Covid-19
Covid-19: How British PM survided brush with death in ICU
They gave me a face mask so I got litres and litres of oxygen and for a long time I had that and the little nose jobbie.
”Reality struck me when I was wired up to monitors and moved into intensive care.
”The indicators kept going in the wrong direction and I realised there was no cure for Covid-19.
”At this point I kept asking myself, how am I going to get out of this?
“It was hard to believe that in just a few days my health had deteriorated to this extent.
”I remember feeling frustrated. I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t getting better.
“But the bad moment came when it was 50-50 whether they were going to have to put a tube down my windpipe.
“That was when I knew they were starting to think about how to handle it presentationally.
“It was thanks to some wonderful, wonderful nursing that I made it. They really did it and they made a huge difference.
“I can’t explain how it all happened but it’s wonderful to see that I pulled through.
“I get emotional about this near death experience but it was an extraordinary thing.
