Andrew Watts spent eight months in the ICU after falling ill last Christmas
Covid: One of the sickest patients home for ChristmasAndrew Watts was described as one of the sickest Covid patients doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital had seen.
The 40-year-old black cab driver from Bexley, south-east London, began feeling ill last Christmas and returned a positive lateral flow test result on Boxing Day. Mr Watts was admitted to the Woolwich hospital with pneumonia and spent eight months in the intensive care unit. He was in an induced coma for more than five weeks and had five episodes of life-threatening lung collapse.Andrew said he was badly affected by the virus because he was in remission from lymph cancer after successful chemotherapy treatment.This Christmas he is recovering at home, where he has been reflecting on his experiences over the past year.
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