Mal Cobb

Behind the statistics and news, what is the reality for families is with relatives of critically ill with Covid-19? Sue Martin , a 49-year-old civil servant, says Ceri Jackson, The Daily heartache of her ordeal and That of their teenage children, since Her Husband was 58, in the intensive care unit.

The Hospital consultant called me yesterday and asked me if I would like to, send him a few photos of my husband and His Family .

He suggested, get them laminated and around his intensive care bed. He looks peaceful as he sleeps, but a fan is the only thing keeping him alive.

"can It be, unworthy of the human person," the adviser Said , and besides, it would help the medical staff know a little more of the person you were nursing.

Hopefully, The Photos That we have selected are, giving a glimpse of The Man That you are caring in what could be his last hours.

I wish I could be there to tell you what Time Martin's really like. How, in spite of family tragedies and hardships, we were glad, After 28 years of Married Life ; how he is loved by so many; he is always The First on The Dance floor, That his party was part of a rousing rendition of "King of The Road "; That everything That he talk ever we had our Two Children , the oldest of which we almost lost, designed at birth, and the youngest, miraculously, After we've Said already, no hope of a Second Child .

I would tell you, his passion for Welsh rugby, and our son William, 13, never completed, a practice or a Cowbridge RFC-glued the under-14s game without his dad to the side-lines. Or his proud of our daughter Hana, 16, a successful TikTok creative with a world-wide following. Our Prodigy; the grief was Worth It .

Instead, I have to fight to get through Another Day , and again the nightmare of the last 11 days playing over and over in my head.

on The Day before Boris Johnson , the 'lockdown announced' Time had complained of malaise. He felt he was coming down with a cold. "I don't feel right," he had Said .

He had to work for a few hours on this day. The staff is at The Time of his recruitment company as a family for him, and he's trying to figure out how he could protect the their jobs as a result of the coronavirus crisis through the Organisation of laptops, so That you can work from home.

He went to bed That Night to sleep. The Next morning - it was so suddenly - he couldn't Get Out of bed. All The Classic symptoms of Covid-19; a Sudden cough, really high temperature, pain and froze so much That it hurt.

From That Day , he's isolated in a room. Except for use in The Bathroom , he didn't want to Get Out of bed. I would take drinks, food and paracetamol, the constant monitoring of his temperature.

he told me He had never felt this sickness in his life. "When will That be better? I can't much more of this," He Said . I tried to get him to calm down, That from what I had read, he would begin to feel a bit better After day five.

His temperature would fluctuate; it would normalize and I would like to comfort me, That he turned a corner, but then it would go up again and down again...

he went into The Hospital , his temperature was Normal .

On day seven, he seemed to be getting worse. I rang 111 and twice I was on hold for an hour and 22 minutes is the maximum Time before cut off. I know That you were flooded.

I rang the GP surgery and our doctor has a phone appointment with him. You showed me How To take his pulse and monitor his breathing.

she had spoken to The Hospital consultant Who Said he was too happy for him to stay At Home and to monitor and report deterioration. You, like others, was wonderful, it rings Every Day at first, check Time , and now me.

The Next morning, a Sunday , his respiratory rate had really escalated. I rang 999. He was weak, but she managed to walk to The Ambulance .

I knew where they had taken him, until the nurse from The Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend has called me. Time was very sick, She Said , and he needed to go straight to the ICU ventilated. My legs went from under me.

How could I not know he was so desperately sick? She assured me That she had seen the notes, and That I had done "above and beyond" and his deterioration, as often with Covid-19, was fast and there was nothing, what can anybody do had.

you asked Said had to ring her, upset because he was with me, to talk; she had explained to him That you are going to sleep with him, and That he did not Wake up, maybe.

I and The Kids Facetimed him. We told him how much we loved him, and That he will be healthy; we want him Back Home . He Said to Hana, "don't' worry, I'll be around for a while yet. I'm going to give Away at your wedding to you".

Then He Said : "I must Go Now . You are in me".

We alert each other to confirmed That . I text That I missed him already and he replied: "I miss you, too. I don't know, it's my Time . I Promise you, I will fight". I text back "I'm really sorry That I tried to forced them zuernähren Weetabix". For the days That I had desperately tried to feed him, to his strength. His last text to me Ha, was: "Ha. That 's what done it. "

After That , my messages do not go through. I knew, then she would have him in the ICU.

After a few days there was a little improvement, and it reduces the oxygen slightly. We had been warned beforehand That the chances of patient survival was ventilation 50/50, but we were hopeful.

Changes related to diabetes, the genetic, life-style. Four Years ago, he had a Heart Attack while watching William play in a rugby tournament and had three stents. He recovered well, has the park regularly and drink driving is never strong or smoked. The doctors reassured us That his diabetes was controlled and he was fit and healthy.

But one of The Daily calls The News , we feared the brought - he had deteriorated, The Consultant explained, they had to secure the oxygen. They were concerned about his kidneys, and his veins, his hands were cold.

she tried to lie, to help him on his stomach, his lungs, but it made no difference. She hooked him up to a dialysis; his kidneys had failed.

On Sunday - day seven in The Hospital , The Consultant prepared myself for the worst; It was to be the maximum amount of adrenaline That you could give to keep him in order, blood pressure high enough to have enough blood pumps in order to obtain his organs. He was on The Brink and there was nothing more she could do for him.

The chance of his survival, they Said to me was almost Zero .

I asked them To Let us see him. We'd all had mild symptoms of Covid-19 at The Time of illness. We were on day 17 now, we would be isolated for 14 days and the doctors had to us, we were now OK to leave The House . I begged them to do what they could do.

The Ward sister was off to go to shift. She spoke with the counselor and called me back. "How fast can you get here?", she asked me. "I'll be waiting For You and you are shooting, but you need to equipment the full protective, you can't touch him, you can only 10 Minutes . But you can talk to him. "

she was exhausted After a full shift but stayed for us. I can't describe how grateful I Am to her.

We do not approach him, but we could come close to. He had so many tubes in him, but he was peaceful, as I Said , As If he was asleep. We told him That we loved him. It was heartbreaking for The Children . To hear you say "we make you proud dad," and "we look After Mama." I Said to them, "but you've already made him proud".

I promised him That I continue the ring to his father Every Day , which is something he always did.

At this point, we thought, we Said our goodbyes. We thought Monday would be his last day.

Source of news: bbc.com