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“Glimmer of Hope”: Welsh woman talks about her husband’s trials of coronavirus
A male wife who had been using the ventilator with the coronavirus for 11 days spoke of his dramatic decline in an emotional interview.
Sir Martin, 49, from Cardiff, BBC Radio 4 ’s Today Her husband, 58-year-old Mar, got worse gradually before the ambulance took him to the hospital on March 29.
She and her children, Hana (16) and William (13), met him for 10 minutes as he weakened rapidly and the doctor said, “He has very little chance of surviving.” I was able to say goodbye.
In an interview recorded Wednesday, she stated: “We are preparing for the worst every day, but there is a bit of light that he may be turning the corner.”
Mal, the chairman of the recruiting company, has diabetes but was healthy before becoming ill. Civil servant Sue called an ambulance 10 days after he first fell ill after breathing became very fast.
She was told that she would have to go straight to intensive care and put on a ventilator, and he said, “Very, very sick, and couldn’t be sure he would go through it.” .
She said: “He got out of the house, and I really thought for a few days with oxygen and he would go home with us.”
Immediately after he was hospitalized, she and the children managed FaceTime with him before he was put on an artificial respirator. “We told him how much we love him,” she said.
Her husband promised his daughter would see him attend her wedding and see his son playing rugby Wales. She then sent a text message, “She was going to fight it, it wasn’t his time, and he’s gone home,” she said. Then the texting stopped, and she knew he was taken to the ICU.
“That day was really when everything changed for us. Since then we have existed,” he said.
She was initially told that his chances were 50/50, but then he “dive” with his kidneys broken. “They said he has almost zero chance of surviving,” she said. He “is on the verge and they could do nothing more for him.”
After begging to see him, she explained that the hospital was wonderful, one nurse was waiting behind to stay with them after the shift. She and her children were allowed for 10 minutes and had to wear complete personal protective equipment (PPE). “Essentially, we were going to say goodbye.”
“He was like sleeping very much, but he had so many tubes and wires. We told him he loved him, and from the kids It was painful to hear him tell him he was proud. “
“We were really happy to spend that time with him.”