Coronavirus in Ireland – New York vacation of a lifetime cost almost life to Irish after hiring Covid-19 – The Irish Sun

A HOLIDAY of his life in New York nearly cost a 45-year-old man his life after hiring Covid-19 upon his return home.

David Crabb spent nine days on life support at Cork University Hospital (CUH) and feared he was going to die.

He and his wife Netanya had a dream vacation for five days in New York in early March.

But within a week of his return to Carrigtwohill in East Cork, Dave began to feel bad. He contacted his GP and told him that he was temperature and short of breath and that he felt very ill.

The couple joked that they could have coronavirus without thinking for a minute that they had contracted the deadly virus.

But his condition deteriorated and he was admitted to CUH.

There his condition deteriorated further and in 30 hours he was taken to Intensive Care where he was on a respirator after being placed in an induced coma.

‘LEARNEST MOMENT’

He told Paschal Sheehy on RTE that when he was told that he was being put into a coma, he immediately feared the worst and that he was going to die.

He said, “I think the moment they told me they were going to knock me out was the scariest moment. You immediately think about your family, the children, what happens if I don’t wake up. “

“Making sure they took care of themselves because it happens fast. It was like a whirlwind. I barely had minutes to make a phone call to the family, speak to the children quickly, speak to Netanya to tell them that I love them. “

Like Boris Johnson, Dave attributed his recovery to the amazing nurses and medical staff.

He said, “Everyone risks their lives every day by going into the rooms, getting dressed, going into the room knowing I have Covid-19. They are putting their lives at risk just to come give me a bottle of water, let alone medication .

“A huge thank you to these guys. If it wasn’t for them, I really don’t think I would be here because they were doing things working all day to keep me going.”

‘FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE’

Wife Netanya recounted the trauma surrounding her husband’s fight for life.

She said, “They called me 20 minutes before they put him underneath to explain that he couldn’t hold his breath, even with the support they were giving him. They were really concerned.”

Breaking it down, she said, “There were several nights when I was called and told that I was critical and very unstable.

“They didn’t want to be negative, but they didn’t want to give me false hope.”

“The doctor described him as if he was fighting for his life and who is going to win in the end.”

She was afraid that the self-isolated family would never see Dave alive again.

She said: “It is crazy to think that this is something so small that we cannot even see, but how deadly it is.

“The couple believes that their message and experience is a hope for each other.

Dave, who was released from the hospital last week, said he was fit and healthy and regularly exercising in the gym, so he never anticipated that he might be a victim of the virus.

He believes that if it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone, and the couple is asking people to heed the government’s guidelines and respect social distancing.

He said, “It is very important. It means that you are protecting yourself, but you are also protecting other people around you.”