But his children begged doctors to give him a few more days on the ­ventilator – and he amazed them all. Steve, 56, went into hospital on March 19 four days before lockdown and only returned home on Thursday. Never give up fighting.”In mid-April doctors told Steve’s family he had just hours to live. In March, when Steve was admitted, the average Covid patient spent eight days in hospital. We were just blown away.”And 43 days after going on a ventilator, Steve was able to spend small amounts of time off it.

Source: Daily Mirror June 20, 2020 21:36 UTC