Jim Edmonds has tested positive for COVID-19.
Edmonds, 49, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share his test results, after several days of waiting for them.
‘I did test positive for pneumonia, and I did get a test back positive for the virus. I am completely symptom-free now and doing really well, and so I must have had it for a while before I got tested,’ he said.
‘I am completely symptom-free now’: Jim Edmonds has tested positive for COVID-19
The former baseball player said his daughter has been tested and is now awaiting results, but she is symptom-free as well.
Edmonds also urged other people feeling unwell to seek health care.
‘In all fairness, doing really good, and I’m happy to be symptom-free, and feeling great. So, all of you people thank you so much once again, and hope all you are doing well. Do not take this lightly – if you don’t feel good, go to the doctor or go to the emergency room if you can’t breathe, because that’s what happened to me, they didn’t want to test me, and I forced them to take me into the emergency room.
‘And lo and behold, pneumonia, and the virus. So don’t take it lightly, take care of yourselves. There’s no medicine, there’s no nothing but rest, and that’s all I’ve been doing.’
‘Do not take this lightly’: Edmonds also cautioned others out there not feeling well to ‘go to the doctor or go to the emergency room if you can’t breathe’
Edmonds initially revealed over the weekend he had been tested for COVID-19.
The estranged husband of Meghan King Edmonds, took to social media on Saturday to share a photo from the hospital.
The 49-year-old revealed he ‘thought he was tough enough’ to get through the virus by himself at home, but evidently was not.
‘This virus is no joke’: Edmonds has revealed he has tested for coronavirus. He shared a selfie on Saturday morning revealing he was in the hospital after his symptoms got the better of him
‘Held off as long as I could. I thought I was tough enough to get through,’ he shared on Instagram.
‘This virus is no joke #gethealthy.’
Jim was seen wearing a mask while lying in a hospital bed.
Updates: Jim kept fans updated on the progress of the testing
Deadly: There are now nearly 112,500 cases and there have been nearly 1850 deaths in the United States from COVID-19
Athlete” Jim is best known for his work as a professional baseball player
The former professional baseball player continued to update his fans through the process.
‘Waiting on tests now,’ he began. ‘Ps I didn’t know the swab could go that far in someone’s nose.’
Jim’s post was referring to the swab test. It is done by placing a sterile swab at the back of the patient’s nasal passage.
Single man: Jim split from his wife Meghan in 2019 and filed for divorce in October
It connects to the throat via the nasopharynx for several seconds to absorbs secretions. It’s then sent to the lab.
‘No confirmation on the virus yet. Just waiting to find out if I have been infected or just super sick,’ he later wrote.
‘Not taking any chances because it is so hard to get tested by the rules of the CDC.’ The CDC stands for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jim also underwent a chest X-ray on Saturday to further examine his condition.
It is not known how long Jim will have to wait to receive his test results.
Family: The pair are parents to Aspen, three, and twins, Hart and Hayes, one
With Jim out of action, his estranged ex, Meghan King Edmonds, 35, currently has custody of their three children, Aspen, three, and twins, Hart and Hayes, one.
The pair split in 2019 and Jim filed for divorce from the RHOC alum in October.
Meghan recently took to her blog to share how she was dealing with her split, revealing some days she was only hanging on by a thread.
‘Trauma affects all of us at some point in time but for others, it all seems to bear down at once,’ she wrote in the blog post, adding that she’s ‘learned to cope with’ what she calls ‘Emotional Releases.’
Hard few months: Meghan recently took to her blog to share how she was dealing with her split, revealing some days she was only hanging on by a thread
She went into detail about the ‘moments of loss, panic, and utter despair’ she experiences – not just due to her divorce from the retired baseball player, but also raising their kids and coping with a nagging injury to her neck.
‘Let me tell you something, some days I’m barely hanging on by a thread,’ she wrote. ‘Some moments I can’t breathe. Sometimes I get in bed and the bed is vibrating, but it’s not: I’m just shaking.’
She added of her split with Jim: ‘You guys, many, many days I cannot possibly bear the thought of knowing I will have to be separated from my children due to divorce.’
Meghan and Jim tied the knot in her native St. Louis on October 24, 2014; he filed for divorce on October 25, 2019, the day after their fifth anniversary.
The couple’s split drama emerged this past week once again, after it was revealed Jim had accused Meghan of taking their children from Missouri to California without his permission, according to Us Weekly.
However, Meghan’s rep told the outlet she did have legal approval to take their children to California from Missouri on ‘a preapproved trip, signed off on by the guardian ad litem.’
Five and out: Meghan and Jim tied the knot in her native St. Louis on October 24, 2014; he filed for divorce on October 25, 2019, the day after their fifth anniversary
