Friend in Need

[Claytons Left Boot]

Best wishes mate. Hope you pull through.

[Stuart]

Update on our friend...

Great news, folks. Thanks for all of your well-wishes - all of which were passed on to Paul (and his very worried mum).

[arbitro]

Excellent news.

Thanks for sharing this Stuart. Some good news in a sea of grimness.

[dave birch]

Great news. Keep it going Paul.

[J*B]

Fantastic news. Keep going Paul — I hope you are home and staying indoors shortly. 

[JacknOry]

Nice to see this - tough lot us Rovers.

[CAPT KAYOS]

Yes good news  to you and and best wishes to full recovery all others affected in this situation

[DE.]

Fantastic news, fingers crossed the recovery continues going well and Paul is out of hospital soon. 

[m1st]

Sorry, I've come to this thread late; I rarely visit the Board off-season, which this is to all intents and purposes.

Glad to read Paul's bulletin; after all, "he's one of our own!"

Keep improving, lad; but take it easy. If B. Johnson has to go to Chequers to recover fully from being in an ICU, I hope you've got somewhere where you can get yourself fully fit again.

[sympatheticclaret]

This is great news .... here's to a continued recovery !! Godspeed, my friend !!?

[pk1875]

Hi all, 

Two things, firstly thank you all so much for the good wishes, it genuinely gave me a huge lift when I heard about this thread.

A quick update, I'm now home with the family and recovering. Both me and my wife (as I feared both working in the NHS) got Covid, it was awful for a week and both very poorly. I suddenly took a turn for the worse and was  rushed into Hospital with a Temp of 41.2 and was admitted into intensive care. Covid, Pneumonia and Sepsis basically kicked the life out of me for several days and it was very much touch and go if I survived or not. I spent 5 days in intensive care in a pressurised oxygen CPAP hood (looked like a minion) and faced multiple organ failure. The Hospital had discussed ventilating me with my wife but luckily I started to respond to treatment. 

I spent a further 7 days on the Intensive care ward oxygen whilst my bloods where treated then 5 days on a general ward. I was discharged over 1.5 stone lighter (not a bad thing lol)

Covids parting shot was leaving me with Type 1 Respiratory System Failure, which I should fully recover from in 6-8 weeks. 

Physically I feel quite well although very fatigued and get very breathless if walking about. My Oxygen levels are holding up well and my heart rate is lowering from dangerously high towards normal. Im improving day by day.

ALL The staff at Royal Blackburn are immense & true heroes, I can never thank them enough or put into words how amazing they all are. They saved my life literally. I'm one of the lucky ones and I hope and pray for every one else struck with the virus.... Please all stay safe

[chaddyrovers]

Great news @pk1875. Pleased you and wife recovered and back well.

Great to have you back on here

NHS staff are amazing

 

[Claytons Left Boot]

Cracking news mate, chuffed to bits for you and your family. Reading that just brings home home serious this virus is. As we all know, some get a very mild dose (my lad for example) and others, like yourself, suffer badly with it. Glad you’re over the worst and now on the mend. 

[Cherry Blue]

Great to hear your back pk1875 and also great to hear your wife is too.

Fully behind the NHS, what a fantastic workforce !

Edited May 1, 2020 by Cherry Blue

[Mike E]

Fantastic news that you're back fighting fit again mate. Speedy recovery ???

[DE.]

Good to hear you're back on the mend mate, fingers crossed it's all upwards from here. 

[Kamy100]

Fantastic to hear that you are on the mend.  Take care and I hope that you make a full recovery soon.

[AspRover]

Delighted to hear you're coming out the other side of this. We had our brush with it here, it's rough.

Hope the recovery is speedy from here on in!

[tonygreenbank]

Brilliant news which has just made my day! I hope you and your wife make a full recovery. What an amazing NHS we have!

[arbitro]

Excellent news about your recovery Paul. You'll be back suffering with the rest of us at Ewood at some stage in the future ??.

Stay safe and follow the advice mate.

[K-Hod]

That’s absolutely excellent news and I’m sure everyone on the forum is with me in wishing you a speedy recovery!

[dave birch]

That's brightened my day.

Take care pk

[Proudtobeblue&white]

PK's description of his horrendous ordeal should be a salutary lesson to everybody to continue to play by the rules. Well done, I wish you all the best in your recovery.

[Mum63]

Fantastic that you are on the mend and your wife too sending you both lots of love and best wishes for the future 

[oldjamfan1]

Great to hear from you directly Paul, stay safe mate and we'll no doubt see you at Ewood when we are allowed to torture ourselves again!