to the football season. On the other hand, Tommy still had to show up, everyone has to show up.
What if the Brady family plans to be in Tampa to see how Tom chases a seventh Super Bowl ring?
“We’re confident we hope to be,” Brady Sr. said, noting that they would be “extremely cautious” in the midst of the pandemic. “It’s just a matter of us being able to put together travel plans.”