Utah State women's basketball coach Kayla Ard missed Sunday's game against Boise State, and her absence prompted speculation and concern. Ard wrote a letter explaining her absence and detailing her hospitalization on Tuesday.
Kayla Ard missed Utah State’s game on Sunday after an episode of angioedema, a condition that causes swelling in the throat
It was a familiar feeling — a flashback from seven years earlier when the women’s basketball coach had her first bout with angioedema. It is a condition that creates swelling under the skin, often triggered by an allergic reaction. And this time, as Utah State’s head coach felt her breath tightening, Ard called her mother asking to be rushed to the local hospital.“I went and looked in the mirror and the right side of my throat was swollen shut,” Ard wrote of her experience this week.
The 38-year-old Ard tested positive COVID-19 upon her arrival to the hospital, and doctors believe the virus further exacerbated her symptoms of angioedema. It caused her to remain in a coma through Sunday afternoon. Ard was released from the hospital on Monday afternoon. She has no symptoms of COVID-19 or angioedema. She is fully vaccinated and received a booster shot.
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