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This was the moving moment that a father of four was taken out of Aintree Hospital on his 59th birthday after battling the coronavirus.
Tony McDermott decided to go to the hospital after struggling with his breathing, which sometimes left him fearing for his life.
The bricklayer started feeling sick eight days ago, the day he became a grandfather again, when he was introduced to the new addition to the family through a window while he was proud outside.
But later at her home in Bootle, she told her partner Janette that she was not feeling well, and asked them to call 111 and speak to the doctors who advised her to start antibiotic treatment.
However, it was Sunday, so almost all pharmacies were closed, before Mr. McDermott picked up a prescription from a chemist in Woolton, driving from Sefton to south Liverpool.
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His condition did not improve, and his breathing became increasingly difficult, so at 10 p.m., the same day, he entered Aintree Hospital.
The doctors explained that McDermott had contracted Covid-19, probably about five weeks earlier, but that it had caused a clot in his lungs.
It had had the potential to be fatal, they added.
Over the next two days, he noticed that his condition improved and he was able to walk around the room while recovering.
On Tuesday, McDermott was released from Aintree Hospital, wearing a mask, as he was pushed from Room 22 to his waiting family, as the nurses lined up in the hallway and applauded to mark their successful fight.
Applauding the NHS workers themselves and clapping the hospital staff as they took him outside, everyone smiled and gave them a simple ‘thank you’ before reuniting with his girlfriend Janette.
Today, 59, he told ECHO: “Leaving the hospital was the best feeling in the world, it was the best birthday gift I could have.
“I went from that to a couple of nights before, thinking I was going to die.
“At one point, I thought I wasn’t going to go out and take my last breath.
“It was terrifying.
“But the staff was brilliant, when you need them, they are there for you.”
“I can’t praise them highly enough, those nurses are heroes.
“I want to go back and thank you when possible.”
The self-employed bricklayer is taking medication, which has led him to cough up some blood, but his health is constantly improving.
Since he was discharged six days ago, McDermott took a walk and described himself as “made-up with myself.”
Janette Cannell, her partner, added: “It was a traumatic moment.
“I’ve never seen him scared in his entire life, it was horrible to see Tony like that and not know it.
“I had to leave him at the hospital door and I wondered if I would see him again.
“I am very grateful to have him.
“We cannot thank the nurses enough.”
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