Kaila Coon and her doctor presume she battled COVID-19 for more than a month and suspect she transmitted the virus to her husband, Josh, and their two children, Quenton and Wesley.
Kaila Coon and her doctor presume she battled COVID-19 for more than a month and suspect she transmitted the virus to her husband, Josh, and their two children, Quenton and Wesley.Courtesy of Kaila and Joshua Coon

Near as Kaila Coon can tell, she’s not yet recognized as one of the 63 people in La Plata County who has contracted COVID-19. But given the roller coaster health ride she’s been on since the end of March, she believes it’s only a matter of time before the public health statistics catch up with her.

In fact, the number will likely grow to include her husband, Josh, and her two young children Quenton, 8, and Wesley, 5.

Kaila, an English teacher at Durango High School, started coughing March 27. By April 3, after a dry cough that wasn’t too bad, she thought she was getting better. She resumed her daily runs, taking it easy, going out only every other day.

Suddenly, on April 7, she deteriorated rapidly, and on April 8, she was in Mercy Urgent Care.